Unintential comedy Quote of the Day.

[Subfallen]

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One of the world's most famous scientists, probably the most famous living biologist, is Sir Francis Crick, the British co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, a Nobel Prize winner...In his autobiography, Crick says very candidly biologists must remind themselves daily that what they study was not created, it evolved; it was not designed, it evolved. Why do they have to remind themselves of that? Because otherwise, the facts which are staring them in the face and trying to get their attention might break through. What we discovered when I developed a working group of scientists, philosophers, et al., in the United States was that living organisms look as if they were designed and they look that way because that is exactly what they are.
- Evolution And Christian Faith by Phillip E. Johnson


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Isn't it amazing! Evolutionary biology is such a hopelessly impoverished paradigm compared to methodological supernaturalism. And Crick is so desperate to resist the personal grace of almighty God, he can't see facts simply STARING HIM IN THE FACE. Isn't a miracle then, that he did more for science than all of Dr. Johnson's "working group" and all their progeny will do combined? IMO, it's probably enough of a miracle to prove God's existence right here and now.

The Lord sure does work in mysterious ways.

[kurto]

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IMO, it's probably enough of a miracle to prove God's existence right here and now.


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Is it safe to assume that this is the unintentional comedy that he was referring to?

[arahant]

Phillip Johnson makes me ill beyond description. When I went to Berkeley, I went to hear him speak. It was a small gathering of maybe 30 people in an informal setting, and I believe that only I and my 2 friends were atheists. The rest of the group was a bunch of theist nutjobs (hopefully the only 30 at UCB at the time [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ), who were just lapping up his bizarre arguments and false information.

It really says something that Johnson is one of the 'stars' of the ID/creationist movement. The man is a freaking law professor. He has no training in science. Whenever he's quoted, it's always attributed to 'Dr. Johnson, a prof at Berkeley', with the clear intent to make people think he's qualified to discuss the issue.

God I hate him.

We mocked him ceaselessly at his talk. We were young, so it was great fun.

[tisthefire]

wait, his argument is life is intelligently designed because it looks that way? for real? i guess when you're as enlightened as him you operate on an evidence optional basis