Editing Intelligent design movement (section)

== Philosophy ==
At the 1999 "Reclaiming America for Christ Conference" called by Reverend [[D. James Kennedy]] of Coral Ridge Ministries, Phillip E. Johnson gave a speech called "How The Evolution Debate Can Be Won."<ref name="debate_won">{{cite web |url=http://www.coralridge.org/specialdocs/evolutiondebate.asp |title=How The Evolution Debate Can Be Won |last=Johnson |first=Phillip E |author-link=Phillip E. Johnson |website=[[D. James Kennedy|Coral Ridge Ministries]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107005414/http://www.coralridge.org/specialdocs/evolutiondebate.asp |publisher=Coral Ridge Ministries |location=Fort Lauderdale, FL |archive-date=2007-11-07 |access-date=2014-05-29}}</ref> In it he sums up the theological and [[Epistemology|epistemological]] underpinnings of intelligent design and its strategy for victory:

{{quotation|To talk of a purposeful or guided evolution is not to talk about evolution at all. That is "slow creation." When you understand it that way, you realize that the Darwinian theory of evolution contradicts not just the book of Genesis, but every word in the Bible from beginning to end. It contradicts the idea that we are here because a Creator brought about our existence for a purpose. That is the first thing I realized, and it carries tremendous meaning.}}
{{quotation|I have built an intellectual movement in the universities and churches that we call "The Wedge," which is devoted to scholarship and writing that furthers this program of questioning the materialistic basis of science. One very famous book that's come out of The Wedge is biochemist Michael Behe's book ''Darwin's Black Box'', which has had an enormous impact on the scientific world.}}
{{quotation|Now, the way that I see the logic of our movement going is like this. The first thing you understand is that the Darwinian theory isn't true. It's falsified by all of the evidence, and the logic is terrible. When you realize that, the next question that occurs to you is, "Well, where might you get truth?" When I preach from the Bible, as I often do at churches and on Sundays, I don't start with Genesis. I start with John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word." In the beginning was intelligence, purpose, and wisdom. The Bible had that right and the materialist scientists are deluding themselves.|Johnson|How The Evolution Debate Can Be Won<ref name="debate_won"/>}}''Darwin's Black Box'', mentioned in the quote above, received harsh criticism from the scientific community, including negative reviews by evolutionary scientist [[Nathan H. Lents|Nathan Lents]].<ref name="Skeptical Inquirer">{{cite web|last1=Palmer|first1=Rob|author-link=|date=3 May 2021|title=Nathan H. Lents on Our Not So Intelligent Design|url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/nathan-h-lents-on-our-not-so-intelligent-design/#rob-palmer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503182528/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/nathan-h-lents-on-our-not-so-intelligent-design/#rob-palmer|archive-date=3 May 2021|access-date=3 May 2021|website=Skeptical Inquirer}}</ref>