The redefinition of science

"The redefinition of science in materialistic terms -- never wholly successful, but probably now the predominant view -- required the confluence of several intellectual currents. The attack on religious belief in general, and Christianity in particular, has been underway for more than two centuries."

--Dan Peterson, quoted from "What's the Big Deal About Intelligent Design" published in the December 2005 issue of the American Spectator

Stephen Hawking on the Laws of Physics

"The universe and the laws of physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical qualities had more than slightly different values, life as we know it could not exist: Either atoms would not be stable, or they wouldn't combine into molecules, or the stars wouldn't form heavier elements, or the universe would collapse before life could develop, and so on."

Stephen Hawking, quoted by Mark Cahill in "One Heartbeat Away" p. 24

Francis Crick on Design

"Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved. It might be thought, therefore, that evolutionary arguments would play a large part in guiding biological research, but this is far from the case. It is difficult enough to study what is happening now. To figure out exactly what happened in evolution is even more difficult. Thus evolutionary achievements can be used as hints to suggest possible lines of research, but it is highly dangerous to trust them too much. It is all too easy to make mistaken inferences unless the process involved is already very well understood."

Dr. Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA, in his book: "What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery"

Sir Issac Newton on Atheism

"Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance."

--Sir Issac Newton

"The idea that the universe was caused by chance is one of the most deeply ingrained and widespread theories in modern science. Yet when considered rationally it is seen to be the modern equivalent of the myths of old for it attributes causal power to a non-existent entity."

--RC Sproul, quoted from his lecture notes "Creation or Chaos"

"(Chance) has become the softest pillow in all of scientific history. It serves as a magic tool for making shabby philosophizing a most respectable attitude.”

Stanley Jaki, as quoted by R.C. Sproul in his lectures for "Creation or Chaos"

ID is 'not science'?

"The assertion that intelligent design is automatically 'not science' because it may support the concept of a creator is a statement of material philosophy, not of any intrinsic requirement of science itself."

--Dan Peterson, "What's the Big Deal About Intelligent Design?" from the December 2005 issue of the American Spectator.