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The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began.

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Phillip E. Johnson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1940
Born: June 18
Died: 2019
Died: November 2
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