Please answer the following question: Facts:   - known for: intelligent design      - birth date: 18 june 1940    - name: phillip e. johnson    - birth place: aurora , illinois    - occupation: law professor -lrb- retired -rrb-   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of phillip e. johnson .
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phillip e. johnson -lrb- born june 18 , 1940 -rrb- is a retired uc berkeley law professor and author who is considered the father of the intelligent design movement .he became a born-again christian while a tenured professor .a critic of what he calls `` darwinism '' and `` scientific materialism , '' johnson rejects evolution in favor of neo-creationist views known as intelligent design -lrb- id -rrb- .he was a co-founder of the discovery institute 's center for science and culture -lrb- csc -rrb- and is credited with establishing the wedge strategy , which aims to change public opinion and scientific consensus , and seeks to convince the scientific community to allow a role for god in scientific theory .as a member of the group for the scientific reappraisal of the hiv/aids hypothesis , a prominent aids denialist group , johnson has argued that hiv does not cause aids .the clear consensus of the scientific community considers johnson 's opinions on evolution and aids to be pseudoscience .