Duane T. Gish

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Duane Tolbert Gish (born February 17, 1921 in White City, Kansas , † March 6, 2013 ) was an American biochemist and well-known member of the movement of creationism . He lived in San Diego , California until his death . Gish was Vice President of the Institute for Creation Research (IRC) and author of numerous publications on the subject of scientific creationism. Because of his contentious and at the same time entertaining contributions to the debate, he was also known as the " Thomas Henry Huxley of creationism".

biography

Duane Tolbert Gish was born a twin in White City, the youngest of nine children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949 and a Ph.D. in 1953. in biochemistry from the University of California , Berkeley . He then worked as an assistant scientist at Cornell University Medical College . For 18 years he carried out biomedical and biochemical research and from 1960 worked for the pharmaceutical company Upjohn .

Gish was a Methodist from the age of ten and later a fundamentalist Baptist . He considered the biblical creation story to be a historical fact. After reading the book Evolution: Science Falsely So-Called by George Howe in the late 1950s , Gish believed that the sciences had produced evidence that disproved the theory of biological evolution and that various fields of science had evidence for the biblical creation story. He joined the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA), an organization of Christian scientists which he mistakenly believed to be a group of creationists. Through this membership in the ASA, Gish met the geneticist and creationist William J. Tinkle , who invited him in 1961 to join his anti-evolutionary body.

In 1971, Gish became a faculty member at San Diego Christian College and worked in its research department before accepting a position at the Institute for Creation Research . He is also the author of numerous books and articles advocating the concept of creationism.

Until his death he was Senior Vice President Emeritus at the ICR.

Debate

Gish is characterized as having a quick exchange of blows during a debate and changing subjects very quickly. Eugenie Scott , director of the National Center for Science Education , called this the " Gish Gallop" and describes it as "where the creationist is allowed to run on for 45 minutes or an hour, spewing forth torrents of error that the evolutionist hasn't a prayer of refuting in the format of a debate "(in German, for example:" if you give a creationist space for 45 minutes or an hour to spread untruths like a torrent, whereby the evolutionist has no chance, to refute this in the context of a discussion ”). She also criticized Gish for not responding to his opponents' objections. The phrase "gish gallop" has become a derogatory term for similar styles of discussion used by proponents of other similar things, such as: B. Homeopathy or moon landing conspiracy theories .

Duane Gish was also criticized for his standardized presentations during a discussion. While researching debates with Gish, Michael Shermer noted that his opening sentences , insinuations to his opponents, transitions, and even his jokes were identical. In the discussion itself, Shermer said that he was not an atheist and that he was ready to accept the existence of a divine Creator, but Gish's rebuttals were mostly that he proved Shermer's identity as an atheist and thus his lack of morality. Massimo Pigliucci , who has already discussed with Gish five times, said he was ignoring evidence against his religious beliefs. Others said Gish backed up arguments with fabricated facts or diagrams.

Publications

  • Duane T. Gish: Evidence against evolution Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton (Illinois) 1972, ISBN 0-8423-0790-7
  • George M. Hillestad; Henry Morris; Duane T. Gish .: Creation: acts, facts, impacts ICR Pub. San Diego , California 1974, ISBN 0-89051-020-2
  • Duane T. Gish: Have You Been ... Brainwashed? Life Messengers, Seattle , Washington 1974, 48 pp.
  • Duane T. Gish: Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards Master Books, Green forest, Arkansas 1977, ISBN 0-89051-039-3
  • Donald H. Rohrer, Duane T. Gish: Up with creation !: ICR acts / facts / impacts, 1976-1977 Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, California 1978, ISBN 0-89051-048-2
  • Duane T. Gish: Evolution, the fossils say no! Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, California 1979/1986, ISBN 0-89051-057-1
  • Duane T. Gish: Manipulating life, where does it stop ?: Genetic engineering Master Books, Green forest, Arkansas 1981, ISBN 0-89051-071-7
  • Duane T. Gish: Evolution: the challenge of the fossil record Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, California 1985, ISBN 0-89051-112-8
  • Duane T. Gish: Creationist Research 1964-1988 Creation Research Society, 1988, ISBN 0-940384-06-X
  • Bonnie Snellenberger, Duane T., Duane Dish, Earl Snellenberger: The Amazing Story of Creation: From Science and the Bible Master Books, Green forest, Arkansas 1990, ISBN 0-89051-120-9
  • Gloria Clanin, Duane T. Gish, Earl Snellenberger, Bonita Snellenberger: Dinosaurs by Design Master Books, Green forest, Arkansas 1992, ISBN 0-89051-165-9
  • Duane Gish: Creation Scientists Answer Their Critics Institute for Creation Research, El Cajon , California 1993, ISBN 0-932766-28-5
  • Duane T. Gish: Teaching Creation Science in Public Schools Institute for Creation Research, El Cajon, California 1995, ISBN 0-932766-36-6
  • Duane T. Gish: Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No! Master Books, 1995, 277 pp., ISBN 0-89051-112-8
  • Duane T. Gish: Speculations and Experiments on the Origins of Life New Leaf Press, ISBN 0-89051-010-5

further reading

  • Joyce Arthur: Creationism: Bad Science or Immoral Pseudoscience? Skeptic, USA 1996
  • MF Ashley Montagu: Science and Creationism Oxford University Press, USA January 12, 1984,
  • Dorothy Nelkin: The Creation Controversy: Science or Scripture in the Schools to Excel, 1986/2000, ISBN 0-595-00194-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ National Center for Science Education: Duane T. Gish dies
  2. ↑ James L. Hayward: The Creation / Evolution Controversy: an Annotated Bibliography . Scarecrow Press / Salem Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8108-3386-7 , p. 253.
  3. ^ Ronald L. Numbers: The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design Harvard 2006, ISBN 978-0-674-02339-0 , p. 316.
  4. ↑ a b Smout, Kary D .: The creation / evolution controversy: a battle for cultural power . Praeger, New York 1998, ISBN 0-275-96262-8 .
  5. ^ A b Ronald L. Numbers: The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design Harvard 2006, ISBN 978-0-674-02339-0 , p. 251.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Duane Gish: Crusader", Creation Matters , Volume 1, Number 1 ( Memento from July 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) January / February 1996
  7. ^ Eugenie Scott : Debates and the Globetrotters . Talk Origins Archive . July 7, 1994. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  8. ^ Eugenie Scott : Confronting Creationism: When and How . National Center for Science Education . November-December 2004. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  9. ↑ Homeopathy: Recedit ad anum . Short and spiky. February 15, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  10. ↑ Nigel St. Whitehall: Skeptoid # 167 . The Skeptical Review. August 18, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  11. ↑ Michael Shermer : Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, And Other Confusions Of Our Time . AWH Freeman / Owl Book, New York 1997, ISBN 0-7167-3387-0 , pp. 128-136.
  12. ↑ Massimo Pigliucci : Denying evolution: creationism, scientism, and the nature of science . Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass 2002, ISBN 0-87893-659-9 .
  13. ^ Robert J. Schadewald: Six Flood Arguments Creationists Can't Answer . Retrieved July 11, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Gish, Duane T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gish, Duane Tolbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH White City
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2013