17 Facts About Duane Gish

Duane Tolbert Gish was an American biochemist and a prominent member of the creationist movement.

Duane Gish, a twin, was born in White City, Kansas, the youngest of nine children.

Duane Gish served in World War II, attaining the rank of captain, and was awarded the Bronze Star.

Duane Gish earned a Bachelor of Science degree from University of California, Los Angeles, in 1949, and he obtained his biochemistry Ph.

Duane Gish worked as an assistant research associate at Berkeley, and as an assistant professor at Cornell University Medical College for eighteen years, joining the Upjohn Company as a research associate in 1960.

Duane Gish joined the American Scientific Affiliation, an association of Christian scientists, mistakenly assuming the group supported creationism.

In 1971, Duane Gish became a member of the faculty at San Diego Christian College, working in its research division before accepting a position at the Institute for Creation Research.

Duane Gish was the author of several books and articles espousing creationism.

Duane Gish initially "assigned low priority to the question of [the] age [of the Earth]".

At his death on March 5,2013, Duane Gish held the position of Senior Vice-President Emeritus at the ICR.

Duane Gish's debating opponents said that he used a rapid-fire approach during a debate, presenting arguments and changing topics quickly.

Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, dubbed this approach the "Duane Gish gallop", describing 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".

Duane Gish criticized Gish for failing to answer objections raised by his opponents.

However, Duane Gish said a similar thing about his debate opponents, especially Kenneth Miller.

Duane Gish was criticized for using a standardized presentation during debates.

For example, during the debate, Duane Gish attempted to prove that Shermer was indeed an atheist and therefore immoral, even though Shermer said he was not an atheist and was willing to accept the existence of a divine creator.

Robert Schadewald accused Duane Gish of stonewalling arguments with fabricated data.