Daniel
DuSoleil is pastor of the Christian Center of Elko and a creationist. DuSoleil is, however,
particularly concerned with how teachers, as he sees it, uses science to
bully Christians, and has plenty of hearsay and implausible anecdotes to make
his case, such as the story of an anonymous student of his who said she had
been called “stupid” in front of a class “because she would not accept the
fraudulent evolutionary evidence of Haeckel’s embryos” (which, if at all
based on reality, suggests a student trying to useHaeckel’s embryos to discredit evolution, with understandably dismal
results): yes, it’s the familiar creationist argument by appeal to persecution. DuSoleil also points out how arrogant
and bullyish atheists/proponents of science (DuSoleil doesn’t really
distinguish them) are: Indeed some people, to DuSoleil’s consternation,
actually openly endorse atheism and put up posters to that effect: “What
an offensive way to denigrate Christian students”. Sheer persecution!
In favor of his position on scientific matters, DuSoleil has some well-mined quotes and PIDOOMAs. Did you know that “Einstein believed the universe demonstrated intelligent design”? Neither did we, (nor did Einstein, for that matter), though as a creationist talking point it’s admittedly not particularly original.
Diagnosis: Yet another local village fundie denialist. There are lots and lots of them, and many – like DuSoleil – have ready access to audiences that may be likely to consider him an authority. Which is depressing.
Hat-tip: The Sensuous Curmugeon