Talk:Robert J. Marks II

"Charles Darwin of intelligent design"
My so-called bias was to oppose those who sought to make this biographical article into anti-intelligent-design propaganda. At the time, there was evidence only that Marks was a neo-creationist. Ironically, I am here now to point out that SuperScholar.org lists Marks among "The 20 Most Influential Christian Scholars," and describes him as the "Charles Darwin of intelligent design." See http://www.superscholar.org/features/20-most-influential-christian-scholars/.

The introduction presently says, "In 2010, he was named as one of the twenty most brilliant living Christian professors.[6][7]" It is highly inappropriate, in my opinion, to suppress with passive voice the fact that a website named CollegeCrunch.org did the naming. I am editing to indicate that two websites included Marks in "20 Most..." lists in 2010, and to include the "Charles Darwin" bit. ThomHImself (talk) 08:59, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

HrafnTalkStalk(P) 10:18, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) There is no indication that SuperScholar.org or CollegeCrunch.org are WP:RSs. (Most obviously, SuperScholar.org fails WP:RS's requirement of "a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy" by attributing to Marks Dembski's infamous Law of Conservation of Information.)
 * 2) Given that (i) intelligent design has essentially no scientific acceptance & (ii) Marks has very little profile in the ID movement, calling him the "Charles Darwin of intelligent design" is absolutely ludicrous. Even the "20 Most Influential Christian Scholars" would appear to be somewhat of an exaggeration -- as there'd probably be at least 20 still-active Christian Nobel prize winners, to start with.