| | Gish was viewed as the winner of his debates by friend and foe alike based on audience reaction.<ref>Ankerberg Theological Research Institute, ''Truth in Advertising: Damaging the Cause of Science'', by Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon [http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/science/SC0104W1E.htm]</ref> So profound was Gish's impact on the debate scene, that [[evolution]]ary websites posted articles stating not how to debate Creationists in general, but instead how to specifically debate Duane Gish. Dr. [[Henry Morris]] wrote of Dr. Gish, who had over 300 formal debates, "at least in our judgment and that of most in the audiences, he always wins." <ref>Ankerberg Theological Research Institute, ''Truth in Advertising: Damaging the Cause of Science'', by Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon [http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/science/SC0104W1E.htm]</ref> | | Gish was viewed as the winner of his debates by friend and foe alike based on audience reaction.<ref>Ankerberg Theological Research Institute, ''Truth in Advertising: Damaging the Cause of Science'', by Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon [http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/science/SC0104W1E.htm]</ref> So profound was Gish's impact on the debate scene, that [[evolution]]ary websites posted articles stating not how to debate Creationists in general, but instead how to specifically debate Duane Gish. Dr. [[Henry Morris]] wrote of Dr. Gish, who had over 300 formal debates, "at least in our judgment and that of most in the audiences, he always wins." <ref>Ankerberg Theological Research Institute, ''Truth in Advertising: Damaging the Cause of Science'', by Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon [http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/science/SC0104W1E.htm]</ref> |
| | + | Gish once debated [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair]] an atheist activist and founder of [[American Atheists]], and after the debate, Gish recounted that O'Hair said to him "You frighten me!", which Gish believed was because "I didn’t thump the Bible and tell her she was going to Hell, but I approached her in her own element — secular scientific evidence."<ref>[http://creation.com/my-mother-the-most-hated-woman-in-america My Mother: The Most Hated Woman in America] (interview with William J. Murray), by Robert Doolan. ''Creation.com''. Retrieved July 27, 2016.</ref> |