DANIEL Singh accuses Mr. Arnold Chance of showing his true colours (GC- July 6th). It’s a pity the so-called pastor doesn’t do the same; instead, he hides his true colours.

Singh writes repeatedly to the Guyana Chronicle to put a nonsensical fundamentalist spin on all sorts of things. What he never gets involved in though, is contesting those who question whether he is a real pastor. That’s one argument he runs away from.

Singh hides his religious credentials, while lecturing others about “a higher ethical standard among professionals.” He says Mr. Chance “continues to bury his head in the sand like an ostrich” which is actually what Singh is doing regarding his religious qualifications. Singh’s letters are absurdly ironic.

A number of different writers have already accused Singh of deliberately misrepresenting their claims, of mischaracterising their positions and of maliciously editing and splicing their sentences to produce what he calls “quotes” but which only corrupts and twists the writers’ words to give meanings they never intended. The Christian “pastor” then shamelessly turns around and preaches about ethical standards.

Recently, Mr. Justin de Freitas alerted the Guyana Chronicle about providing a forum for such mendacity. Clearly, the letters column is being abused and even Singh seems surprised by what he is allowed to fabricate there in. He once wrote to the paper noting that they are willing to publish just about anything he says and this has inevitably led to the claims being made by others that Singh is maliciously misusing their words.

Now, the so-called Christian pastor is portraying the investigative and skeptical nature of scientific process as a weakness. He scours the right-wing publication, The Times online, to find any scientist questioning the fossil Darwinius masillae and then he repeats dissected bits of what they say in the Guyana Chronicle.

For instance, Singh just endorsed a book review of Dr Ian Tattersall in which Tattersall questioned the “Ida” fossil. In the same book review, which Singh falsely infers is a scientific “report”, Tattersall said humans are part of the ape lineage. Singh was asked by Arnold Chance if he agreed with Tattersall that humans are part of the ape family, but Singh suddenly clammed-up except to throw remarks about people burying their heads in the sand. It seems Singh is picking and choosing which parts of the book review he will share with our readers.

Apparently, what Mr. de Freitas calls “clumsily crafted lies and sly distortions” is the method being used to undermine scientific principles. Of course, some people are just not clever enough to understand just how much they are embarrassing themselves and the religious faith they claim to represent. Seeing their name (with a still questionable title) printed in bold all caps is more important than truth and honesty.
DAVID SEEGOBIN