Sorry to take so long to get back to you. Just noticed your reply today...
Tokyojim writes:
He was being hired as their 'Amateur Scientist' columnist. Anyway, I had read it somewhere, but I couldn't remember where and I didn't have time to go and look for it. Here is a well-documented article about the incident. The man's name was Forrest M. Mims III.
I don't fault SciAm for backing out of their offer to Mims of
The Amateur Scientist position after they discovered he was a Creationist. The possibility of embarrassment is too great. The primary risk is that since Creationists value revelation above evidence, which is unscientific, that this might come out in some way in the monthly column Mims would write.
Many creation scientists have their work belittled and never taken seriously simply because they happen to believe that God is the Creator.
Many, many scientists believe God is the creator and get published in the technical literature, but any scientist would find his publishing opportunities curtailed if his work did not have a solid evidentiary base.
Anyway, it is important to remember that we are all biased, evolutionists as well as creationists.
I am biased in favor of God's word as expressed in the world around us, rather than as captured in a book written by men.
--Percy