As a young man he produced a manuscript titled "Why I have discarded evolution", causing some scholars to describe him as a devout Methodist Episcopalian, who was impressed with fundamentalism, and perhaps supportive of creationism.
Noore mehena koostas ta käsikirja pealkirjaga ,,Miks ma olen evolutsiooni kõrvale heitnud", mistõttu mõned kirjeldavad teda kui vaga metodisti, kes imetles fundamentalismi, ja võib-olla toetas kreatsionismi.