Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in 2005 that he doesn’t believe in evolution, accordingly to newly unearthed comments. And his views don’t appear to have evolved.

“There aren’t sufficient scientific facts to establish the theory of evolution, and it deals with the origins of man, which is more from a philosophical standpoint than a scientific standpoint,” then-Oklahoma Sen. Pruitt said in a 2005 radio interview that came to light Friday.

The vast majority of scientists disagree: 98 percent of scientists associated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science believe that humans evolved over time, according to the Pew Research Center.

Pruitt, who’s expressed skepticism about established climate science, leads the federal agency responsible for overseeing and conducting much scientific research and making policy decisions based on scientific findings. The Trump appointee has repeatedly invoked his religion as part of his outlook on environmental protection and stewardship, and seemed to espouse Christian views that put him at odds with much of the scientific community.

During the same radio interview, with Tulsa’s KFAQ-AM, Pruitt didn’t dispute the host’s claim that Islam is “not so much a religion as it is a terrorist organization” and lamented what he called “minority religions” pushing aside Christianity in the public square.

The 2005 interview was unearthed by an organization researching Pruitt’s past and provided to Politico, which reported on them on Friday. The organization provided the tapes on the condition of anonymity.

Pruitt was a Baptist deacon, a Sunday school teacher, and on the board of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. In his Twitter bio, when he was Oklahoma’s attorney general, he identified himself as a “Christ follower.” He hasn’t been shy about his faith.

"The biblical worldview with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we've been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind," Pruitt told the Christian Broadcasting Network in February.

Still, Pruitt has put an emphasis on deregulation, moving to undo federal regulations like the Clean Power Plan, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and overseen enormous staff reductions at the agency. He came under fire this week for spending large sums on first-class travel for his job.

The EPA did not immediately respond to VICE News’ request for comment, but when asked by Politico whether the administrator’s skepticism toward a central tenet of modern science should cause alarm about Pruitt’s ability to make decisions based on science, EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox said, “If you're insinuating that a Christian should not serve in capacity as EPA administrator, that is offensive and a question that does not warrant any further attention.”