Of course he would be. The Deist god is not intimately involved. The God who created the universe in the Genesis account was. Evolution is not compatible with either the Bible or the Christian God. If evolution could be proven (and it can't and won't), it would and should be devastating to any religion that attempted to explain the presence of the universe differently.
Evolution is not compatible with a literal interpretation of Genesis. Many Christians do not interpret Genesis literally and thus do not encounter contradiction; you can claim that they're not real Christians, but they would strongly disagree.
If evolution could be proven (and it can't and won't)
It can and has been proven to the same degree as the theory (yes, theory) of gravity.
it would and should be devastating to any religion that attempted to explain the presence of the universe differently.
Correct. Just as Galileo's discoveries were devastating to Biblically-inspired geocentrism.