The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
2006-12-20 10:52:26 · 14 answers · asked by ♣DreamDancer♣ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
evolutionists
2006-12-20 10:53:20 · update #1
It shows how much of our country had faith in 1925. That this guy was so "far out," he went to court.
"Science" is useful for some things.
But science is not the answer or the source. Their creator is.
Everyone thinks that they are so smart. They want people to control life and death.
But God is there. And eventually everyone will know.
I think monkeys are so similar to us, so that we can see that we ARE NOT animals.
If we were, we would be monkeys.
2006-12-20 11:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by Ray 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I love this question. Every creationist who thinks that the bible is the literal truth should see the movie Inherit the Wind, which is a Hollywood adaptation of this very important trial. And these questions are put to the witness, who happens to be the prosecuting attorney, and his answers are pretty flimsy. The obvious answer is that there is no god and that the Earth evolved and that Adam and Eve are just made up people. But try to tell a bible thumper that. I wait with interest to see what nonsensical answers you get from Christians here. GREAT question! Best regards, Lady Morgana atheist edit: notice how that one answerer said that Cain went to the land of Nod for a wife, totally ignoring the fact that the bible doesn't mention any other creation of people other than the Adam and Eve creation. In the movie, Spencer Tracy asks ...Do you think god pulled another creation over the next hill?...or words to that effect. I love this.
2016-05-23 02:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is horrible that Scopes ended up being convicted.
I think it is horrible that people mixed church and state so closely and are trying to do so again.
What is interesting (and also horrible) is that fundamentalists are attempting to use the Trial again. They are using the play "Inherit the Wind" (which is a fictionalization and different than the actual trial ) to try and push their creationist agenda.
The play pushed FREEDOM. It emphasized that teachers should have the freedom to teach what they felt was right. Unfortunately, the play also provides an opening to creationists' arguments to "teach both theories"
2006-12-20 10:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by imrational 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Possibly more understandable then. That it should be a live issue today, now that's more surprising.
"...of course, like every other man of intelligence and education, I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should still be raised." Not me, President Woodrow Wilson in 1922.
In a month where complex organic molecules are being found which appear to pre-date the sun, and the discussion of life coming from Mars gaining evidential support, eighty years on, I'll stand where President Wilson did with that much less to go on..
2006-12-20 12:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a travesty and a monument to human stupidity. It was also a glaring example of religious bigotry, the inability to tolerate other points of view. In this case Scopes had indisputable facts on his side and the State of Tennessee had "beliefs" or myths. Why people continue to cling to these obsolete and irrelevant beliefs in the face of everything we know about the universe and how it works is testament to my opinion that humans aren't nearly evolved as they think they are.
2006-12-20 11:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by kevpet2005 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I just read the wikipedia about it. Scopes was a test case for the ACLU. He did not even do what he was accused of doing, teaching evolution. The Butler Act prohibited the teaching of evolution in schools.
Today our children are taught science. Only facts are taught, not myths.
2006-12-20 11:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As an American, i must say that the law of that area at that time (you can only teach how god created the earth) is unconstitutional. As a Christian, i must say that i like the law, even though it is unjust. READ THE BIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!
As you should know, the mayor of the town and other people set scopes up
2006-12-20 11:02:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial
"(1968) that such bans contravene the Establishment Clause because their primary purpose is religious. (Tennessee had repealed the Butler Act the previous year.)" --Well it's over now.
2006-12-20 10:56:50 · answer #8 · answered by lilith 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually read inherit the wind in school about that. I thought it was pretty good because I agree that a day to God probably isn't our 24-hour day.
2006-12-20 10:58:10 · answer #9 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its horrible its exactly what some christians would like to do today.
2006-12-20 11:01:14 · answer #10 · answered by Beaverscanttalk 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋