A modern day Scopes-Monkey Trial?

Question

It's on NOVA right now... CST - US. Fascinating, if you can get it on....

I don't know how long it is... my cable comapny won't show any details, or even the title of the program...

It just says "New, HD"... Hmmmm...

Bo - it willl be on Youtube in segments within 36 hours...

I found the promo on-line... it is called "Judgment Day - Intelligent Design on Trial."

Answer 1

For those who aren't in the US, there's an account of the Dover trial here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_trial

The article links to many original documents about the case.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

It's one hour, and it's called "Family that walks on all fours."

(Haven't seen it, but I saw the listing for it. I'm watching a show about Walt Disney World right now, and I'm eagerly anticipating "House", which is on in 40 min.)

Answer 4

Dang. I forgot about this.

I'm gonna have to record the second showing. I have to go watch Star Trek soon.

Thanks for reminding me.

UPDATE: My guide says it's two hours.

Answer 5

My rabbit ear antenna will not let me tune in to that particular station. I will have to look for it online later. It does sound interesting.

Answer 6

I have it taping for later. Looked great in the promo.

Answer 7

Hmmm..I don't have a television, I'll just have to read about it later. Sounds interesting.

--Buddhist.

Answer 8

'To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.' - Charles Darwin.

"I am fascinated by some strange developments going on in astronomy....The astronomical evidence leads to a Biblical view of the origin of the world". -- Robert Jastrow (Astomomer) and former Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies

"For the scientist who has lived his dream by faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." - Robert Jastrow (astronomer and physicist)

" ... It would be perfectly consistent with all we know to say that there was a Being who was responsible for the laws of physics". Stephen Hawking....American Scientist, 73, (1985).

Answer 9

going for it now, how long is it?

Answer 10

thanks.