100 Years After the Scopes Monkey Trial: Religion, Science and the Era of Eugenic Racism

100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial: religion, science and the era of eugenic racism

The Scopes trial has long been depicted as a clash between modern science and religious fundamentalism. But it was also a chapter in the eugenic racism that had become a creed of social elites in the early 20th century.

The Scopes Trial At 100: Dispelling Ongoing Myths » Sons of Liberty Media

America’s founders said our rights come from the Creator. It is He who has endowed us with our rights. Therefore, they stand secure. But what if there were no Creator? What then? Some in our society seem to think that the Creator has somehow been disproved by science, that evolution is a proven fact, that the Scopes …

Scopes 100 Years Later - LewRockwell

Richard Dawkins once quipped, “It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid—or insane or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that.” The seed of that sentiment was planted 100 years ago in July 1925, when John T. Scopes was tried and convicted in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching evolution in public schools in violation of the state’s Butler Act. The media coverage of…

The Scopes trial at 100: Dispelling ongoing myths * WorldNetDaily * by Jerry Newcombe

America’s founders said our rights come from the Creator. It is He who has endowed us with our rights. Therefore, they stand secure. But what if there were no Creator? What then? Some in our society seem to think that the Creator has somehow been disproved by science, that evolution is a proven fact, that the Scopes Monkey Trial 100 years ago this month helped settle the matter. Case closed. But is that really the case? Popular history tells us …

Monkeying around in Kinsman: Community marks connection to Scopes Trial on centennial

KINSMAN, Ohio — Long before the O.J Simpson trial became the “Trial of the Century,” in 1995, there was the Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tenn., in July 1925.

The Creator and The Scopes Trial - Dr. Rich Swier

The founders said our rights come from the Creator. It is He who has endowed us with our rights. Therefore, they stand secure. But what if there were no