100 Years Later, Myths Continue About the Scopes Monkey Trial

Creation Evolution Headlines ^ | 07/25/2025 | Jerry Bergman, PhD

[SunkenCiv]

and from the keywords, sorted:

• Century after man was convicted of teaching evolution, school religion debate rages [07/10/2025]
• Red in Tooth & Claw [06/25/2025]
• Evolution's Inherent Racism defended by Clarence Darrow: The Monkey Trial & William Jennings Bryan [08/02/2020]
• Evolutionist Clarence Darrow v. William Jennings Bryan, Creationist [08/01/2019]
• Before Northam, Democrats Didn't Just Dress Up as Klansmen [02/11/2019]
• Trump and His Apologists (Wall Street Journal Editorial) [07/20/2015]
• Democrats in 2014: The Party of John Edwards [01/04/2014]
• Walt Disney's Fascinating Political Journey (From Naive Socialist to Staunch Conservative) [05/27/2013]
• The Abuse Excuse [09/12/2011]
• Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech [03/22/2010]
• Religion-Free Group Says to 'Praise Darwin' [02/19/2009]
• Atheopathy vs Science: Refuting New Scientist's agitprop about evolution (Darwin-Hitler connection) [11/19/2008]
• A Godly Hero: William Jennings Bryan [07/05/2006]
• Scopes: The Battle Over America's Soul (Upcoming tomorrow on History Channel) [04/11/2006]
• Neaderthals At It Again [01/11/2006]
• Rediscovered Photos Provide a Look Inside the 1925 Scopes Evolution Trial [01/09/2006]
• Let the Evolutionists Win [12/21/2005]
• Evolution ruling gets cheers from scientists (Forced removal of evolution 'warning' on textbooks.) [01/15/2005]
• A New Stoplight in Town [11/11/2004]
• Chipping Away at the Wall [08/21/2004]
• This day in history July 21 1925 {Monkey Trial ends} [07/20/2004]
• The Nation-State Is Finished [02/28/2004]

[Ditto]

I was raised Catholic and never had a problem believing in both evolution (in general) and creation. The big difference I see between fundamentalism and science is the timeline. The Earth is billions of years old, not 6000 years. But I also strongly believe that man, this earth and in fact the entire universe and all that’s in it was created by God. How He did it, I don’t have a clue. And I’m not about to tell Him how He should have done it.

[Ditto]

What bothers me about those RIGHTS is how the left has switched from being racist to more than fully embracing them.

Follow the money.

[cgbg]

Agreed—evolution collapses under close examination.

That should not even be controversial—regardless of whether one is religious or not.

(Hologram theory is there for non religious people—since of course a hologram would still require intelligent design.)

[mairdie]

We differ. I’m a strict evolutionist. Physics major at U of Chicago, computer science after that. Also raised Catholic but never remember any of the nuns expressing anti-evolutionary positions. Could have forgotten after 60 years and clearly there were quite a number of places where the nuns and I differed. But everyone comes to their own conclusions, and that’s what makes me intellectually comfortable.

But I’m also deeply respectful of everyone’s right to find a truth that differs from mine. I’m just not comfortable with people’s individual truths being taught in school. Sunday school, yes. At home, yes. Even in banners on the street, yes. But, for the time being, that’s this moment’s settled science I can see being taught. But I’ll always support your right to express your own beliefs and not see anyone telling you what you have to believe or not believe.

[MichaelRDanger]

It is my opinion that Evolution is a theory and not a scientific law. It is not perfect and there are flaws as a result of our own imperfections and flaws as mortal men. When we study something like the evolution of humans we are in fact studying God’s work which is ultimately beyond our comprehension. To the degree that some aspects of the Theory of Evolution has some merits than those who totally reject the theory are in fact rejecting the works of God.

[redfreedom]

And let’s look at some of the very primitive creatures of millions of years ago that are supposedly some of the first ones we eventually evolved from. They had eyes and the ability to sense smell. Just how did this happen by pure accident way, way back then? The eyes and sense of smell are unto themselves very complex. And then the brains, as small as they likely were, had the ability to make use of what they saw thru the eyes.

There are so many things about earth’s creatures, in particular humans, that just could not have happened by pure chance.

[Ditto]

We differ. I’m a strict evolutionist.

I’m not sure where we disagree unless you mean “strict evolutionist” means no God. That, I don’t agree with.

I don’t know how God did it, why He did it or when He did it, but I know all of this miraculous stuff we see especially using the knowledge we gain from science, is no accident. I don’t know where matter came from, where energy came from, what was before space and time, and frankly, I don’t care if I ever know. I just know, it was no accident.

[mairdie]

I’m always happy that people have strong opinions that bring them peace of mind.