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As an evolutionist I agree almost completely with your analysis of Inherent the Wind (even if I'm not clear why you bring it up). In fairness to the authors (of the play on which the movie is based) their introduction makes it clear that the play is a fictionalization only loosely based on Dayton and Scopes. What they were really about, however, was furthering the myth of "McCarthyism".

What they were really about, however, was furthering the myth of "McCarthyism".

And these issues, as well as others, are inextricably linked to the leftists.

Which is still the case today in articles like the one this thread is based on.

The reason I bring it up is that it is shown ito so many history classes. I did it myself and was chagrined to learn that even after I had layed out the facts of the matter, that they preferred to believe the movie. I guess Spencer Tracy was much nicer than I am. Of course they were after McCarthy, but part of their message is that only ignorant southern Bible pounders feared "progressive" thought. It also obscured the historical fact that Darrow was not a "seeker" like the character Tracy played, but as bigoted and ignorant of the matter at hands as Bryan and a whole lot meaner personally.

As for me, I have never had any difficulty with the theory of evolution since I first read about it in the old ""Book of Knowledge" encyclopedia in the second grade. On top of this was the fact that my dad was an oil man and in thick with geologists. He, in fact, showed me a fossile that his drill bit had accidcentaqlly brought up from the woodbine sands of the East Texas field.
I was a bit confused by the original "One Million B.C." which showed men and dinosaurs living together. But I learned then and there that movies made up a lot of stuff.