In the first stop on his "Evolutionary War" tour, Ed Helms visits Dayton, TN, site of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial and full-fledged anachronism.
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1925 in Dayton, TN town officials enforced The Butler Act, which prohibited teaching of scientific theory in contradiction the Bible. The defendant was 24 year old teacher John Scopes. The trial was dubbed the Monkey Trial.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925) was a well-known lawyer, political leader and orator. Known for his strict adherence to biblical scriptures, Bryan took a literal interpretation of everything in the Bible. Courtesy of the National Archives
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The sensational courtroom battle between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow over the teaching of evolution in a small Tennessee town underscored a deep schism within the American psyche — religion versus science, church versus state, etc.
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82 years after he was indicted, John Scopes goes on trial again. It's the annual Rhea County production of "Inherit The Truth." 20 years after its debut this could be the last production with part of the original cast.
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The US Chamber of Commerce has called for a "Trial on Global Warming" and wants to call the event the "Scopes Monkey Trial of the 21st Century." Taking the side of evolution denialists, these anthropogenic global warming denialists are calling for a mockery of a trial... after such a trial has a...
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So, here's our National History Day project for this year. The theme was "Conflict and Compromise," and Maura and I wanted to do something related to religion. We chose Tennessee v. Scopes as our topic and had a ball with it. I know the sound quality is bad, but our recording equipment was pretty...
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"Head-on train smash staged at 'Monkeyville' to typify clash in U.S.A. between adherents of Bible and followers of Darwin. All America is watching the blaze of conflict between Science and the Scriptures..." This film was made around the time of the Scopes 'Monkey' trial in the USA and is availa...
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