That man is a hero. 🫡
Little-known fact: evolution was just a smokescreen because they couldn’t actually prosecute him for that hairdo.
This is the most convincing argument for creationism I’ve ever heard, and I grew up in a religious household.
This is the Again in MAGA.
Trying to roll back the renaissance too
TIL that people with the Tintin hairdo actually existed
This is mentioned briefly in both the articles, but wanted to highlight that the Scopes trials were initially initiated as a media stunt by the local coal company to bring money and attention to their town. They selected Scopes as the defendant, William Jennings Bryan as lead prosecutor, and, after H.G. Wells declined, Darrow as defense.
Civic groups testing the law to bring them to trial isn’t an unusual practice, but it being led by local business to profit the town is.
The trial transcript has some great verbal jousting between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Bryan was a great orator, but Darrow was able to make him look foolish.
he should have thought twice about teaching facts. We only observe made up bullshit in the US!
Make America the dark ages again
He also did the first 360 noscope in Call of Duty.
He was also said to be so frustrated with attempts to debunk his real science that he started snopes.com to combat misinformation. Unfortunately, scopes.com was already taken.
I do feel like he kind of lost the thread, at some point.
And considering news headlines in the US right now, where certain sections of science are being suppressed, while others are promoted mainly for profit.
people who dont believe in evolution as part of thier identity, usually dont even make it past hs, or even CC, they often drop out very quickly once they have to answer quesitons in biology that contradicts with god.
I’ve seen lots of them graduate where I live. They typically argue with it and say “Scientists don’t know everything” and continue being ignorant throughout the rest of their time in school
I think this dude is awesome, but if they were going to arrest him for anything it should have been that hairstyle.
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Much like Rosa Parks, he volunteered to be the test case. They didn’t mind losing because they wanted the issue decided before a higher court.
Interesting story yesterday:
https://apnews.com/article/scopes-monkey-trial-anniversary-play-9202e1df2c1325c939dc9c34e10d85f7
The Right learned the lesson, but they fabricate their bullshit grievance by purposely putting someone in a position and forcing bullshit actions so they can get it to the SC.
Christians, it’s gonna happen again with this conservative government
problem with Christianity???
Only with the versions of Christianity that want to impose themselves on others. Any religion and any flavour of religion that can function harmoniously with people that are not its members in the context of secular multicultural democracy is absolutely fine. Otherwise we have a problem.
So if i get you correctly,You guys don’t like the type of Christianity who force their religion on each other right.
Edit: your comment was kinda confusing soBelieve what you want, but don’t try to control others with your religion.
If your religion bans eating cheesburgers, don’t eat cheesburgers. You don’t get to tell me what I can and cannot eat.
Simple as.
Alr thanks for simplifying it
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