The Scopes trial

[Oldtyme]

Hello brothers and sisters, 

I was recently given the assignment of writing a paper on the infamous Scopes V. Tennessee trial. I found it quite interesting how the defense attorney, Clarence Darrow, had no genuine argument or examination of the evidence itself. He instead called the prosecuting attorney, Mr. William Jennings Bryan, as a sole witness and ridiculed his faith, interpretation of the Bible, and his view of the creation account. I find this very thought provoking. 
best regards,

Oldtyme  

(edits have been made for clarity and grammar purposes.)

Edited Friday at 05:34 PM by Oldtyme
Edits were made for clarity and grammar purposes.

[BrotherTony]

It's strange how the Bible was held in such high esteem then, but that after this trial, not so very far from where I live today, the Bible is no longer welcomed into the classroom, and we are now considered to be the proginy of monkeys. It's so very sad. 

[Oldtyme]

12 minutes ago, BrotherTony said:

It's strange how the Bible was held in such high esteem then, but that after this trial, not so very far from where I live today, the Bible is no longer welcomed into the classroom, and we are now considered to be the proginy of monkeys. It's so very sad. 

I complete agree brother, we younger people are taught as you said that we are the descendants of primates, we are then taught that as you’ve mentioned about the new view of the Bible, that our religion is wrong and backward, a very sad thing in todays education. I hear it even from teachers and peers who would profess to be Christians.

 

[MikeWatson1]

The problem is often the starting point is belief there is no God...or they cant know.

Just because they look at things they can observe,  they automatically rule out the supernatural. 

What they fail to see is they have their own religion,  because they never observed one species become another.

They have faith that whales became cows.. dinosaurs became birds and ape like creatures became humans.  They don't have good evidence for this.

Most creation scientists talk about what glasses you put on to view the evidence.  I don't like this kind of thinking because it doesn't talk about the facts...but it does show preconceived assumptions.