Monday, July 14, 2025

Inherit the Wind scene, creationism vs. evolution......IT HAS BEEN JUST A HUNDRED YEARS, SINCE THIS BATTLE BETWEEN RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM AND SCIENTIFIC TRUTH TOOK PLACE IN A RURAL COURTHOUSE IN TENNESSEE.......



EVEN A HALF CENTURY AFTERWARD,  MOST SOUTHERN SCHOOLS FORBADE THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION......AND THERE WAS SLIGHT MENTION OF DARWIN, EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY CLASSES IN THE EARLY 1960'S!...... BUT, PRAYER WAS DICTATED, BY LAW........BOOKS ABOUT EVOLUTION WERE NOT IN RURAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES...THAT HAD, OF COURSE, ROWS OF 'HOLY BIBLES' ON THEIR SHELVES....