Inside the Scopes Monkey Trial

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As mentioned in "The Scopes Monkey Trial — 100 Years Later," there is more material on the trial to present. Again, its real name was "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes." Plays and movies about the trial are mostly fictional and heavily biased.

The pair of articles by Dr. Jason Lisle linked below were surprising, as I was expecting more of the same. Wrong. While there is a bit of overlap at the beginning, he went more deeply into events of the trial than several other articles. Things were really interesting when he discussed evidence.

Monkey Trial, image made at NightCafe
The trial was actually an attack on the validity of Christianity, beginning with creation, so it took several days. Surprisingly, ammunition by experts was presented in writing, but deemed irrelevant to the trial so the jury never saw it. Evolutionists each had their say on paper, but it did not go well.

Some tactics never change. It is one thing to use "science" that is incomplete (Hesperopithecus, Nebraska Man, was built from a single tooth and later found to belong to an extinct pig), but to use Ernst Haeckel's known-fraudulent embryo drawings really takes the rag off the bush. Darwinists utilized a prairie schooner-full of logical fallacies including suppressed evidence, confirmation bias, and more. Those sidewinders do the same things today, as they are so determined to make "science" appear to eliminate the Creator.
July 10, 2025, marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the famous “Scopes Monkey Trial,” in which John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.  The trial was the inspiration for the heavily fictionized play (and subsequent movies) Inherit the Wind.  The Scopes trial was considered a victory for the teaching of evolution in public schools.   But what actually happened at this trial?  Was the scientific evidence really a powerful refutation of biblical creation?  Would it stand up to modern scrutiny?

Kindly continue reading "The Scopes Monkey Trial Centennial – Part 1" and then "The Scopes Monkey Trial Centennial – Part 2." You'll thank me later.