Bryan vs. Darrow: Creation vs. Evolution In an unlawful effort to start controversy over the argument of faith vs. fact, John Thomas Scopes purposely violated Tennessee’s Butler The Bible has come into question, as this trial comes to an end.
Act which states that it is unlawful to teach evolution in any state-‐funded school. Scopes was found guilty, but the verdict was overturned due to a technicality, and was set free. You may be wondering why this is such important news, the trial drew immense national publicity over the past few days, and national reporters are scurrying to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, to cover the famous lawyers representing their corresponding sides. William Jennings Bryan, who has been a Democratic presidential candidate three times, was on the side of prosecution, and Clarence Darrow, the famed defense attorney, defended Scopes. In a battle of fundamentalists vs. modernists, or a theological contest as some would say, both sides took shots, and both sides recovered from them, but in the end, Bryan got caught contradicting himself, and Darrow took advantage of it, by pointing out that he was wrong. This trial has been an incredible step forward for science, and
evolutionists while the same can’t be said for religion, and creationists.