"New Evolution Case Is Evolving"
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DYK the #ScopesTrial in 1925 reduced the status of #fundamentalists as moral guides in the U.S? But #RonaldReagan & #DonaldTrump brought them back in spades. They should lose #TaxExemption for insisting adherents support anti-science #Trump. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
DYK the #ScopesTrial in 1925 reduced the status of #fundamentalists as moral guides in the U.S.? But #RonaldReagan & #DonaldTrump brought them back in spades. Churches should lose #TaxExemption for insisting adherents support anti-science #Trump. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
One century after the #ScopesTrial in nearby Dayton, a beloved and outstanding #Biology teacher in Williamson County, #Tennessee has launched a federal lawsuit against the country for violating her #FreeSpeech rights after she was suspended without pay for a #SocialMedia post about #CharlieKirk. […]
NCSE's own Glenn Branch itemizes the errors in a mid-20th-century discussion of the Scopes trial. rightingamerica.net/yet-more-fab... #ScopesTrial #Misconceptions #HistorySky
My latest from @SkeptInquirer an overview of the @center4inquiry and @FFRF #ScopesTrial Centennial - It's been 100 years and we are further apart now than ever, remember it's 4:00 o'clock somewhere. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/ov...
The text reads: Bryan's Religious Opponents: Protestant Modernists and Science. Presented by Ted Davis, August 20, 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT. Imagery is a headshot of Ted Davis. The background is an old photo from the Scopes Trial and is primarily intended for visual appeal.
Next up in our Scopes Centennial webinar series is Ted Davis! Join us on Wed., 8/20 for a discussion on Protestant modernism and its history. Register in advance to receive a link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ScopesTrial #Webinars #HistorySky #scienceandreligion
NCSE's founding executive director Eugenie C. Scott and Adam Laats, a recipient of NCSE's Friend of Darwin award, discussed the Scopes trial in "The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial Isn't Done Shaping America," published by Baptist News Global. ncse.ngo/eugenie-c-sc... #ScopesTrial
Brenda Wineapple's masterful chronicle of the Scopes Trial reveals how one courtroom battle exposed the fractures in American democracy!
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Reminder: We have a Scopes Webinar with Eugenie Scott coming up this Wednesday, August 13 at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. It's open to the public and free to attend. Come join us!
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New Minding the GAPE! In July's roundup of #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra posts & articles from around the web, read up on Robert La Follette, convict labor in Florida’s swamps, the “pansy craze,” the legacy of the #ScopesTrial 100 years later, & much more: blog.shgape.org/minding-the-... #Skystorians
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If you weren’t in Dayton, #Tennessee mid-July for the #ScopesTrial Centennial Symposium that examined the most famous trial in the #history of #science since Galileo’s in the Vatican, nobody can blame you, it was the hottest July in recorded history here! 🌡️
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We have a free Scopes webinar coming up with our former Executive Director, Eugenie Scott! Please join us on August 13 at 7:00 PM ET/4 PM PT for her talk titled 'The Trial of the Century': Scopes at 100. Register to receive a link for access -
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One hundred years after Scopes, the evolution vs. creationism culture wars continue to rage on, with fundamentalism shifting toward a newer strand known as Young Earth creationism. theconversation.com/1-in-4-ameri... #ScopesTrial
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#DerekHuffman moved his family from #Texas to #Russia after he put his ‘faith’ in #TimKirby who is an #American turned #Putin propagandist. He is now serving on the frontline of the ‘meat-grinder’ in #Ukraine. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/56286
He is helping to prove that #EvolutionIsTrue on […]
📆 21 juillet 1925 : un prof jugé pour avoir enseigné… l’évolution.
Un siècle plus tard, le dilemme Scopes persiste : science vs croyance, liberté d’enseigner vs pression idéologique.
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100 years ago last week, the Scopes Trial began in Tennessee. It was supposed to be a turning point against religious fundamentalism. So how did the forces of progress lose?
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NCSE's Deputy Director Glenn Branch was quoted in The Tennessee in an article reflecting on the Scopes trial and why it still matters a century later. ncse.ngo/ncses-branch... #ScopesTrial
Will children today even learn of the #ScopesTrial? Of #Comstock? open.substack.com/pub/stevebro... Teach them. Teach them to resist these restrictions that have returned.
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📚 100 years later, the #ScopesTrial still shapes how we talk about evolution and public education. NPR revisits the "Monkey Trial" and why it still matters:
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The Rhea County Courthouse, the site of the Scopes trial, is a National Historic Landmark
A historical marker in front of the Rhea County Courthouse commemorates the trial
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Graphical flyer. The text reads: The Scopes "Monkey" Trial: Past, Present, and Future. NCSE's Scopes Centennial Webinar Series. Presenters: Eugenie C. Scott, August 13; Ted Davis, August 20; Adam Laats, August 27. Images: Headshots of each presenter. Background is an old photo from the Scopes Trial and is intended to be decorative.
Text reads: "The Trial of the Century": Scopes at 100. Presented by Eugenie C. Scott, August 13, 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. Image: Headshot of Eugenie C. Scott. Background is an old photo from the Scopes Trial and is intended to be decorative.
Text reads: Bryan's Religious Opponents: Protestant Modernists and Science. Presented by Ted Davis, August 20, 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. Image: Headshot of Ted Davis. Background is an old photo from the Scopes Trial and is intended to be decorative.
Text reads: The Scopes Trial: The Start of America's Hundred-Year Culture War. Presented by Adam Laats, August 27, 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. Image: Headshot of Adam Laats. Text reads: Bryan's Religious Opponents: Protestant Modernists and Science. Presented by Ted Davis, August 20, 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. Background is an old photo from the Scopes Trial and is intended to be decorative.
2025 marks the centennial of the Scopes Trial. Join NCSE in commemorating the event with a free webinar series open to the public, "The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial: Past, Present, and Future."
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It’s funny how indoctrination works. In my own head I can’t see #ScopesTrial without adding “Monkey” in between the words. I have a fucking degree in Biology! It is horribly inaccurate in regard to human evolution, but it’s permanently burned into my brain.
The Ongoing Debate on Religion in Public Schools: A Century After the Scopes Trial
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100 years ago a teacher stood trial in the US by daring to teach Darwin's theory of Evolution.
I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens today.
#scopestrial