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Analysis Of John T. Scopes Monkey Trial

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Religion and science both face off in ¨The Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial,” the case that America went “bananas” over. Two men duel to prove their points about evolution and whether it defies state laws or not. The conflict of John T. Scopes defying the Butler Act, an act prohibiting public school teachers from denying Biblical accounts of man’s origin, was temporarily resolved with Scopes being fined, but this compromise was not entirely settled until the Butler Act was repealed years later. Biblical theology was a very strong belief among many, even when scientists proved them wrong with evidence. According to “The Scopes Monkey Trial,” Charles Darwin first caused scandal to the U.S. when he published his book, On the Origin of Species By Means

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