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How did Fundamentalists were at odds with teaching of evolution?
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Who was scopes and what did they do?
John Thomas Scopes was a high school biology teacher who was accused of teaching evolution in 1925. In the famous Scopes Trail he was found guilty, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial represents the fight between the creation vs. evolution, led by the fundamentalists and the creationists.
Does the teaching of evolution violate the 1st amendment?
no it does not
John t scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of?
evolution
Why was john scopes put on trial?
in 1925, he broke Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of Darwinism to his students. *back then, the state and religion wasn't separated*
What happened as a result of the Scopes Monkey trial?
The law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was upheld.
During the 1920s fundamentalists gained attention for their belief in what?
In the 1920's the Fundamentalists gained attention for their belief in the repeal of the theory of evolution. There were movements banning the teaching of evolution in the classroom. Fundamentalists led this movement.
Why did fundamentalists in Tennessee pass a law about teaching science?
They did not want students to learn the theory of evolution in school.
What occurred when the teaching of evolution was challenged by fundamentalists?
I think it was 1987 when the Supreme Court ruled that no state could block the teaching of evolution and that creationism was religion and violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.
Christian fundamentalists in the 1920s opposed?
In Religion a fundamentalist believes in a literal interpretation (as he understands it) of what he reads, teaching evolution
What were 2 things fundamentalists objected to do?
alcohol and the theory of evolution
What were two things fundamentalists objected to?
Alcohol and the theory of evolution
Who was scopes and what did they do?
John Thomas Scopes was a high school biology teacher who was accused of teaching evolution in 1925. In the famous Scopes Trail he was found guilty, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial represents the fight between the creation vs. evolution, led by the fundamentalists and the creationists.
How has fundamentalists affected society?
Fundamentalists are very cohesive and organized political groups. They usually oppose equal rights for women and homosexuals, oppose scientific family planning, the teaching of evolution in schools, and seek governmental support/establishment of religion. In the U.S. they support militarism, the arm race, anti-communism and a pro-Zionist establishment of Israel as part of apocalyptic ideology.
What was the result of the scopes 'monkey trail'?
The law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was upheld
When did the monkey trial take place?
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
How does Darwin's theory go against the teaching of the fandementalists?
It doesn't. The teaching of the fundamentalists goes against modern science and the theory of evolution by natural selection is just the most prominent theory these people attack. As biblical literalist they can not accept the age of the earth, the formation of the universe and, evolutionarily, that man is the ancestor of what they would consider " lower organisms. "
How were religious issues and fundamentalism at odds with the teaching of evolution?
well, obama is actually a plant. he was grown in the goverment officials garden. Thats why he goes outside to retrieve sunlight and drinks water. Hence photosynthesis.
