Tag: Scopes Monkey Trial

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 22, 2025

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Carole Hooven, Clarence Darrow, Colin Wright, common descent, Darwinists, Edward Larson, evidence, evolutionary biology, folk beliefs, fundamentalism, gravity, human origins, Jerry Coyne, logic, New York Times, Parting Shot, private truth, public truth, reason, Richard Dawkins, Scopes Monkey Trial, subjectivism, Summer for the Gods, Tennessee, The Story of Testosterone, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan}

In Science, the Rising Power of Private Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2025

Epistemology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason, and evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Alexander Winchell, Antonin Scalia, censorship, Dayton, Edward J. Larson, Evolutionary Studies Institute, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Plato’s Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scopes Monkey Trial, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Daily Wire, Vanderbilt University}

One Hundred Years After Scopes, It’s “Scopes-in-Reverse”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin tried to contact the folks at Vanderbilt about the lock-out, but no one even bothered to get back to him. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, academic freedom, Casey Luskin, Darwinian mechanism, Darwinists, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, films, Hollywood, ID research program, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, persecution, scientific progress, Scopes effect, Scopes Monkey Trial}

Despite Scopes Effect, Intelligent Design Flourishes

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 5, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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As Casey Luskin notes, the intelligent design research project has gone from strength to strength in the last three decades. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, ACLU, Casey Luskin, crime, culture, Darwin skeptics, Dayton, evolution, faith and science, fundamentalism, human evolution, ID the Future, Inherit the Wind, John T. Scopes, media, Michael Egnor, modernism, podcast, radio, science, Scopes Monkey Trial, stereotypes, technology, Tennessee}

A Century Later, the Spirit of Scopes Is Alive and Well

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 1, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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According to secularist legend, the Scopes trial represented a great showdown between ignorant, fundamentalist religion and enlightened, scientific progress. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, americans, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Big Bang, biology, brain, Christians, cultural Christianity, cultural Christians, Dayton, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, Elon Musk, evolution, faith and science, feelings, immaterial genome, intellectuals, Jonathan Haidt, Jordan Peterson, mainstream media, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, New Atheist, Niall Ferguson, Orthodox Jews, Peter Savodnik, Pew Research Center, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Salvo Magazine, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Meyer, Tennessee, The Free Press, The Immortal Mind, Western civilization}

With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings

_{David Klinghoffer
June 30, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ACLU, Colin Wright, Darwinism, Dayton, Donald Trump, evolutionary biologists, history, John Scopes, National Institutes of Health, private truth, public education, public truth, Salvo Magazine, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee, transgenderism, Washington Post}

Scopes “Monkey” Trial Is Turning One Hundred

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 29, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Almost nothing happened quite the way the stereotypes have portrayed it since then. Read More ›

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Date
March 22, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, Christianity, education, Galileo Affair, history, Melissa Cain Travis, natural philosophers, science, scientific revolution, Scopes Monkey Trial, theologians, Warfare Thesis, Zoom}

New Course on Science and Christianity Beginning Soon with Melissa Cain Travis

_{Science and Culture
March 22, 2024

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics, Science Education

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Special attention will be given to long-enduring myths and misconceptions that underpin the so-called “warfare thesis.” Read More ›

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Author
Melissa Cain Travis

Date
May 9, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, antiquity, Christianity, Darwinism, DiscoveryU, evolution, Galileo Affair, human origins, intelligent design, materialistic philosophy, progressive creationism, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Scopes Monkey Trial, theistic evolution, theology, Warfare Thesis, Young Earth Creationism, Zoom}

Coming Soon to DiscoveryU: Live Courses on Science and Christianity

_{Melissa Cain Travis
May 9, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The pilot course, Science and Christianity I: A Historical Exploration, begins on July 10 and will be the first in a three-part module taught by yours truly. Read More ›

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Author
Logan Paul Gage

Date
April 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, atomists, Benjamin Wiker, Church Fathers, Democritus, Douglas Axe, Epicurus, evolution, God's Grandeur, intelligent design, James Sinclair, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New Atheists, Plato, Robin Collins, Roman Catholic, Scopes Monkey Trial, Scripture, Socrates, Stephen Meyer, stereotypes, William Lane Craig}

Understanding Design Arguments: An Introduction for Catholics

_{Logan Paul Gage
April 24, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics

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What ID denies is that every feature of nature is the product of natural forces all the way down. This commitment is necessarily shared by Catholics. Read More ›

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Date
January 30, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, brain chemistry, Civic Biology, Darwinism, eugenics, evolution, Hank Hanegraaff, ID the Future, Niles Eldredge, podcast, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Jay Gould, Taking Leave of Darwin}

Neil Thomas: Darwin, Aquinas, and the Origin of Life

_{Science and Culture
January 30, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Thomas and radio host Hank Hanegraaff discuss the fossil record’s challenge to Darwinism, Gould and Eldredge’s rescue attempt, and more. Read More ›