The Scopes Code
The Scopes Code CWH3M1 February 19, 2013
In 1925 John Scopes challenged the Tennessee school system and the law when he decided to continue to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution although it had been banned to teach since it had went against thing written in the bible. This drew the attention of two men Clarence Darrow and William Jennings. Jennings stated that the theory of evolution isn’t fact and made students doubt their Christian faith while Darrow argued that the children should have intellectual and religious freedom. In this paper I will be arguing against Mr. Jennings because it is true that the children should have the right to learn about evolution or practise their religion as they wish. William Jennings stated that evolution is a hypothesis not a theory, the definitions of a hypothesis is a proposition that is consistent with known data but has been neither verified nor shown to be false. Although the theory of evolution isn’t proven to be true neither was the creation story in the bible which states in Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust from the ground and breathed life into his nostrils; and man became a living soul, this has not been proven either, therefore making the bible’s creation story a hypothesis also, contradicting Jennings’ and all those who say that evolution should not be taught because it isn’t true because the same could be could be said on the part of the bibles description of the creation of man. As I have already stated the bibles events are not proven as the theory of evolution has not, so why is it that it is alright for the children to be learning about the bible would that not be feeding them false information also, why is it that it is alright for them to learn about unproven biblical
In 1925 John Scopes challenged the Tennessee school system and the law when he decided to continue to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution although it had been banned to teach since it had went against thing written in the bible. This drew the attention of two men Clarence Darrow and William Jennings. Jennings stated that the theory of evolution isn’t fact and made students doubt their Christian faith while Darrow argued that the children should have intellectual and religious freedom. In this paper I will be arguing against Mr. Jennings because it is true that the children should have the right to learn about evolution or practise their religion as they wish. William Jennings stated that evolution is a hypothesis not a theory, the definitions of a hypothesis is a proposition that is consistent with known data but has been neither verified nor shown to be false. Although the theory of evolution isn’t proven to be true neither was the creation story in the bible which states in Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust from the ground and breathed life into his nostrils; and man became a living soul, this has not been proven either, therefore making the bible’s creation story a hypothesis also, contradicting Jennings’ and all those who say that evolution should not be taught because it isn’t true because the same could be could be said on the part of the bibles description of the creation of man. As I have already stated the bibles events are not proven as the theory of evolution has not, so why is it that it is alright for the children to be learning about the bible would that not be feeding them false information also, why is it that it is alright for them to learn about unproven biblical