Title: May 25, 1925 | A Tennessee Teacher, John T. Scopes, Is Indicted for Evolution Lessons - The New York Times
Headings: May 25, 1925 | Tennessee Teacher Is Indicted for Evolution Lessons
May 25, 1925 | Tennessee Teacher Is Indicted for Evolution Lessons
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Content: The true story of the trial is told in Chapter 3, “The Great Scopes Scam,” of my book The End of Darwinism. The true story has little in common with the play and movie “Inherit the Wind,”  which many American schools use as instructional material. This is malpractice in pedagogy. Science_not_religion May 26, 2012 · 1:32 pm
Naturalistic science teachers would likely agree with those confessional Bible believing Christian science teachers who do not want “Creationism” (the religious belief definition) taught in public  school. For the confessional Bible believing Christian, Romans 16:17-18 and I Corinthians 1:10 forbid having non-like-minded believers teach religion to them or their families whether in the public school or  in church. To believe Darwinism, Evolutionism, Materialism, Atheism, Naturalism, or Secularism Humanism doctrines are not based on some untestable or unobservable presuppositions (religious beliefs), would be naive. Those same naturalists would likely not agree with those same Bible believers when they encourage the teaching of the strengths and weaknesses of evolution (the non-religious belief definition) and intelligent design  (the non-religious belief definition) that is testable and observable (empirical) science. If textbooks, scientists, teachers or administrations blatantly continue teaching what turns out to be scientifically  false or deceptive or protecting (proselytizing) of their religion, replace the textbook, un-fund their work, change the curriculum, release them or consider closing the religion promoting tax payer funded school. In a free society, parents or guardians not the public institutions should teach a child’s religious beliefs. The public schools should be encouraged to teach truely scientific teachings, not religious indoctrination.