tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post8351587434902182053..comments2024-03-28T15:39:28.239-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: The Great Scopes Myth: The convenient lie lives onMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-1513212116881447962009-02-13T17:31:00.000-05:002009-02-13T17:31:00.000-05:00Actually there was a controversy at the trial abou...Actually there was a controversy at the trial about the exact meaning of the poorly worded Butler Act. Everyone took it to mean that it banned teaching evolution, especially human evolution, but it is worded in such a way that it only bans evolution if it denies what is taught in the "Bible." The law never even defines what contitutes the Bible or even what part of it or which translation. WouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-73182429389902929252009-02-13T00:35:00.000-05:002009-02-13T00:35:00.000-05:00I said in my post that it did outlaw the denial of...I said in my post that it did outlaw the denial of the literal creation account of man. But the law does not prohibit the teaching of evolution per se. That was my point. There was nothing that would have prohibited the teaching the of the evolution of all other plants and animals in the act.Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-45723009779694243592009-02-13T00:15:00.000-05:002009-02-13T00:15:00.000-05:00"to teach instead that man has descended from a lo..."to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals."<BR/><BR/>Since evolution involves common descent, this law does forbid the teaching of evolution in schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-86392872482628942982009-02-12T23:21:00.000-05:002009-02-12T23:21:00.000-05:00Check. Did you have a point or was this just furt...Check. Did you have a point or was this just further information?Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-79193353549335518972009-02-12T22:46:00.000-05:002009-02-12T22:46:00.000-05:00Here is the text of the Butler Act:AN ACT prohibit...Here is the text of the Butler Act:<BR/><BR/>AN ACT prohibiting the teaching of the Evolution Theory in all the Universities, Normals and all other public schools of Tennessee, which are supported in whole or in part by the public school funds of the State, and to provide penalties for the violations thereof. <BR/><BR/>Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com