John T. Scopes John Thomas Scopes was born 3 August, 1900, in Paducah Kentucky. At a young age, Scopes family moved to Illinois, first to Danville, then eventually settling in Salem. Johns father, Thomas, and mother, Mary, made sure to educate their five children as much as possible. They often made the children read literature and philosophy. Thomas Scopes, an Englishman, was said to have stepped off the boat in Galveston, TX with four books, including Darwin’s Origin of Species .Thomas Scopes…
once a court case, the Scopes Trial, in which many issues had arisen and were resolved about this controversy. One of the main issues discussed was a debate on evolutionism being taught in school. Clarence Darrow, an atheist lawyer, asked William Jennings Bryan, a devout and vocal politician and a Christian, a series of questions in regards to what Bryan believed to be true about the Bible. Darrow later then explained that science had said otherwise about certain issues which even today are…
Back in 1925, the school board had a law (Butler Act) that evolution (the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth) or any theory of creation other than the biblical Creation could not be taught in public schools. This law was targeted at English scientist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, which was that human had ascended from apes. Some people did not agree with this law but others…
William Bryan Jennings When asked today about William Jennings Bryan, several people would probably remember him as a die-hard Presbyterian that went against a substitute teacher for violating the law of teaching of evolution in schools, as a consequence today people don't realize how William Bryan "did more than any other man" by transforming the Democratic "party from a bulwark of laissez-faire into the citadel of liberalism" by using related religious principles as a foundation for his…
August Alsina August Anthony Alsina Jr. is a 23 year old singer. His birthday is September 3, 1992. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. August is a very popular vocalist in the industry today; you might have heard his top single called “I Luv This.” In addition, because of his amazing vocal cords, he is considered to be an R&B artist but, he says otherwise. He says that he is just an artist that makes music and that he does not want to put a title on that. August had a very rough childhood…