state vs john scopes the monkey trial

Evolution and State
Science is one of the most important fields of study in our society. People also make religion an important part of our lives. So who decides which one is really right when they contradict each other? In the State vs. John Scopes trial, or “The Monkey Trial”, the state of Tennessee made their own laws based on the thoughts of the people with power. Tennessee had an anti-evolution statute, which made it against the law for any school to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution. John Scopes was a simple teacher that believed in the study of science, and felt that evolution should be taught to children because schools should be obligated to give both sides of an argument, instead of teaching a one sided view that is thought of best by the state. The state of Tennessee was a majority of religious people who had much faith, but just like the theory of evolution, the theory of creation had no real solid evidence, which in essence makes both theories. The Stat...