creationism in schools

In Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s play, Inherit The Wind, one character, Cates, remarks: "Living comes from a long miracle, it didn't just happen in seven days." The play was based on the “Monkey Trial” of 1925, where a science teacher is put on trial for teaching evolution to his biology class. The issue of teaching creationism in the public schools has long been debated. "Creation Science" is simply the practice of science with …

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