The 1925 Scopes trial involved a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, charged with violating a law against teaching evolution. The trial symbolized a significant cultural clash between conservative evangelicals, who believed in biblical inerrancy, and evolving scientific beliefs. The event captured national attention as the first live radio broadcast of a trial. Despite historical tensions, the long-standing culture war over evolution and creationism persists, while fundamentalist views have shifted somewhat. In 1919, conservative Protestants formed the World's Christian Fundamentals Association, promoting biblical inerrancy while often reconciling these beliefs with mainstream geological science.
The Scopes trial, held in July 1925, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s culture war over evolution and creationism, highlighting the divide between conservative evangelical beliefs and scientific understandings.
In May 1919, more than 6,000 conservative Protestants founded the World's Christian Fundamentals Association, affirming biblical inerrancy and advocating for a literal interpretation of the Genesis creation account.
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