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Given the interest that many on this list have in this topic, you may be
very interested in the article "Science and Religious Fundamentalism in
the 1920's" in the May-June issue of American Scientist (p. 253-260).  I
was fascinated to learn that what I had heard about the Scopes trial was
grossly oversimplified and to see how the positions of "liberals" and
"conservatives" had shifted over time vis-a-vis the teaching of
evolution and why.  Just another example of the many complex dimensions
of this topic and a nice reminder that creationists vs scientists is too
simple a picture.

David L Smith
Director of Professional Development 
Da Vinci DiscoveryCenter of Science and Technology
http://www.discovery-center.org

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