... promoting a philosophical position rather than a scientific conclusion. 2. Theistic Critics of Neo-Darwinism At the time of the Scopes trial in 1925, Christian fundamentalists rejected all evolutionary ideas and accepted a literal interpretation of Genesis. In the 1980s the "creation science" movement put pressure on state legislatures and local school boards to require biology teachers to give a "balanced treatment" of evolutionary theory and ... his "personal preference" and not a "false fusion" of two domains that cannot be brought together. Yet when Gould gives his own views in the f...

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... abandoning religion altogether.# The older generation saw their precious Victorian values slipping away. With no other solution in sight, they adopted the strict and quite over-bearing doctrine of fundamentalism. The central theme of their new movement was the literal interpretation of the Bible and, accompanying the movement, were ideals of temperance, gentility, and sexual repression.# With a large following, Fundamentalists easily ... interpretations that it was impossible for anyone to really know what the true understanding was. Therefore, the theory of Creation as stated in the Bi...

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