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The Creationists A brief modern history of creationism presented to Reasonable Faith Adelaide, 14-March, 2013, by Ray Lakeman.
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C.S.Lewis. The great apologist was sought after by the Evolution Protest Movement C.S.Lewis (to EPM, 1951): “You might be right in regarding evolution as the central and radical lie in the whole web of falsehood that now governs our lives”.
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John Scopes agreed to be charged for teaching evolution in return for funding his studies
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Clarence Darrow, a high-profile criminal lawyer from Chicago.
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William Bryan, popular anti-evolutionist and three times presidential candidate
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Darrow and Bryan at the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee
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William Bryan used this cartoon in his 1924 anti- evolution booklet
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An early cartoon
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A cartoon from 1925
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Newspaper front page from 1925
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The play, 1955, seriously misleading
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Inherit the Wind, movie 1960, with Spencer Tracy cast as Darrow, the enlightened hero?
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1960: Christians mostly avoid the creation-evolution issue by employing the Day-Age interpretation, or the Gap interpretation. Very few creationists with academic credentials. Poor organisation. Very few books. 2000: Thousands of creationists with academic credentials. Organised creation science societies around the world. Numerous books, websites, media. Remarkable growth!
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William Lane Craig. This great apologist forecasts better times for Gospel
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A modern cartoon: Those attending a creation debate are unintelligent or unsophisticated
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