The only way to get onto a hilltop and observe back to know where we came form is to abandon faith by using our unique ability to reason. I am definitely on the side of evolution in the Scopes Trial. The bible contradicts itself, and the book of Genesis doesn’t support other book’s ideas. There are many reasons why it is much more reasonable to believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution than that God created the Earth, and I will now prove to you why.

First off, it is unfair that the side Brady’s in discusses against the theory of evolution, when it is evident that if it is prohibited to teach about it, they have no idea what it is about. If they at least gave an opportunity to be taught about it, then it would be fair, but they can’t fight against something they don’t know.

As Drummond found out, the lawyer of the side of the divine creation, aside from not knowing anything about the theory of evolution, he didn’t know about the bible or the book of Genesis. One of the biggest questions in this debate was if the bible should be taken literally or as a myth. Brady said that it should be taken literally, but he didn’t realize even the characters from the bible committed sins. It is said that sex is a sin, but using other words, the characters from the bible had sex a lot. “And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.” How can one still say the bible should be taken literally if it is said that people live 815 years? No one lives that much, and especially not on those times.

Something else that proves that it is not literally true is that people appear out of nowhere. “17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch (4:17)” Up until that point in the book of Genesis, only four people were alive: true created by God, Adam and Eve; and two created by them, Cain and Abel. Out of nowhere, Cain’s wife is introduced into the story. If it not a weird sister not mentioned or something, then the bible just invented a character that came out of nowhere. That is why people should believe that the bible was made to be taken like a myth.

It is also not very convincing if the opposing team doesn’t know exactly what they are defending. If God created the Earth and men, then who created the rest of the world? This universe? Other universes? If He did, then He was the one who gave every animal and creature their own qualities, being the one of humans the ability to reason. It is certain the God wanted people to do something with their minds, including asking themselves life’s questions.

With only these reasons, I am completely on the side of the theory of Darwin. There is no reason that we should not believe what we find with our advances in technology. It is as if we found the cure for cancer one day and the next we continued using herbs and other things that don’t work as well. It was fine in the times when the bible was written that they believed in the divine creation because they didn’t have any more options, but now it is considered way too old fashioned.