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From: Skeptical Inquirer
Date: 20070501
Author:Ladendorf, Bob

In a span of eighty years, the teaching and science of evolution has been under siege in America, from the 1925 Scopes trial to the 2005 Dover, Pennsylvania, trial about teaching intelligent design in science classes. What do these two trials tell us about science and religion today?

To address that question, the Center for Inquiry/West hosted a staged reading of a new play, Darwin's Nightmare, on February 12, Darwin's 198th birthday. Independent filmmaker and acting coach Frank Megna and Bob Ladendorf cowrote the play specifically for the event. Professional actors, ...

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