By all means, E.K. Hornbeck is guilty for teaching the revolutionary theory about humans because it goes against the Butler Act, a law that states no public teachers should teach any kind of theory that contradicts the explanation written in the Bible. This law especially refers to the revolutionary theory of humans stated by Charles Darwin. However, his punishment shouldn’t be a grave punishment because of several reasons.
First of all, the theory of human evolution doesn’t totally go against the bible as Henry Drummond said. From Genesis 1: 3-5,
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
we can see that God created Day and Night on the first day. However, He does not specify how long the “day” is. This means, one day might have not being the 24 hours we think it would, but it might represent 10 million years. Do you see where we are getting at? Creationism and the Theory of Revolution can coexist in the terms of time.
Furthermore, it was God who gave us the ability to think. He has made us specially to rule over the world He has created according to Genesis 1: 26,
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
God has given us the right to think. The right to put some logical thoughts to the events happening in our surroundings. Why would E.K. Hornbeck need to be severely punished for using the right God has given to him, to us. Additionally how does Harrison Brady know what is right or wrong?
Science has widened our view. We need to balance modern and traditional in order to have a better quality. We need to keep the old, good traditions but also incorporate the new, great facilities. It’s like mixing blue and red to come up with a even beautiful color, violet.
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