AboutDarwin.com - Home Page. Charles Darwin (sitemap) Evolution. Understanding Evolution. TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy. Intelligent Design on Trial | Watch the Program. Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial PBS Airdate: November 13, 2007 NARRATOR: Dover, Pennsylvania: like much of the United States, Dover has become a town divided. ALAN BONSELL (Dover School Board Member): I personally don't believe in Darwin's theory of evolution.
ROBERT ESHBACH (Dover Science Teacher): Saying that you don't believe in evolution is almost saying, for us, well, "We don't believe that the Civil War ever took place in the United States. " NARRATOR: Dover is split between those who accept Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and those who reject it. And that rift between science and scripture nearly destroyed the community. Signs of trouble first appeared after a Dover High School student painted a mural showing the evolution of humans from ape-like ancestors.
BERTHA SPAHR (Dover Science Teacher): It was a lovely piece of artwork, very well done artistically, and it did not offend me in any way. Flames soon spread to the local school board. KENNETH R. EUGENIE C. And David H. The Great Debate, Part I: Miller & Pennock vs. Dembski & Behe.