Chapter 16: Religion And Science Part 2

 The remaining part of this section talks about the Scientific Revolution, which happened during the mid-sixteenth to the eighteenth century which gave a different perspective on how the world was created and challenged the ideas of the church  and Christianity.  The European's condition were very favorable to rise in the ideas of science since there was a legal system which guaranteed the independence of institutions.  Meaning that they were allowed to believe in whatever they wanted without any consequences.  Overall the reading reminded me about Inherit the Wind, which was a play that was written during the 1950's and became a film during the 1960's. Which was based on the Scopes trial in 1925.   The play was about a teacher by the name of Bertram Cates who is arrested and sent to court for the crime of teaching his students about science and the theory of evolution and he is put on trial.  The prosecutor was Matthew Harrison Brady who is well known as a Biblical Scholar and everyone loves him.  Defending Bertram was Henry Drummond who is a friend of Brady and is known as a famous lawyer for his controversial mind.  The case ends with Bertram being found guilty, but because Drummond's case was well organized Bertram only had to pay a small fine.  It shows how the idea of science was a controversial thing since at the time so many people were very religious.