Inherit the Wind is false propaganda (Talk.Origins)

Claim CA045:

The movie Inherit the Wind, a fictional account of the famous Scopes trial, is misleading propaganda. It relies heavily on anti-Christian ideas, and it depicts evolution as being censored, when in fact evolution is doing the censoring.

Source: Nesselroade, Paul. 2003. Winds of change? Wedge Update (July 1),

CreationWiki response:

Nothing in Talk.Origins' "rebuttal" actually rebuts the claim.

One wonders just what Talk.Origins is trying to achieve here. Creationists are not claiming that the film is a documentary; it is acknowledged to be a fictionalised account. But it is also undisputibly based on the real events in Dayton, as Talk.Origins' quote acknowledges. Nothing in this rebuttal point actually rebuts the claim that it is misleading propaganda.

Inherit the Wind's use of "dramatic licence" is clearly done in a way to denigrate Christians. Again, Talk.Origins' response does not actually rebut the claim.

Talk.Origins just couldn't resist taking a dig at creationists. In saying this they ignore the fact that science is a multi-trillion dollar business with worldwide speaking, publishing, and other publicity outlets, including public schools where creationism is completely censored. And evolutionary research has major funding from governments, whereas the pittance that is available to be spent on creationary research is almost entirely from donations by supporters.

There are indeed efforts to censor creationism from the mainstream public. In most western societies, programs favouring creation simply don't get onto the mainstream media networks, but there is no end of programs favouring and even promoting evolution.

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