A Christian and an Atheist Walk into a Bar

The Scopes Monkey Trial as Meme

October 18, 2021 Neil Newton and Philip Thompson Season 1 Episode 5
A Christian and an Atheist Walk into a Bar
The Scopes Monkey Trial as Meme
Show Notes Chapter Markers

In this episode of A Christian and an Atheist Walk into a Bar, Neil and Phil dig into the Scopes Trial and reassess the competing legacies of William Jennings Bryan, H.L. Mencken, and Clarence Darrow. Along the way they’ll talk about memes that have nothing to do with kittens.

In “Should I Really Care About This?” they expose the injustice of serving appetizers in odd numbers.  

Beers appearing in this episode:
Cinderlands’ Tracks Again Unfiltered Pilsner
Ayinger Jahrhundert Beer

Indispensable Reading: Under God: Religion and American Politics by Gary Wills

What we're drinking today
What is a meme?
Mencken's White Supremacism
Who is William Jennings Bryan
What Happens at the Trial?
Evangelicalism in the Wake of the Scopes Trial
Mencken's Literalistic Darwinism
The Nature of the Bible
Progressive or Reformational
Darwinism and Historical Context
Secularizing the End Times
Becoming a God or Becoming Yourself?
Reading the Bible in Context
Should I Really Care About This? Appetizers in odd numbers?