By the 1940s, a fundamentalist subculture had formed in the United States, with a creationist scientific establishment of its own. - Edward J. Larson

If the Anti-Evolutionists in Tennessee were aware of the existence of any other religions than their own, they might realize that it is the very genius of religion itself to evolve from primary forms to higher forms.

The inexorable growth of [biology] continues to widen, not to close the tectonic gap between science and faith-based religion.

Darrow replied within the hour by tersely affirming his agnosticism on every point, concluding with his succinct answer as to the question of immortality: “I have been searching for proof of this all my life, with the same desire to find it that is incident to every living thing, and I have never found any evidence on the subject.”