The court room is very heated right now as Drummond and Brady are arguing over the validity of the Bible. Drummond, a brilliant attorney is in favor of teaching evolution in schools, while Brady says evolution has to be banned and only the theory of creationism should be taught.
Brady is supporting his position on the issue by saying that evolution must be false, since humans have a superior intellect to all other creatures. Right at this moment, Bryan is looking extremely foolish by responding to Drummond's "Sponge" questions, the crowd is favoring Drummond at this point. Brady says that according to Bishop Usher, the exact date of the creation was on October 23, 4004 BC. Drummond shows a rock and says that according to a scientist, the rock is over 14 million years old, completely contradicting Brady's argument.
Drummond just approached the bench, and is questioning Brady about the creation of the Earth; he is saying: "How do you know how long the first day of the world lasted if there was no sun or light to measure the time yet?" Brady is stumped, he stutters as he tries to explain, eventually reaching an answer: "I don't know, the bible says its a day". Drummond responds: "Is it possible the first day was a 25 hour day?" Brady's expression shows that he already knows that Drummond caught him. "Yes, I guess it is possible" he replies reluctantly. The crowd just went wild, everyone is screaming and cheering Drummond on.
Brady is continuously assaulting Drummond, saying he is trying to disprove the Bible, and saying that only he is right. Drummond just proceeded to call Brady a "self-proclaimed prophet of Nebraska", the crowd is laughing uncontrollably. The presiding judge just adjourned the court, and wait, Brady is trying to sway to crowd in his favor! He is incomprehensibly yelling about the Bible and reciting verses and prophets, apparently this strategy isn't working; the crowd is making its way out of court.
Brady, like Drummond, is an amazing lawyer but it is apparent that he is not going to win this case.
Matt Siewierski
I agree the atmosphere of the court room was very intense and heated. Members of the audience erupted with amens many times through out the trial shouting as if they were at a sporting event. It was very obvious that Drummond dominated the later part of the trial. This was evident in the trap Drummond set for Brady, by asking him how many hours were in the first day of creation.
ReplyDeleteGreat article! I like how there are a lot of details on Drummond's strategy.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with the verdict. Drummond obviously won the attention of the jusry! Great article!
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