Inherit the Wind Overturned by Design

by Don Milne

A play in three acts Summer. Not too far from now. A small New England town Inherit The Wind Overturned by Design is a mirror to the 1955 play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Washed up politician Gordon Albert (think Al Gore) is brought in the prosecute the case against a school teacher defended by Nicole Duran (think Ann Coulter). In the original play, the public schools taught Creationism and the challenge was Darwinism. In this new century, the public schools teach Darwinism and the challenge is Intelligent Design. This play follows the same structure with completely new dialogue (except where original quotes from the actual Scopes trial are used). It purposefully uses similar characters in the same situation to show the ironic position of Darwinism today.

130 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

Don Milne writes books he would like to see contribute to a conservative education. His most recent book, "Atlas Shrugged and Jesus Wept" is a defense of Ayn Rand's attack against religion. His play, "Inherit the Wind: Overturned by Design" is a 21st century update of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, except this time Intelligent Design is on trial. "Home School Adventurers: The Lost Da Vincis" is a book about a home school family that deal with parents that have vanished. All his books are available on Amazon or ITunes.

Reviews

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

This last week is the 90th aniversary of the Scopes trial, so I thought I would update this review of my book, which brings the Scopes trial into the 21st century with intelligent design on trial. I recently reread it to prepare for a radio interview about it.

An argument can be made that the Scopes trial is the 'genesis' of the evolutionist control of science as taught in schools. It took until the 1960's for the courts to clear the way for evolution to replace creationism, but in our modern day, evolution is firmly entrenched in American schools and taught as fact instead of theory.

Any scientific challenges that would tear down belief in evolution are blocked with swiftness, often accompanied by venom and spite. In the eyes of those in control of government schools, evolution cannot be questioned or attacked.

The distinguished Chinese scientist J. Y. Chen has made this insightful observation: "In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government. In America, you can criticize the government, but not Darwin."

Many thinking scientists are unconvinced that random mutation can explain the evolution of life and especially the creation of entirely new species. Yet scientists who question the viability of Darwinian evolution are marginalized and scorned. Intelligent design is wrongly labeled as creationism in sheep's clothing.

The infallible, unquestioned dominance of evolution in our schools is clearly reminiscent of the creationist position a century ago. There is only one "true" position. No debate allow.

Is there any question that if a teacher were to introduce arguments of intelligent design to his/her students that he or she would get in trouble?

To advance the argument that evolution deserves to be challenged, I wrote the play Inherit the Wind: Overturned by Design. This time, instead of basing the over-the-hill politician turned prosecutor on William Jennings Bryant, he looks a lot like Al Gore. Instead of Clarence Darrow, the feisty defense attorney is based on Ann Coulter. It's conservatives debating liberals, intelligent design vs evolution. It shares the message that intelligent design should be taken seriously, and not dismissed without any debate. My goal is to see this play help advance the intelligent design argument.

I have been getting a steady pace of sales of my book on Amazon and Apple Ibooks. If you read it, post your review on Amazon or Ibooks for others to see.

Thanks,
The author.