Inherit the Wind

The concept of separation of church and state is a part of our government that is extremely crucial in terms of just law making and was instated for a reason and there was no separation of the two in 1925. The church and the government were indistinguishable from one another in 1925. Therefore, anyone who opposed or spoke up against religion or the values and teachings of religion were breaking the law and didn't stand a chance because the government had the power and the voice. This court case is the perfect example because the prosecuter was viewed as if he were a god, because he supported religion and the Bible, the people and the government supported him, and the defense and the accused were seen as filthy, sinning, spawns of Satin.

Oh... gluttony, taking more than one's fair share and being selfish and greedy is vast in quantity in our world and especially our country and the biggest example we have seen so far in Inherit the Wind is in the case of the prosecuter who in this book is named Mr. Brady. As humans we love attention and praise and Brady is no different. Soaking up every ounce of worship the citizens give him, as well as every morsel of food he can get his hands on. The thing about gluttony is we never accept or admit to it, oh ill just have one bite or lets just talk about me for one more minute. We are selfish and completely in denial about it, because we refuse, quite strongly, to believe anything other than that we are supreme, generous, perfect beings whom look down upon the rest of the world's creatures.

Ignorance, refusing to accept, believe, or acknowledge something that threatens of differs from one's own views. While I'm not trying to be ignorant but much ignorance occurs in this trial. No one can even think about the possibility that Creationism is not the truth of our creation, that is the way it is and that's that. No one questions it, everyone, OK not everyone, but many merely accept it. That is ignorance, while yes it may hurt to find out that the ways of God are not always right, it is important, no crucial to be able to investigate and think for one's self, and the fear of finding out that one may be wrong is the reason for the immense amount of ignorance that lies everywhere we turn.