The long-term outcome of the Scopes "Monkey Trial"

A. represented, at best, a hollow victory for Fundamentalism because it cast ridicule of the fundamentalist cause and highlighted the dubious rationality of a relying on a literal theological reading of the Bible to overturn the findings of modern science.
B. halted the trend of increasing numbers of Christians reconciling the asserted revelations of Christianity with modern science.
C. was an unmitigated political and religious triumph of the fundamentalist Christian effort to deny the increasing influence of modern science in American educational and cultural life.
D. permitted the gap between fundamentalist Christian theology and biology to narrow considerably.
E. reversed Fundamentalism's place as a vibrant force in American spiritual life.


Answer: A

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