Michael, there never is one reason or a single answer. Keep in mind,
evolution was accepted and at the core, the cornerstone of American
culture until the 1920s. It was use to argue the naturalness of free
enterprise, individual rights, free competition, various social and
economic reform movements. It was the cornerstone of big business,
organized labor, and all the reform movments. All of which went under
such sobriquets as "social darwinism," "reform darwinism," "literary
naturalism," as well as "pragmitism." It may have been the dramatic
socio-cultural impact of WW I; it may have been the resurgence of that
"old time religion" as one response to that upheaval; it may have been the
replacement of Newtonian scientific clarity and certainty with Ensteinian
confusion and relativity; it may have been the aspect of the Cold War
confrontation between "godless" communistic Russia and "godly" democratic
United States; it may be that the United States is still the most
"religious" country in the western world; it may be all of the above and
then some.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
Valdosta State University
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