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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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With the Fundamentalists coming out second best in the minds of educated urban Americans

The trial saw modernists, who said religion was consistent with evolution, against Fundamentalists who said the Word of God as revealed in the Bible trumped all human knowledge. The trial was thus both a religious or theological contest, and a trial on the veracity of modern science regarding the creation-evolution controversy, with the Fundamentalists coming out second best in the minds of educated urban Americans, and withdrawing into their rural strongholds. The teaching of science and evolution expanded, as Fundamentalist efforts to use state laws to reverse the trend had failed in the court of public opinion.

Please help me with the bold parts.

Does 'had failed in the court of public opinion' mean that though Fundamentalists had won the case in 'actual' court still they lost the case to the court of public opinion.
  

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Hi, The trial saw modernists, who said religion was consistent with evolution, against Fundamentalists who said the Word of *** as revealed in the Bible trumped all human knowledge. The trial was thus both a religious or theological contest, and a trial on the veracity of modern science regarding the creation-evolution controversy, with the Fundamentalists coming out second best they lost i n the minds of educated urban Americans, and withdrawing into their rural strongholds. fundamentalist beliefs remained strong in country areas, ie outside the cities The teaching of science and evolution expanded, as Fundamentalist efforts to use state laws to reverse the trend had failed in the court of public opinion .

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  • Hi, The trial saw modernists, who said religion was consistent with evolution, against Fundamentalists who said the Word of *** as revealed in the Bible trumped all human knowledge.
  • The trial was thus both a religious or theological contest, and a trial on the veracity of modern science regarding the creation-evolution controversy, with the Fundamentalists coming out second best they lost i n the minds of educated urban Americans, and withdrawing into their rural strongholds.
  • fundamentalist beliefs remained strong in country areas, ie outside the cities The teaching of science and evolution expanded, as Fundamentalist efforts to use state laws to reverse the trend had failed in the court of public opinion .
  • Please help me with the bold parts.
  • Does 'had failed in the court of public opinion' mean that though Fundamentalists had won the case in 'actual' court still they lost the case to the court of public opinion.
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Hi,

The trial saw modernists, who said religion was consistent with evolution, against Fundamentalists who said the Word of *** as revealed in the Bible trumped all human knowledge. The trial was thus both a religious or theological contest, and a trial on the veracity of modern science regarding the creation-evolution controversy,

with the Fundamentalists coming out second
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