The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-24


that the flood destroyed all mankind
and animals outside the ark, and that
he could believe that God could make
a fish big enough to swallow Jonah.
"But when you read that Jonah
swallowed the whale" or that the
whale swallowed Jonah-excuse me,
please, how do you literally interpret
that ?" questioned Darrow.
DOESN'T SAY WHALE
"When l read that big fish swal-
lowed Jonah-it doesn't say whale"
doesn't it? Are you sure ?"
"That is my recollection of it. A
big fish and I believe it, and I believe
in a God who can make a whale and
can make a man and can make both
do what he pleases."
BELIEVES JOSHUA STOPPED SUN
Thence the Interrogation turned to
the plausibility Of Joshua's making
the sun stand STILL and brought OBJ
lection from the attorney general,
who declared the questions had gone
beyond the pale ''of any issue that
could possibly be injected into this
lawsuit except imagination"
Bryan, however, asserted, ut would
be too exacting to confine the defense
to the facts. If they are not allowed
to get away from the facts what
have they to deal with? ?"
The next query from Darrow was:
'Have you an opinion as to Wheth-
or, whoever wrote the book, l believe
it was Joshua, the Book of Joshua
understood the things he was writing
about, / do not know.
"Do you think whoever inspired il
believed the sun went around the
+ earth"
81 believe it was inspired by the
Almighty, and He may have used Ian
+ guage that could be understood al
that time instead of using language
that could not be understood Unit
Darrow was born"
So, it might have been subject tt
construction, might it not"
at might have been used in Ian
i guage that could be understood then.
BELIEVES FLOOD STORY
"You believe the story of the foot
to be a literal Interpretation ?"
eyes, sir"
81 would not attempt to fix TIT
date. The date is fixed, as suggested
this morning."
"About 1904 B. CT"
''That has been the estimate Of
man that is accepted today. l woul
not say it is accurate"
chat estimate is printed in tn
4 Bible?"
TANGLE ON DATES
can effort was made to establis
the date of the flood, Bryan assert
! ing that the Bible gave the date a
about 234S years B. G.
"You believe that all the livin
things that were not contained in tn
ark were destroyed? ?"
II think the fish may have lived"
. Il am asking you whether you be
lieve."
81 do"
"But the Bible you have offered
evidence says 2340, something, S
that 1920 years ago there was not
. living thing on the earth, exceptin
the people on the ark and the animal
on the ark, and the fishes.
Don't you know there are an
number of civilizations that are traC
ed back more than 5000 years ?"
81 know we have people who trac
things back according to the numbe
of ciphers they have. But l am ne
: satisfied they are accurate"
: 'You are not satisfied there is an
: civilization that can be placed bac
: 5000 years ?"
> Il would not want to say there
3 because l have no evidence of it tn;
E is satisfactory"
TOWER OF BABEL
The course then was shifted to
questioning of the story of the towt
of Babel. Rebuke, not fear, inspire
the action of God in causing conf
sion among the builders, the witne!
said.
He refused to attempt to tell no
old the earth might be, although l
said Il could possibly come as ne;
as the scientists do"
AS both interrogations and repliu
became faster and shorter, the alto
ney was brought forward to ask Il
purpose of the examination.
''The purpose is to cast ridicule {
: everybody who believes in the Bib
and am perfectly willing that Il
world shall know that these gentl
men have no other purpose than riC
culing every person who believes
: the Bible" declared Bryan.
HOT SHOT FROM BARROW
/. eve have the purpose Of preveT
ing bigots and ignoramuses from co
: trolling the education of the Unit
States and you know it, that is al
fired back barrow.
. WHERE DID CAIN GET WIFE?
The examination continued:
= ''Mr. Bryan, do you believe that t