The THEORY(means unproven) of Evolution

I would hardly call Philip Johnson the father of Intelligent Design. He is a lawyer, not a scientist. Intelligent Design is more the brainchild of William Demski and Michael Behe.

But reference to the Scopes Monkey Trial is hardly a good endorsement of the infallibility of science. In fact, the "evolution" that Scopes testified that he "might" have taught (he was a substitute teacher) came from a textbook that taught the "vitalist" theory of evolution. This is a theory similar to the current theory of intelligent design although it lacked even the specificity of ID. It was the prevailing scientific view of evolution at that time.

Darwinism did not become the accepted theory until the 1930's when some scientists managed to merge the Darwinian theory with Mendel's discoveries on genetics. Prior to that, it was felt that Mendel's findings refuted Darwin.

Darwin WAS taught in that Tennessee textbook. But it wasn't The Origin of Species that was taught. It was The Descent of Man, Darwin's racist writings, that were taught in Tennessee in the 1920's