The Blindfold of Faith In religious communities, members of the community are fully devoted to their faith. So much so, that they are willing to ignore logic and scientific facts when these go against their faith. Therefore, it is not uncommon for scientific topics not approved by the church to be shunned and even outlawed in some religious communities. One of the most profound examples of becoming blinded by faith is Inherit The Wind, in which the religious beliefs of the community blinds the characters from logic and scientific fact. As seen in the passage above, it is evident that the idea of evolution, a widely accepted concept in the scientific community, is offensive and shocking in a religious community, even being called “sinful
