"Expelled" The Movie (beliefs, evolution, creation, science)

[Willamena]

Haha. Darwin created "...a scientific theory that rationalized Imperialism." (He did!) It might be a fun movie.

[logician]

Originally Posted by rocketman

Hiya gang. I heard about an upcoming controversial documentary movie about the evolution debate and I thought I would get a thread under way as I'm sure it's going to cause some interesting discussion. It's already causing a lot of controversy. The trailer is up.

Ben Stein is EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed

It's idiots like this that (s)elected Bush for POTUS.

[Papersock]

Looks like it is going to be more of the same tired arguments.

That's quite a dire warning at the end of the trailer.

[camanintx]

Here's the first review of Expelled. I thought this line pretty much summed it up.

There are so many topics picked up, misrepresented and abandoned unresolved by "Expelled" that it is impossible to deal with them all. But they are typical of the intellectual dishonesty of the creationist-Intelligent Design cabal that wants to have this bankrupt hypothesis taught in the public schools.

[Rolling_Stone]

It looks like something I want to see, but I don't think anyone is really surprised about how intolerant "rationalism" really is. I mean, look at how much effort goes into dismissing the implications of modern physics...including throwing out unfalsifiable theories and portraying them as real "science."

[Mr Spinkles]

There's a guilty part of me that want to see this movie. It's the same guilty part of me that wants to see the Creation Museum, or a train wreck.

But it would be immoral to entertain myself with these spectacles, I think.....

[rocketman]

Originally Posted by Mr Spinkles

There's a guilty part of me that want to see this movie. It's the same guilty part of me that wants to see the Creation Museum, or a train wreck.

But it would be immoral to entertain myself with these spectacles, I think.....

There's nothing wrong with taking a look.



"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles"

- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[Mr Spinkles]

I've taken long looks at the stuff put out by anti-evolution groups like the Discovery Institute and Answersingenesis.com. There comes a point when it becomes a repetition of the same tired arguments, dressed in different clothes.

[Papersock]

Originally Posted by Mr Spinkles

I've taken long looks at the stuff put out by anti-evolution groups like the Discovery Institute and Answersingenesis.com. There comes a point when it becomes a repetition of the same tired arguments, dressed in different clothes.

Very true, it seems.