Expelled
Ben Stein's movie Expelled comes out some time soon. I just recently finished reading an article critiquing the film and here is the third to last paragraph in the article.
"The weakness of the logic of Expelled is beside the point, however. No one who accepts evolution as fact is likely to leave the theater shaken. Some people with looser understandings of the science or the legal issues might buy into its arguments about "fairness" and protecting religion against science. Expelled is nonetheless mostly a film for ID creationism's religious base. That audience has seen one setback after the next in recent years, with science rejecting ID as useless and the courts rebuffing it as for a constitutional violation in public education. For them, Expelled is a rallying point to revive their morale."
For the full article (it's kinda long) go here http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ben-steins-expelled-review-john-rennie.
I think I'm just posting this so everyone is aware of how the movie might be perceived. I'm not trying to make a statement or anything, just purely providing information.
Comments
I'd be interested in seeing it to see what all the fuss is about, but I doubt I'll pay $8-10 to go do it.
I'd like to see Leatherheads first. Looks like a fun one.
Back to the main argument of Expelled. The issue is not trying to force God on someone. It is the idea of presenting all viewpoints on a topic. That is something you expect from a well-rounded educational experience. The problem goes back to the imaginary "separation of church and state" which is as you well know not in the constitution. You guys have grown up in a US that has run amok in this area and it started in our generation.
How can you say you are a free thinker and philospher if you only look at one side of a debate?
The issue is that of being really an educated person. When I went to college I expected to be exposed to many philosophies and viewpoints. To restrict those is to really create robotic thinking - something the secularists accuse us of being. What are they so afraid of? If their arguments are convincing folks will agree, if they aren't ....
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