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Expelled - A Must-See Documentary
PostedApril 25, 2008
BelAirBandit
from San Diego
EXPELLED does a great job of documenting how the ruling orthodoxy of Darwinian evolution will go to great lengths to suppress any dissenting opinions that are based on scientific experimentation and evidence, not just religious orthodoxy. The malevolence many of the Darwinian evolutionists expressed towards religion in general and Christianity in specific was quite shocking. I was reminded of the time that Galileo was brought condemned before the Pope for expounding that the Sun, not the Earth was the center of the solar system. He was forced to recant under pain of excommunication and death. This has often been cited by science as an example of what religion does to sScience. Has Science now fought its way into the Pope's robes? It would appear that unless you bow before the altar of orthodoxy, you will be targeted. This is happening not only in evolutionary biology, but also in climatology. A pox on the person who does not hold fervently to the FACT of global warming that is due primarily to the predations of mankind.
Ben also brought out how the purely mechanistic worldview of Darwinian evolution has led to eugenics, where man in his infinite wisdom attempts to help the evolutionary process along. This idea, popular in the early part of the 20th century certainly influenced Hitler and led to his desire to extinguish select populations of humanity, such as the Jews, since they were viewed as a lower life form by the National Socialists. What is frightening is the parroting of this world view by a rather large fraction of the Islamic world, where Jews are depicted as unclean animals. Just look up the Hamas video with the ersatz Mickey Mouse if you want one example. What made the movie really entertaining was the subtle humor and satire that Ben Stein employed . I also found it extremely entertaining when he would allow certain pompous and bloviating individuals to walk into a verbal trap. Often, they did not seem to realize that they had been had. Watch for the fat man with the bushy sideburns. Was it a bit one sided, yes, but I wouldn't call the productions of Michael Moore or Algore as shining examples of fairminded debate either. If nothing else, see it because it challenges your comfort zone. You just might find out that you have been too complacent.
Ben also brought out how the purely mechanistic worldview of Darwinian evolution has led to eugenics, where man in his infinite wisdom attempts to help the evolutionary process along. This idea, popular in the early part of the 20th century certainly influenced Hitler and led to his desire to extinguish select populations of humanity, such as the Jews, since they were viewed as a lower life form by the National Socialists. What is frightening is the parroting of this world view by a rather large fraction of the Islamic world, where Jews are depicted as unclean animals. Just look up the Hamas video with the ersatz Mickey Mouse if you want one example. What made the movie really entertaining was the subtle humor and satire that Ben Stein employed . I also found it extremely entertaining when he would allow certain pompous and bloviating individuals to walk into a verbal trap. Often, they did not seem to realize that they had been had. Watch for the fat man with the bushy sideburns. Was it a bit one sided, yes, but I wouldn't call the productions of Michael Moore or Algore as shining examples of fairminded debate either. If nothing else, see it because it challenges your comfort zone. You just might find out that you have been too complacent.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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