Guess who’s taking on Darwin???
October 4, 2007 by ftloveblog70
Nope ! Do not adjust the screen! That’s the man alright! “Bueller, Bueller, Bueller!” Yes, that man—Mr. Ben Stein, actor (famous for Farris Bueller’s Day Off), lawyer, Nixon advisor and a man who is the jack of all trades so to speak! This coming February 2008, he’s coming out with a documentary called Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed in which he feels that scientists have made the theory of evolution into dogma. In WorldNetDaily it states, “Stein uncovers a long line of biologists, astronomers, chemists and philosophers who have had their reputations destroyed and their careers ruined by a scientific establishment that allows absolutely no dissent from Charles Darwin’s theory of random mutation and natural selection.”
“Big Science in this area of biology has lost its way,” says Stein. “Scientists are supposed to be allowed to follow the evidence wherever it may lead, no matter what the implications are. Freedom of inquiry has been greatly compromised, and this is not only anti-American, it’s anti-science. It’s anti-the whole concept of learning.”
As “Expelled’s” official website asks: “What freedom-loving student wouldn’t be outraged to discover that his high school science teacher is teaching a theory as indisputable fact, and that university professors unmercifully crush any fellow scientists who dare question the prevailing system of belief? This isn’t the latest Hollywood comedy; it’s a disturbing new documentary that will shock anyone who thinks all scientists are free to follow the evidence wherever it may lead.”
I look forward to seeing this documentary. It will make interesting discussion. Read the rest of the article on WorldNetDaily at http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57840 and the official site promoting the documentary at http://www.expelledthemovie.com/ . If Richard Dawkins thinks he’s bad, he doesn’t know Ben Stein! Don’t let his humour fool you. You may agree not agree with Ben Stein but for one to simply brush him off does it at one’s own peril.
All I can add is what Ben Stein says in those eyedrop commercials.
Wow. :–O
“You may not agree with Ben Stein”
In this case, that is absolutely correct.
I think brushing him off would be letting him off the hook too easily. Boiling in oil? Baked over hot coals? Slow drowning? Nah, then we wouldn’t have him to laugh at any more.
Not expelled: Flunked.
Stein’s an academic. He knows that real science and real academic work is backed by research. ID has managed two papers in 20 years.
That’s not science. That’s sloth.
What are you doing on this insignificant blog????
If you think this is so insignificant, why come here? I think you need to read “What Were About!” Especially the last few sentences.
“We acknowledge that many of our doctrines were erroneous. We acknowledge that the WCG would not exist without those erroneous doctrines. But we do not conclude that Jesus Christ rescued us as a group merely to have us disband. He has bought and paid for this church. It belongs to him, and we have told him that he can have it! If it is of any value to him, he can use it as his instrument, and we are happy to let him lead us. We rejoice in the fellowship we have with him, and we believe that he has already led us into usefulness.”
Well, Ben Stein will not lead you into “usefullness”.
Don’t forget science teacher on the Wonder Years.