A Christian Appeal - "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed"

If you are considering going to see the Ben Stein's movie, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" - PLEASE watch this video!

Christian (Catholic) Biologist lecture on evolution and Intelligent Design
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVRsWAjvQSg

3 minute podcast by Scientific American Magazine
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=61D30BEB-A65E-7583-BB264FABBD4CD8...

An article written by Scientific American evaluating the movie's claims
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=sciam-reviews-expelled

Skeptic Magazine investigates the claims made in the movie
http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/08-04-17.html

http://www.expelledexposed.com/

Please keep in mind that this view is coming from a Christian.

I want to urge you to reconsider. Please don't support this movie by going to see it.

The movie "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" is a deplorable display of pseudoscience, conspiracy, and deceit. It is an attack on science itself and it employs a type of outrageous half-truth (or less) information that ends up being bad for everyone.

If you are considering watching the movie... please, at least read some information from a few of these links before you decide. If you think these links are biased - send me a message. I'm happy to discuss it with you and support my position.

Thanks, and I hope you decide not to support this type of propaganda. - ESPECIALLY if you're a Christian (or theist) because this falls right into your camp. If we allow practices like this to go unchallenged, we leave ourselves little room to criticize similar practices by others.

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[Blowme95]

How are you glorifying, or substantiating God through this message ???

[chrispalasz]

@Blowme95

What do you mean by "substantiating God"?

And... did you watch the video? Because I'm not sure where the confusion is. I believe that encouraging Christians who are ignorant or enraged to abandon fruitless battles and approach holiness in a more loving and honest way - with an open mind - is well glorifying to God.

[sykeo123]

@911dispatcher

do you even know what a bible looks like you dumb fuck?

[eleminatus]

@yourboydano2 give a single reason, why ID should be even talked about. A claim, that has never conveyed a single research or produced any evidence, should not only be avoided in an intellectual discussion, but ridiculed and attacked on a regular basis. Why? Because ID is a religious claim with no basis in reality. If you want to adhere to nonsense, be my guest, but dont expect any respect from others if you do!

[Lennon4ever1]

Your honesty runs along the same lines as Ken Millers' view - ID is religion. Thank you

[yourboydano2]

The most shocking evidence of the effects Darwinian philosophy were laid out in plain English by the men who preach it... it wasn't some facts or figures that could be manipulated. Evolution, and the Darwinian Theory are not identical in Nature. Complete belief in randomness DOES do away with God, meaning, purpose, and ethics. And I suppose that is why the community at large has no problem commiting the systematic war acts it has on the freedom of inquiry.

[yourboydano2]

This review was pathetic. You are twisting the whole point and message of the film. It was NEVER about TEACHING Intelligent Design in the class room, it was about freedom of inquiry. To at least be able to talk about it, mention it, discuss it without fear of losing your job, being black listed, and attacked systematically by the overarching power structure in the education system.

[darint07]

I am sorry, but I strongly disagree with you view of the movie. I also am a Christian, and the movie is exactly what you said it isn't. The reason the movie was made because scientists were getting black listed because their studies in science led them to a belief in intelligent design or God. The movie was made to combat philosphers posing as scientists.

[TheManMostMysterious]

I think your review of this documentary was spot on.

[iSmkoeBluntsToMyFace]

Wow, a theist who doesn't piss me off. I wonder if you were just so indoctrinated from birth that you can't see the absurdity of having a god. Because you are smart. I wonder how smart people end up believing in religions. This is not a personal attack, merely an observation. This video was informative, and I agree, even If i was religious, i would think to myself "this film is not a force of good for us." As it stands now, the movie seems to have pissed off atheists as well as theists.

[fashklash]

chump