Posted by
vikingmother on Monday, December 08, 2008 1:41:10 PM
Have bought & seen "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" Ben Stein (& co.) DVD.
Short take: Buy it. Watch it. Share it.
Long Take:
Devout Jew Ben Stein packs lots of stuff in this DVD. I just give hints.
(Think "Galileo meets Saturday Nite Live" to understand Stein's offbeat but well researched presentation style. Lots of interspersed clips mainly showing the whole "Berlin Wall" metaphor...)
His main point - Why can't we even "MENTION" the "D" word in science mags, in school...?
His main point - Various science groups in schools, some publications will refuse any people (or their research, writings) no matter what their credentials, education - if they even mention the possibility of "intelligent DESIGN".
Stein's question "Why censor the discussion?"
My favorite moments include the wonderful animation of the CELL. How did all these complex processes cometo be, evolve, whatever - without a designer??? Watch all the little biomachines work!
See/hear the top pop atheist Richard Dawkins be "more frank" than usual - Dawkins & co tell religious friends - a version of --yes, Virginia . .. religion and his version of evolution do not really conflict-- but he says (in mostly LONG takes) that his "no design" views of science actually led him to atheism.
My favorite quote is about the aliens in the "seeded life" quote you may have heard about...Dawkins' response to Stein's question (How did we get from mud to life?) You have to hear Dawkins' design theory for yourself in the lightly edited famous (infamous) Dawkins interview!!!
this DVD is useful for older grade school students through college students as well for those adults who want the "Berlin Wall" of censorship to come down in science!
See one of the Extras for the "Design"principle in research...
....how an engineering textbook helped a medical doctor understand the Brain better and
.......how an Aeronautical Engineer had to be called in to describe a turbine engine type of cell device for another scientist researching the cell roots of cancer. (Nanotechnology advances are also cited as helping us understand the cell much better!!!)