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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

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  leftieman@ wrote:
  The movie is wrong on almost every charge. The "victims" they put forward are not victims of an evil "Darwinist" conspiracy. Their real stories are much more mundane. Leaving aside the questions concerning the honesty of the film-makers during production, the very substance of the movie - that "Darwinism" leads to an evil end - is absurd. The Theory of Evolution (theory being defined in it's scientific sense: as an explanation of observed natural phenomena and known fact) explains the diversity of life. Nothing more, nothing less. It does not comment on the origin of life (that's be abiogenesis, although to be fair, ToE might play a role in that as well) It does not comment on the origin of the unverse (that's be Big Bang Theory) It does not comment on gravity (that's be General Relativity) Despite this, Stein claims (in this movie and in interviews) that this represents a major shortcoming of ToE. Intelligent Design, on the other hand, attempts to cover everything by saying "Magik Man done it". BUT THIS IS NOT AN EXPLANATION! Science is concerned with how and why. Saying "it looks complicated, God must've done it" (and yes, I am referring to the Christian God, because that is what ID stems from) is not an explanation. It explains nothing of how, or why, and is entirely dependant on the validity of an ancient collection of writings already shown to be woefully inaccurate in the fields of science and history. Imagine, if you will, that it is 1835. Agostino Bassi has just stated, for the first time, that disease is caused by "germs". All of a sudden, disease is not the result of God punishing the wicked. It now has a mundane, Earthly explanation. Stein, and his fellow ID proponents, would be arguing that this "Bassinism" idea of "germs" is "just a theory", and can't explain gravity, and that it resulted in biological weapons and thereofre the theory that disease is caused by a vengeful "Magick Man" should be taught alongside "Bassinism" as valid science. This is what Stein is trying to do. You may have noticed my re-labelling of germ theory as "Bassinsim". I had a reason for doing that. You probably noticed Stein doing the same thing. He re-labelled the Theory of Evolution as "Darwinism". Why? To personalize it. To make it seem like a religion, focused around a saviour figure, Darwin. Why would Stein do this? Because it's easier to attack something if you make it seem like a cult, instead of a valid, recognized and oncontrovertible scientific fact and theory. If you want to follow Intelligent Design, fine. It's your opinion. But don't force children to have to learn that antiscientific crap in schools. It does them far more harm than good. Religion should not enter schools, especially when it is corruptig science education and crippling a generation of youth. Save you money, save your mind, and most importantly: save your childrens future. Don't let Stein succeed in forcing his religious crap on the youth of today.
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