A good friend of mine... er, a guy I know... wait, this actor... now that's not exactly accurate either. Hmmm; let me try it this way... A man who used to write speeches for President Nixon, then played a bit part in a cult-classic 80's teeny bopper movie and coined a cultural phrase that will live on in infamy, went on to host a very popular quiz-game show where he gave away his own money, only to end up hocking eye drops... has decided to make a movie...
Ben Stein asks the question, 'if, in the United States of America, we are guaranteed the Freedom of Speech in our Bill of Rights - why does that not extend into the arena of asking
questions?'
You'll have to see the movie for yourself because my explanation of the movie could never do it justice. Ben simply asks Evolutionists what is wrong with admitting that they might be wrong - and he interviews University Professors and Scientific Scholars who have asserted that the human body, plants, animals, the Universe, etc... are much too complex in their design and function to be the result of "billions of years of incremental changes."
For the record, as far as I know at this point - and after having seen the movie all the way through, Mr. Stein is neither a Christian, nor a Creationist in his scientific point of view. He is, from everything I can gather, a Jewish intellectual who simply wants to know the Truth... Not the most popular opinion...
If you see the movie, please leave a comment - I'd love to know what you thought.
1 comment:
Benjamin,
I have not seen the movie, but when I saw Stein on TV explain that evolution was used in the schools to explain gravity, I realized that he was being disingenuous and had no desire to actually present what the theory of evolution was. I find this to be rather typical of evolution critics, as they can never seem to argue the point on its own terms. Instead, they have to create a strawman argument so they can knock that down instead.
You're right in the sense that there is nothing wrong with asking questions. This is not what advocates of Intelligent Design want though. They want their idea to be taught as science, even though they have provided absolutely no research, no data, and no predictions - unlike the theory of evolution.
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