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Postby bakura_fan » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:40 pm

anyone else interested in this movie? (sorry if this was posted before...)

http://www.wingclips.com/cart.php?page=expelled

http://www.getexpelled.com/downloads.php
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Postby Kkun » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:55 pm

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Postby Radical Dreamer » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:09 pm

In before anyone starts up a theological debate! XD

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Postby ChristianKitsune » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:18 pm

This looks awesome! I really want to see it...

I always thought that Ben Stein, being so intelligent was really liberal for some reason. XD My dad was all "Umm..no...he's an extreme conservative..."

Is he a Christian too? It seems like he might be...
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:20 pm

I believe he's Jewish.
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Postby Danderson » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:24 pm

bakura_fan (post: 1217305) wrote:anyone else interested in this movie?


Very VERY Yes!!! Just from the few previews I've seen of it I'm looking forward to joining the "expelled....":rock:

Here's a very intriguing super trailer to the movie....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV8sN1UngFY
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Postby bakura_fan » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:26 pm

Danderson (post: 1217322) wrote:Very VERY Yes!!! Just from the few previews I've seen of it I'm looking forward to joining the "expelled....":rock:


:) I just signed up for the email updates. My oldest bro in law started a young life group here in town and I'm planning on showing him the leader pack (free...cept for the shipping and handeling of course) to see if he might be interested in this.
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Postby Cognitive Gear » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:27 pm

While I do think that it would be nice for school to be able to teach multiple theories of origin, I don't think it's possible for them to do so without bias towards one or the other.

Secondly, teaching anything regarding the origin of life is going to be tricky. One of the supposed ideals the US was built upon is keeping the government from supporting any one religion (read: worldview) but it simply is impossible to do this if you intend on teaching just about anything. It's a difficult situation.


ChristianKitsune (post: 1217320) wrote:This looks awesome! I really want to see it...

I always thought that Ben Stein, being so intelligent was really liberal for some reason. XD My dad was all "Umm..no...he's an extreme conservative..."

Is he a Christian too? It seems like he might be...


So intelligent people are really liberal now? (I kid, I kid, just giving you a hard time for the way you worded that)
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Postby minakichan » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:36 pm

I don't know if intelligent design should replace Darwinism in the classroom, or even if it should be investigated seriously in high schools, but the alternatives should definitely get a mention at the very least. Some issues we learn in school do get both sides of the picture, but evolution is notably not one of them. I lost a lot of faith back in my 9th grade bio class too, and my college profs definitely made some lame quips about theists. I'm definitely interested in this movie.

I do hope that it takes a purely scientific view and avoids the Judeo-Christian-Islamo take; when most people see this as a debate between Abrahamic monotheists and scientists, they assume that the anti-evolution side is held only by religious notes, and it feels discrediting. Non-monotheists should also be able to see the other side and have reason to believe it aside from religion.
So intelligent people are really liberal now?

Somehow, that's the stereotype =/
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Postby Fish and Chips » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:07 pm

You people are all wrong and ruining this country.
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Postby Ingemar » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:13 pm

Fish and Chips (post: 1217337) wrote:You people are all wrong and ruining this country.
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Postby bakura_fan » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:28 pm

[quote="minakichan (post: 1217329)"]
I do hope that it takes a purely scientific view and avoids the Judeo-Christian-Islamo take]

if you watch the video with lee strobel on the wingclips website he explains how it's not a religion versus science, but science vs sciene. Seeing where science really points.
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Postby Amzi Live » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:45 pm

Nice!
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Postby Maledicte » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:02 pm

I'm sorry, the use of "Bad to the Bone" cracked me up.
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Postby GhostontheNet » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:23 am

My own personal take on this issue is that Intelligent Design does not belong in the science classroom - it belongs in the philosophy classroom instead. At its basic core, what the Intelligent Design people are attempting to do is to extrapolate evidence from science for the existence of some kind of designer of the cosmos that is not subject to matter, energy, and natural laws. In other words, they are dealing in the philosophical field of metaphysics rather than the natural sciences. It is unfortunate that many scientists all too quickly jump the gun from methodological naturalism in their inquiries into the workings of nature to philosophical naturalism, in which the workings of nature are all that exists. To make matters worse, we have been conditioned to turn to scientists to ask them the great questions of philosophy. The truth of the matter is that many great scientists are not-so great philsophers. Even so, Intelligent Design remains an exercise in metaphysical reasoning and should represent itself as such. In this framework, I concieve of Intelligent Design having a similar relationship to the sciences as do current metaphysical inquiries in the philosophy of mind. This would also make it less likely that schools and universities would feel their reputations were threatened by teachers who voiced approval for Intelligent Design.
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Postby Warrior4Christ » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:27 am

bakura_fan (post: 1217341) wrote:if you watch the video with lee strobel on the wingclips website he explains how it's not a religion versus science, but science vs sciene. Seeing where science really points.

Some parts of it are pseudoscience versus pseudoscience too.
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Postby minakichan » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:07 am

Some parts of it are pseudoscience versus pseudoscience too.

That (and, basically everything GhostontheNet has said) is what bugs me. Rather than pull the Intelligent Design card, I think it would be far more credible and far more effective to just discuss the many problems with the Darwinian Theory-- without having throwing out a countertheory. There are minority scientists out there who are not religious but still are not sold on evolution; they get trouble for it too, but they don't like to take sides because the evo-skeptic side because of its association with religion.
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Postby Technomancer » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:30 am

A movie based on science vs. pseudo-science, and presenting blatant falsehoods about science, academia and history? And all presented by someone whose highest intellectual credentials are as a game show host? That sounds like a winner! :dance: :dance:


http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ben-steins-expelled-review-michael-shermer
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348468,00.html#2

Ghostonthenet wrote:My own personal take on this issue is that Intelligent Design does not belong in the science classroom - it belongs in the philosophy classroom instead.


I wouldn't agree with even that. Philosophy shouldn't simply be a dumping ground for bad ideas and half-baked foolishness, there should be at least some measure of intellectual discipline (which is something wholly absent from ID)

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Postby Doubleshadow » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:57 am

When I have a moment to critically evaluate the content of the above links, I will. But in the mean time, I want to point out that all science is analyzed within a philosophical framework, most notably materialism, let alone more fundamental questions regarding the nature of the universe, specifically the linear and mechanistic universe in western philosophy versus the cyclic and organismic one endorsed in eastern philosophies that stunted their science.
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Postby Nate » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:03 pm

I believe that Slash created the universe through the power of rock and roll.

This qualifies as Intelligent Design.

Therefore, this movie wants to make it legal for me to teach that in a public school.

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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:33 pm

I like Ben Stein's voice.
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Postby Technomancer » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:44 pm

Nate (post: 1217440) wrote:I believe that Slash created the universe through the power of rock and roll.

This qualifies as Intelligent Design.


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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:18 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:I like Ben Stein's voice.

I like the idea of every post in this thread being replaced by this sentence.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:51 pm

I like Ben Stein's voice.
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Postby bakura_fan » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:41 pm

Nate (post: 1217440) wrote:I believe that Slash created the universe through the power of rock and roll.

This qualifies as Intelligent Design.

Therefore, this movie wants to make it legal for me to teach that in a public school.

Truly this is a great country to live in!


Here I thought the goal of this movie was to bring attention to the people who were getting punished for questioning darwinism...not necessarily trying to get it taught in schools. Just the freedom to ask about something else. But maybe I'm wrong.
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Postby Raiden no Kishi » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:45 pm

Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1217469) wrote:I like Ben Stein's voice.


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Postby creed4 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:53 pm

Personally I'm glad this is getting out. We need more on the debate.
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:24 pm

to clear up an earlier statement I made...

XD no I don't think that only liberal people are intelligent...but I mean... a lot of intelligent people ARE Liberal and think that they are above the idea of believing in God.

So many of my professors are athiests....and it's pretty common in a lot of colleges...

so I thought that Ben Stein was one too... based on some shows he's been on (game shows and such).

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Postby LadyRushia » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:23 pm

My dad wants to see it because it's Ben Steins, XD.

It definitely seems like an interesting movie.
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Postby Sheenar » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:30 pm

I'm going to see it on Friday with some people from the BSM. We got free tickets from one of the local churches --so I think it's worth checking out at least to see what it says...
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