Expelled, thoughts...

I'm reading reviews of Expelled this morning and one thought that came to me was the overwhelming negativity that the main-stream media has concerning this movie. Their minds were made up before they saw the film.

IF those who opposed it saw it, I think if they were true to scholarship and scientific thought, they would respect Ben's argument that this is basically about freedom. This movie is about the suppression of thought and how systematically the freedom to explore Intelligent Design is shut down as if it is some kind of terrible threat.

IF it is the junk science that those in the places of power and position believe it to be, then bring it to the light of day and have at it! Wouldn't that be far more effective to those who believe otherwise? But then of course, in the spirit of true academia, we certainly should be able to have a discussion about alien seeds verses Intelligent Design, and the belief that life began on the backs of crystals.

WHY the huge effort to refute something that is not a threat? That isn't good science? That is just what "unintelligent" people believe. WHY the lies such as what Eugenia Scott purports when she says there is no peer reviewed refutation of evolution?

One man asks after a review in the comments section, "Doesn’t relentlessly whining about being persecuted instead of actively trying to bring accurate and credible evidence to the table count as standing up to scrutiny?"

H - E - L - L - O! Bueller!!! For goodness sake, that's what this whole movie is about -- NOT being able to bring the accurate, credible evidence to the table for scrutiny because it is being suppressed.

SHEESH -- some people just don't get it! Must we draw you a picture?

Here are several reviews I liked, not necessarily because they were in agreement with my review of the film, but because sometimes I think they adequately represent the thought police and the Darwin mindset.

Triblogue

Christian Skepticism

Richard Dawkins

God and Science

Plugged in Online