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Showing posts with label evolutionary thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evolutionary thoughts. Show all posts
May 9, 2008
May 1, 2008
Slaughter of the Dissidents
Americans are a freedom loving people. We've gotten lazy about it though, as evidenced by our propensity to listen to "experts" over our own reasoning. We don't do the research ourselves. We listen to talking heads, and those whose worldviews do not reflect our own so their "expertise" is suspect.
Perhaps this is why we are a homeschooling family for we do not like to be told what to think.
Now as Lutherans, we also know that we cannot know everything and that there are sometimes mysteries that we are not meant to comprehend.
Still, the beating rhythm of our hearts cries out like Mel Gibson in Braveheart as he is about to be cut from stem to stern, "FREEDOM!"
In light of that, it appears that a perfect segue is here to those who have absorbed the message of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed which is academic freedom.
Perhaps this is why we are a homeschooling family for we do not like to be told what to think.
Now as Lutherans, we also know that we cannot know everything and that there are sometimes mysteries that we are not meant to comprehend.
Still, the beating rhythm of our hearts cries out like Mel Gibson in Braveheart as he is about to be cut from stem to stern, "FREEDOM!"
In light of that, it appears that a perfect segue is here to those who have absorbed the message of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed which is academic freedom.
April 23, 2008
Expelled conversations
Some folks have been wondering where the Expelled conversations are from this blog.
They are in the comments sections of these posts:
From April 18, Expelled ... Simply Excellent
From April 19 Expelled, Thoughts
What's all the hub-bub about to the evolutionary crowd? If ID is such junk, then why go full blast against it? Does it deserve that amount of attention? Clearly somebody is afraid of something here ... wonder what it is?
Methinks that Ben Stein hit a raw nerve. Methinks that there must be truth in what the movie says -- that ideas are being systematically repressed and people persecuted for having them. This domination tactic shouldn't be well received by freedom-loving, thinking Americans.
They are in the comments sections of these posts:
From April 18, Expelled ... Simply Excellent
From April 19 Expelled, Thoughts
What's all the hub-bub about to the evolutionary crowd? If ID is such junk, then why go full blast against it? Does it deserve that amount of attention? Clearly somebody is afraid of something here ... wonder what it is?
Methinks that Ben Stein hit a raw nerve. Methinks that there must be truth in what the movie says -- that ideas are being systematically repressed and people persecuted for having them. This domination tactic shouldn't be well received by freedom-loving, thinking Americans.
April 21, 2008
Another Review of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Wittenberg Trail is such a great resource of many things. Tonight while checking out Lutheran Resources I found this nugget.
Dr. Angus Menuge reviewed the movie, and I hope you'll take the time to visit and read all of the review. Meanwhile, I'll quote this:
Should Lutherans Care?
Historically, Lutherans have upheld creation as a fact discernible by natural reason (Rom. 1: 18-20; Psalm 19). Several of the great scientists at the forefront of the scientific revolution were Lutherans whose scientific work was guided by design, e.g. Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Joachim Rheticus. According to historian of science Peter Barker, Kepler believed “he had discovered the part of God’s providential plan that embodies the pattern of the cosmos, and the divine laws by which God regulated its moving parts.” These scientists believed in coherent laws of nature and the rationality of their own minds because they believed this is a designed world.
Stein’s main point is not to advocate the specific version of design popular today. It is to remind us that science is supposed to be a free and open inquiry, willing to pursue the evidence wherever it leads. Sometimes the evidence may pose problems for thoughtful believers. Sometimes it may confirm belief in a higher intelligence. If science is to retain its reputation for objectivity, it must not be captive to any ideology.
The end of the review offered these helpful resources.
Expelled official movie site: http://www.expelledthemovie.com/
Nancy Bryson’s case. See: http://www.discovery.org/a/1389
Caroline Crocker’s case (and others). See: http://www.discovery.org/a/4485
William Dembski’s case. See: Angus Menuge, “Few Signs of Intelligence: The Saga of Bill Dembski at Baylor.” Touchstone Magazine, May 2001, 54-55.
Guillermo Gonzalez’s case. See: http://www.discovery.org/a/4464
Dean Kenyon’s case: Stephen Meyer. Danger: Indoctrination. A Scopes Trial for the ‘90s. The Wall Street Journal. Op. Ed (December 6th, 1993.): A14. Available on-line at: http://www.discovery.org/a/93
Richard Sternberg’s case. See: http://www.discovery.org/a/3833 .
Dr. Angus Menuge reviewed the movie, and I hope you'll take the time to visit and read all of the review. Meanwhile, I'll quote this:
Should Lutherans Care?
Historically, Lutherans have upheld creation as a fact discernible by natural reason (Rom. 1: 18-20; Psalm 19). Several of the great scientists at the forefront of the scientific revolution were Lutherans whose scientific work was guided by design, e.g. Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Joachim Rheticus. According to historian of science Peter Barker, Kepler believed “he had discovered the part of God’s providential plan that embodies the pattern of the cosmos, and the divine laws by which God regulated its moving parts.” These scientists believed in coherent laws of nature and the rationality of their own minds because they believed this is a designed world.
Stein’s main point is not to advocate the specific version of design popular today. It is to remind us that science is supposed to be a free and open inquiry, willing to pursue the evidence wherever it leads. Sometimes the evidence may pose problems for thoughtful believers. Sometimes it may confirm belief in a higher intelligence. If science is to retain its reputation for objectivity, it must not be captive to any ideology.
The end of the review offered these helpful resources.
Expelled official movie site: http://www.expelledthemovie.com/
Nancy Bryson’s case. See: http://www.discovery.org/a/1389
Caroline Crocker’s case (and others). See: http://www.discovery.org/a/4485
William Dembski’s case. See: Angus Menuge, “Few Signs of Intelligence: The Saga of Bill Dembski at Baylor.” Touchstone Magazine, May 2001, 54-55.
Guillermo Gonzalez’s case. See: http://www.discovery.org/a/4464
Dean Kenyon’s case: Stephen Meyer. Danger: Indoctrination. A Scopes Trial for the ‘90s. The Wall Street Journal. Op. Ed (December 6th, 1993.): A14. Available on-line at: http://www.discovery.org/a/93
Richard Sternberg’s case. See: http://www.discovery.org/a/3833 .
April 18, 2008
Expelled ... Simply Excellent
I knew that Ben Stein would find a way to discuss the subject of intellectual elitism in a way that was cerebral and humorous. My teenaged daughters and I went to see the movie Expelled tonight.
Simply put, the movie Expelled is excellent!
Its scholarship is excellent! This is not your usual defense of Intelligent Design. It's thoughtful, raises questions and then seeks to answer them.
The photography is stunning. The usage of old black and white footage is so completely apropos to the script! The visual imagery is very impactful.
The movie begins with stunning photos of the building of the Berlin wall. For those of us who are history buffs, we can begin to image from the start that this is an image of thought police whose duty it is to seclude certain ideas from seeing the light of day. But as the film progresses, this anaology is taken to a higher plane as the ideas that Darwinism spawns begin to have implications in Eugenics and the Holocaust (and I would add, though the film didn't go there, Bosnia, Dafur and the Forgotten Holocaust of Manchuria in the 1920's and 30's).
In their own words, evolutionary scientists will tell you, and believe, that life started here by being planted as seeds from an alien, or on the backs of crystals. Their suppositions are hilarious and have nothing to do with scientific thought, which is repeatable and observable.
This is a tremendous film that I pray everyone will go see and encourage all you know to see this intelligent, witty film.
What a blessing to have this to refer people to as we cannot all be so persuasive or convincing.
The audience I believe was mostly Christian guessing by their reaction to various points of the movie. It also got a standing ovation at the end. This audience really appreciated the movie.
After some sleep I'll probably update my comments, but these stand for now.
Simply put, the movie Expelled is excellent!
Its scholarship is excellent! This is not your usual defense of Intelligent Design. It's thoughtful, raises questions and then seeks to answer them.
The photography is stunning. The usage of old black and white footage is so completely apropos to the script! The visual imagery is very impactful.
The movie begins with stunning photos of the building of the Berlin wall. For those of us who are history buffs, we can begin to image from the start that this is an image of thought police whose duty it is to seclude certain ideas from seeing the light of day. But as the film progresses, this anaology is taken to a higher plane as the ideas that Darwinism spawns begin to have implications in Eugenics and the Holocaust (and I would add, though the film didn't go there, Bosnia, Dafur and the Forgotten Holocaust of Manchuria in the 1920's and 30's).
In their own words, evolutionary scientists will tell you, and believe, that life started here by being planted as seeds from an alien, or on the backs of crystals. Their suppositions are hilarious and have nothing to do with scientific thought, which is repeatable and observable.
This is a tremendous film that I pray everyone will go see and encourage all you know to see this intelligent, witty film.
What a blessing to have this to refer people to as we cannot all be so persuasive or convincing.
The audience I believe was mostly Christian guessing by their reaction to various points of the movie. It also got a standing ovation at the end. This audience really appreciated the movie.
After some sleep I'll probably update my comments, but these stand for now.
Capitol, Museum, A Baby is Born
Trying to mellow out after that confluence of the four part-time jobs I hold... seems I was doing better (at blogging) during the busy-ness of it and have been rather shell shocked since. Recuperation at my age is taking longer than expected.Last Friday was a beautiful day! Three of us had to request the day off from our various jobs so that we could gather with about 2000 other homeschool families at the Colorado Capitol for CHEC's Homeschool Day at the Capitol. This annual event is meant to bring into focus of the legislators and other elected Colorado government officials the tremendous grassroots network of parents whose collective efforts through the years have preserved homeschool freedoms despite viscious attacks and parental freedoms. Treon Goossen, co-author of the Colorado Homeschool Law which went into effect on July 1, 1988, continues her legislative liaison position which has been and continues to be a blessing to us all! It is always good to see my dear friend there. The Day at the Capitol is the largest gathering of its type every year at the Colorado capitol.
Also, our co-laboror, Mike Cheney, was honored with the Ruth Beechick award. Mike's outstanding leadership in the CHEC organization has blessed countless thousands of homeschool families. His gentle yet unwaivering faith is quite an impressive example to those of us who know him.
Since we had the day off, and had braved the bracing snowstorm that greeted us between Monument and Castle Rock, we headed over to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Their displays are impressive and not quite as littered with evolutionary theory as they might be. Still some de-programming is in order to refute their unproven assumptions, most especially in the gift shop which is rife with green earth propoganda.
My girls took lots of pictures which you can access here and here (for musuem visit) and here (for baby pictures).
We took this picture of our girls outside the museum.
And then, as if the day were not already filled with loving memories to be cherished, we had the distinguished honor of greeting my great nephew on the day he was born! Holding him close to our hearts, touching his precious newborn skin, kissing and smelling him was truly the highlight of the day!
Congratulations to my niece and her husband on the birth of another healthy son! They are just the most terrific parents and I'm so glad to call 'em all family!
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