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    Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

    By Posted on 2.27.2008 39 Comments

    Everybody's favorite dead-pan teacher and game show host, Ben Stein, is the face of a new documentary to be released this April called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed". It's ostensibly a movie about attacks on freedom of speech in today's hostile climate among scientists in academia, but on closer inspection it really seems to be a thinly veiled screed for Intelligent Design.

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    2.27.2008 at 01:33pm - Comment by dinsy

    Intelligent Design cannot complement evolution, because the basis behind the theories are diametrically opposed. ID = a creator purposely designed biological processes. Evolution = changes develop gradually in response to environmental factors. Now, we could say that the process of evolution was put into place by a creator. That does not contradict the tenets of evolution, because evolution is not concerned with the origins of the universe. People can research ID all they like; I don't think anyone would dispute that. And if that research leads to proof of the existence of God, it will be a glorious day for humanity. Until then, however, I don't believe we should change the scientific method to make "complete lack of proof or reasoning" an acceptable criteria for proving a hypothesis.



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