Ben Stein – Expelled
Posted by Neil on April 20th, 2008 filed in RantsWow. It has been like a year since I have written in here. I will get better at this I promise. I like to write…. It just isn’t in my patterns yet. If you aren’t in my patterns, then you get unintentionally left out. I don’t mean to. It’s nothing personal. I am just very habitual…..
Anyway, to the point. I saw a great movie tonight. Not my typical movie style to see. I have friends that are indie. I have friends that are documentary buffs. I am not one of those. I am plain old action, adventure, good story, romance, comedy, and (the most extreme genre I subscribe to is:) sci-fi. I do love sci-fi. This was a documentary style movie by Ben Stein. The name of the movie is Expelled. It was very intriguing. It is one of those films that will make a lot of people mad. Some will be mad because they are incapable of having their beliefs shaken (they don’t like questions). Some will be mad because they didn’t know our freedoms were being infringed upon so greatly.
I was mostly just amazed. I was amazed to listen to some of the most learned people in the world not form adequate arguments for their beliefs. I was amazed when people were caught in outright lies and fumbled while trying to back-pedal. I was amazed at Richard Dawkins. What an intelligent idiot. He was the most convincing part of the film for Intelligent Design. He just didn’t mean to be.
The basic premise of the movie is that the scientific community is not allowing freedom of speech. They aren’t a democracy, they are more like a communist state that silences any voice that asks questions against the mainstream. There is a lot more too it than that, and I may describe it more later. I don’t want to give the whole thing away,though, but I do need to say this. You really should see this film. It doesn’t matter if you don’t agree. I am fine with that. The purpose isn’t to convince you about one belief. The purpose is to point out that we are losing our freedoms. Freedoms that many of us have died for. We must do something about it.
See the film. Make up your own mind. Tell others to see it to.
That’s all for now, folks.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:19 am
Yay! I’m going to write Ben Stein thanking him for finally making you write something!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
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May 7th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hey Neil,
How’s it going?
Out of curiosity, how is not teaching Creationism in schools infringing on freedoms? Either teach both for what they are: theories, or don’t teach either.
Honestly, I’ll never understand why people get so bent out of shape concerning both Evolution and Creationism when both are equally unprovable.
Take care,
Nick
May 18th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Expelled, good movie! Especially it being a documentary. I really don’t like those…but hey! In my theater the movie got a round of applause which rarely happens.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Not that is isn’t long overdue, but I agree. It wasn’t about not teaching the one, it was about being shut out of the educational community for exploring an idea, a theory. That sounds a bit like thought control to me.
On a different note, it sucks that I haven’t seen you in forever. See ya.