Posted on 04/28/2008 12:01:40 PM PDT by Delacon
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“Wow, such a negative reaction. I think I’ll go see the movie.”
I haven’t seen the movie and I won’t. I haven’t seen “An Inconvenient Truth” either but I have to be one of the biggest skeptics and poster against global warming on FR and for many of the same reasons. Like global warming alarmism, ID is anti-science. Derbyshire is a smart guy, he has done the research on ID, he doesn’t have to go see a Goreish/Mooreish film.
I always ask myself two questions about atheists:
1. What effort did he/she make to determine whether God exists?
2. Was there something that he/she wanted so badly and felt was so urgent and obviously right that, when the desire went unfulfilled, he/she conceived a violent hatred for the one Being of all beings who could and should (in their eyes) have fulfilled it?
His whole point in the movie was to ask why people lose their jobs when they question evolution--not even propose creationism, but merely question evolution.
He ought to go see the movie before writing about it.
So, uh, you think the movie is making money?
I’ve not seen the movie either, and based on what I know of it have no desire to. It’s sad to see Ben Stein, who’s been very funny at times, involved with such an intellectually bereft effort.
I feel the same way as Derb. Was always a big fan of Ben Stein, and then this craziness. He just believed whatever people who he wanted to believe told him without checking it out.
For ex, he fell for Carolyn Crocker, who claims she was fired from George Mason U for her scientific dissent. But she wasnt. She had a part time contract. It wasnt renewed. So where is she now? Teaching fulltime in another branch of the higher ed state system.
If Ben had tried to confirm her story, he would have found out that she was looking for a sap who would fall for her victim schtick.
Derb also said that, while believing in God would be unacceptable to him, believing in leprechauns wouldn’t present a problem for him (seriously).
I like that, it fits.
So, darbyshire, why critique the dang thing? Easy $$$$ ? or just easy pickin's.
You couldn't be more wrong. Derb is a paleocon who happens to be a big fan of math and science.
As evidenced by this hateful, vicious, condescending article.
And should , therefore, never be questioned!! -- (how UNscientific is that???)
Just two words should suffice as a critique regarding the infallibility of our "well-established scientific theories" --Global Warming
One word should sufficiently describe the esteemed writer who doesn't bother to see the documentary he pans -- Buffoon
Good. I’ll get a good seat.
I think some of the points Ben made were more important than evo or ID. He brought out the evo beliefs that made NAZIism possible and eugenics that came from Planned Parenthood. If their is no God, then why is murder bad? If their is no God, what is sinful and who gets to decide? This encompasses much more than the drone of discussing Thermodynamics and such.
He also makes the point that the tolerant, free speech Nazi's in college are the first to put you in the intellectual gulag. If we can talk about space aliens as a theory, why not a designer in places of higher learning? Their reaction is telling.
Highly evolved aliens “planted” single celled life forms on a beatiful planet perfectly situated not only in its solar system, but in relation with its moon, its perfect location in the right kind of galaxy, etc.
WHY NOT PLANT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE “EVOLVED”?
what you said.
The movie isn’t “pro-Creationist”.
It’s an expose’ of the tactics used by evos to keep out any sort of questioning of their doctrinal orthodox religion.
Two knuckle deep nose picker lost me right here: “So what’s going on here with this stupid Expelled movie? No, I haven’t seen the dang thing.”
Everything after that means he is talking out his bum. If he wanted to write about the movie, pro or con, he should have seen it. Mr. Derbyshire is all liberal in this one. CLUELESS.
LOL, I really get a kick out of folks who are so afraid of something they think can’t be substantiated. If you’re right, why sweat it?
As for an inconvenient truth, I’ll admit it sure takes faith to believe. I haven’t seen it either. I’ve seen one of Moore’s movies, ‘Roger N Me’.
I thought it was tongue in cheek at the time, but Moore has outed himself for the numb nut he is.
He’s using the typical leftist/atheist tactic of
“proof by arrogant condescension”
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