"Expelled" is maddening to discuss on this forum. I saw it for the 1st time the other night, and was profoundly intrigued. I then went back into the archives to see the discussions when it first came out, and folks made irrelevant comment after irrelevant comment. Why?
Stein's thesis: 1) some reputable scientists and journalists who have broached, or pursued the subject of ID, have been attacked by the establishment
2) Evolution has yet to explain first sources, and when one of the major thinkers in this camp (Dawkins) attempted to explain the beginning, he speculated on an advanced alien species who may have "seeded" our world to create that first cell - but under no circumstances was it God
He uses the metaphor of the Berlin Wall: you better keep on our side if you know what is good for you. He also shows how the application of evolution can, and did, lead to Naziism and the holocaust, eugenics, and now abortion.
2) Evolution has yet to explain first sources,Darwin gave us the Origin of Species, not the Origin of Life.
and when one of the major thinkers in this camp (Dawkins) attempted to explain the beginning, he speculated on an advanced alien species who may have "seeded" our world to create that first cell
Exogenesis / Panspermia. It's one of the possible explanations for the origin of life on Earth. It, however, doesn't solve the actual problem... since it doesn't explain where the aliens came from.
Saying "God Did It!" doesn't explain anything.
If I remember correctly: Dawkins doesn't support panspermia (or exogenesis), he was just citing it as a possible explanation.
He also shows how the application of evolution can, and did, lead to Naziism and the holocaust, eugenics, and now abortion.
Oy vey.
Not running through that minefield. :)