We just returned home from the 10:20 A.M. showing of this documentary. I would guess that there were perhaps 50 people in the room at this early showing.
Here are my thoughts at first blush:
-The movie begins and ends with the idea that freedom of speech and ideas is a foreign concept to the scientific community. If you hold to the belief that the world was created by Intelligent Design or worse yet, God the Creator, then you have no place in American scientific academia. If you have any exposure to our education environment, you surely must know that this is the case. The movie is suggesting that we speak up and bring freedom back to our educational system.
-As a Christian, I believe that the science of Darwinism and the subsequent belief system that must accompany it is inconsistent with many of its proponents. I believe that many have bought into the bill of goods of the scientific "elite" and have not clearly thought this whole subject through. Darwinism and a moral compass are not compatible with each other.
-I would encourage everyone to view this documentary. All Ben Stein and the movie "Expelled - No Intelligence Allowed" are asking for is an open forum for debate. What American could argue with that?
Let the free debate begin. Lets be civil with one another. Lets not harm those who have different viewpoints. Our country has faced many, many difficult and explosive issues. Lets get on to the business of discussing this and bring the walls down!
