This is my first post for LE and needless to say, I was somewhat daunted at the task of writing on a blog that, despite it’s contributors and intended readership, is hounded by liberals with nothing better to do than attempt to disparage the ideas of “ignorant” Conservatives. Nevertheless, I couldn’t resist writing a little bit about Ben Stein’s film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Most know Ben Stein as Ferris Bueller’s dry teacher, the guy from the eye drop commercials or even that game show host who launched Jimmy Kimmel to stardom. In addition to being an actor, game show host, and oh yeah an economist, more importantly, Ben Stein is a thinker who challenges the established ideas and theories without fear. I’d like to take a brief look at the film and inform Conservatives, Liberals, Moderates, Communists, etc. that Ben Stein has a point and it deserves to be examined and talked about.
So what is this film really about? Who is being “expelled” and what “intelligence” isn’t being allowed? Mr. Stein would suggest that the “Intelligence” refers to the theory of Intelligent Design of the universe. He would also suggest that those in academia who believe in or even MENTION the possibility of Intelligent Design are not only being ridiculed but even dismissed from their jobs. Darwinism has infiltrated our schools and the scientific community to such an extent that any theory contrary to Darwinism is discarded without question. But is that really science? Darwinists revere Charles Darwin because he challenged an established theory of God and Creation, Galileo was called a heretic because he believed that the Sun, not the earth, was at the center of our solar system, and yet he is one of Science’s great patriarchs, Martin Luther King Jr. dared to challenge racism and bigotry and we honor him as a modern American hero. Why should Intelligent Design scientists be any different? Shouldn’t they be greeted with open arms for using the scientific method of testing established hypotheses and theories? Unfortunately, these scientists who dare to suggest that maybe everything we see in nature just might be the result of an intelligent designer aren’t accepted and are “expelled” as Ben Stein proposes.
In addition to exposing the academic community’s harsh treatment of ID proponents, Mr. Stein utilizes emotionally gripping examples from history to help explain the rise of Darwinism. In one such instance in the film, Stein speaks of the similarities between Darwinism and Nazism. The two ideas may not seem alike at first, but Ben Stein convinced me otherwise. Darwinism emphasizes natural selection and Nazism is no different. The only difference is that in Nazism, the government decides instead of Nature. Stein travels to a Pre-WWII German-run “hospital” which was nothing more than a place of torture and murder for the weak, sick and old. Sounds a lot like Natural Selection to me; get rid of the weak to create a superior species which was Hitler’s goal.
Stein interviewed both ID proponents and evolutionists, but I could hardly believe that he interviewed Richard Dawkins. Surely, Stein wouldn’t dare challenge a man of Dawkin’s academic stature, right? Wrong. And based on the footage from the film, Mr. Stein held his own. When asked how it was possible that matter came from non-matter thus creating life on earth, Dawkins could say nothing but “I don’t know”. If someone like Dawkin’s acknowledges that we can in no way prove evolution occurs and continues to occur, can we really trust this theory?
To conclude, I feel we must answer the question of why do evolutionists hate the idea of Intelligent Design so much? Now for those who have not seen the film, the following is Geoff Pauley speaking, not Ben Stein. I believe that evolutionists hate Intelligent Design because if there is a designer who is a superior being, we are obligated to do what he says. In other words, follow the Bible if you believe in the Christian God, the Torah for Judaism, the Koran for Islam, etc. I mean honestly, is Intelligent design really that hard to accept? Look at the complexity of the universe. We live on a planet that is exactly the right distance from the sun and has the exact chemical ingredients for life on earth. Look at how complex the human body is. Could it really have just happened? Nothing EVER comes from nothing. Humans are creative by nature and a creation always needs a creator. Dawkins went on to say in the interview with Stein, that one possibility of the origin of life was that an advanced civilization was able to create life on earth. So extraterrestrials, over 4.5 billion years ago came to our planet, gave life to a cell, and left. We are expected to believe this is a more likely explanation than an Intelligent Designer? If ridiculous theories like this are accepted by academia without even considering ID, something is truly wrong. Either evolutionists are too proud to admit that there might be other options, or they simply can’t live with the fact that they have moral obligations since there is a God. This is not science. People like Mr. Stein are standing up for those who dare to think outside the commonly accepted scientific box and he is looking for people to help him. Anyone, anyone???
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