Movie Review: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

I just finished watching the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. This movie made by Ben Stein shows how the beliefs of "Intelligent Design" and "Creationism" are being suppressed by the scientific community as being equal scientific theories along with "Darwinism" and "Evolution." It is not a movie that show Religion vs. Science. It is more of a argument that Free Speech is being denied to a group of people who believe something other than what "main-stream" America wants them to believe.

He presents compelling arguments and documented proof that notable scientists are being dismissed from their jobs and "blacklisted" by the mainstream scientific community for even mentioning that Intelligent Design could be a possible answer for many scientific unknowns.

Mr. Stein then goes on to show the possible ramifications of this continued oppression of freedom of speech. He shows how it is possible that by neglecting to even allow Intelligent Design. or Creationism, to be taught could possible lead to the oppression of other ideas and freedoms that the main stream of society could consider "dangerous" or "oppressive." He compares this oppression to how the East Germans, lead by Soviet Russia, built the Berlin Wall to keep out certain ideas and beliefs that they did not like.

He then goes on to show how blind, or misunderstood, beliefs in Darwinism and Evolution has lead to horrible acts of violence and oppression by groups of people like the Nazis against such groups as the Jews and the mentally or physically handicapped. He states that this is also the reason why so many people today are impartial to such acts as abortion or euthanasia.

Ben Stein, along with many notable scientist believe that God and Science can exist without the suppression of the other. In fact both together allows one to become a better scientist in general.

Don't just take my word for all of this. Watch the movie for yourself and make up your own mind. Another movie that follows this theme is called The Case for a Creator, where journalist, Lee Strobel goes on his own quest to separate fact from fiction in regards to Evolution and Creationism.

Sometimes I Hate the History Channel

One of the few channels I watch on television anymore is The History Channel. I love watching the shows about past wars and current conflicts around the world. I love watching shows like Digging for the Truth, Cities of the Underworld, and Engineering an Empire. I even watch some of their "not so historical shows" like Monster Quest and the upcoming UFO Hunters. The History Channel is a great source of information about our past, however; when it comes to portraying Biblical History, they often make me angry.

Yesterday I was watching Ancient Mysteries, or maybe it was Decoding the Past, and they were discussing the Garden of Eden. One of the "experts" they used was talking about how the Bible is full of contradictions about the nature of God, making it hard to truly understand His nature. Another expert says all Christians blame Eve as the sole "sinner" who then tempted Adam to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. When in actuality, both Eve and Adam were there when the serpent tempted them.

The History Channel loves to attempt to destroy the Bible as the the True Word of God. They do it at every opportunity. They teach that Adam has a wife before Eve. That the miracles of God are all explainable, and that the Bible is full of myths and legends, such as the Garden of Eden, that were stolen from other cultures and adapted to fit their religion. Ohhh, that makes me mad.

As a Christian I am offended by this blatant attack on God's Word. So I tend to pick and choose what shows I watch on this channel.