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Driving the wedge into Christianity
Open Parachute | May 15th 2008 by Ken Perrott
Back in 1999 Phillip E. Johnson, the godfather of intelligent design (ID), declared a strategy of labeling evolutionary science, and therefore by implication all of science, as atheistic. “The objective is to convince people that Darwinism is read more
Kenneth Miller speaks out on “Expelled”
Blog of the Airtightnoodle | May 14th 2008 by airtightnoodle
In a recent op-ed in The Boston Globe, Kenneth Miller shared his thoughts on “Expelled”. Kenneth Miller, you may recall, is the well-known Christian biologist who works for Brown University and author of “Finding Darwin’s God read more
Around the Blogosphere
Exploring Our Matrix | May 14th 2008 by James McGrath
Amused Muse blogs about Hedges, Hot Dish and Hogwash. Or about Expelled, in case the title isn't self explanatory. Bad Idea Blog wonders if Expelled is running out of steam.Duane Smith comments on Einstein's letter (see also Vridar). Larry Moran does read more
Ono to Stein: You're 'Expelled'!
Academea Nuts | May 14th 2008 by Susan
Turns out a little known documentary I hadn't heard of until this morning is causing quite a rucus. The documentary, which didn't fare that bad in the box office, stars Ben Stein and touts the idea of intelligent design over Darwinism.Yoko Ono is be read more
Expelled receipts, theater count continue decline
Wheatdogg's world | May 12th 2008
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed continued to lose box-office share over the weekend, pulling in gross receipts that were half what it pulled in the weekend before. Meanwhile, more than 200 theaters dropped the anti-evolution flick from the line-ups read more
Dissent from Darwinism list - further analysis
Open Parachute | May 12th 2008 by Ken Perrott
I have commented before on the dissenters from Darwinism list. It is often used by creationists/intelligent design proponents as evidence for opposition to evolutionary science among scientists. (Sometimes scientists on the list are referred to as &# read more
The letter Newsweek never published
Forms Most Beautiful | May 10th 2008 by Peter D Buckland
Newsweek did a spot on Expelled a few weeks ago. I sent a letter to them about it. Unsurprisingly, the didn't publish it. There is a world food crisis, Tibetans being oppressed, election fraud and violence in Zimbabwe, a worsening situation in Lebano read more
The best lines on Expelled yet
Forms Most Beautiful | May 10th 2008 by Peter D Buckland
Oh John Derbyshire you nasty little conservative you writing these vicious polemics against ID proponents who write with you at The National Review. How I love thee right now for trashing Expelled.The “intelligent design” hoax is not merely non-s read more
Ken Miller’s Thoughts on Expelled
The Great Dinosaur Mystery and The Big Lie | May 8th 2008 by Sherry
Ken Miller, one of the many evolutionists out there who also accepts the fact that God is the Creator who created everything (good and bad) has just published his reaction to the Intelligent Design Propaganda film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed read more
Russia Roundup – May 8th
Lex Libertas | May 8th 2008 by Owen
Russia Expels U.S. Military Attachés “I can confirm the two military attachés have been asked to leave the country,” said Gonzo R. Gallegos, the department’s director of press relations. “We object to these actions, but we’ll comply wi read more
Grades are in, let summer begin!
Exploring Our Matrix | May 8th 2008 by James McGrath
Now that grades are in there is time to read...John Pieret today highlights some apocalyptic exegesis. Anyone remember the booklet 88 Reasons Why The Rapture Will Be In 1988? If not, don't worry, this generation is going to have its own version.First read more
Stop The Presses: Interviews with EXPELLED Expellers
Growing in Grace Magazine | May 7th 2008 by GrowingInGrace
The REAL controversies in evolution
Blog of the Airtightnoodle | May 7th 2008 by airtightnoodle
I just read this very interesting article by John Timmer summarizing the details from a recent evolution symposium at Rockefeller University. Timmer nicely juxtaposes the details of the real controversies in evolution with the “controversies&# read more
Evolution of the Eye
Exploring Our Matrix | May 7th 2008 by James McGrath
Henry Neufeld is one of many drawing attention to the video on the evolution of the eye at Expelled Exposed...Hyphoid Logic spotted a news item about good science education near to me here in Indiana.Mystical Seeker has been following a conversation read more
Ben Stein shills for Expelled on Christian TV, part 5
Wheatdogg's world | May 7th 2008
This clip from Ben Stein’s interview on Trinity Broadcast Network includes his amazingly stupid, misinformed crackpot idea that scientists murdered Jews during World War II. I had always assumed it was Nazi soldiers “following orders.R read more
Ben Stein shills for Expelled on Christian TV, part 4
Wheatdogg's world | May 7th 2008
Actor/commentator Ben Stein appeared on the Trinity Broadcast Network on April 24 to discuss the anti-evolution flick Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Excerpts of the half-hour interview with Paul Crouch Jr. are now on YouTube. In this clip, Stein read more
Ben Stein shills for Expelled on Christian TV, part 3
Wheatdogg's world | May 7th 2008
Ben Stein, the “star” of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed reveals his appalling lack of scientific understanding in this excerpt from his appearance on Paul Crouch Jr’s show on TBN April 24. Stein, who interviews several scientist read more
Ben Stein shills for Expelled on Christian TV, part 2
Wheatdogg's world | May 7th 2008
In this excerpt of Ben Stein’s appearance on Paul Crouch’s TBN program, Stein talks about his involvement with Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and his dismay “Darwinists” are restricting “academic freedom” by sup read more
Ben Stein shills forExpelled on Christian TV, part 1
Wheatdogg's world | May 7th 2008
Late last month, actor/economist/commentator Ben Stein appeared on Paul Crouch Jr.’s TV show on the Trinity Broadcast Network to talk about Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Stein made some incredibly stupid comments during the half-hour show, read more
Expelled’s statistics sink further
Wheatdogg's world | May 7th 2008
The anti-evolution movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowedis now showing in only 656 theaters, down from the 1,041 it had the previous weekend. Monday’s gross receipts dropped below 100K, to $67,000. The flick has a total of $6.7 million in gro read more
Ben Stein Provokes the Liberals' Wrath
ARRA News Service | May 6th 2008 by OzarkGuru
by Phyllis Schlafly: Ben Stein is known to many as an actor on Comedy Central. But the funniest part about his latest movie called "Expelled" is not any clever lines spoken by Stein but the hysterical way the liberals are trying to discourage people read more
Quote of the Day (Henry Neufeld)
Exploring Our Matrix | May 5th 2008 by James McGrath
"The ID movement is the noisiest bunch of “suppressed” people in history. If their voices are cut off, there sure is no evidence of the fact" (From the blog Threads From Henry's Web), read more
‘Expelled’: critical flop, good numbers
Film-industry.biz | May 5th 2008 by worththepopcorn
Was there even a critic that did like ‘Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed’? Words as ‘propaganda,’ ‘insulting,’ ‘brainwashing’ and ‘hysterical’ were used to describe this documentary. Jokes a read more
Around the Blogosphere
Exploring Our Matrix | May 5th 2008 by James McGrath
Doug Chaplin highlights a news article about a study which shows that fundamentalists don't know the Bible better than others, and that reading the Bible more doesn't lead one to vote for a particular party. Is anyone surprised...apart from fundament read more
Legal issues are only half Expelled’s problems
Wheatdogg's world | May 5th 2008
Its other major problem is financial. The anti-evolution film is bleeding red ink. Theaters carrying Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed have dropped from 1,041 to 656, and its recent weekend gross receipts dropped more than half from the weekend befo read more
Court restrains further distribution of Expelled, per Yoko Ono su…
Wheatdogg's world | May 5th 2008
A federal judge in Manhattan has told the makers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed that they cannot distribute the film any further, until a copyright infringement complaint is heard in court later this month. The temporary restraining order issue read more
Darwinism and that dreaded E-word
Open Parachute | May 4th 2008 by Ken Perrott
A strong feature of the current “war on evolution” by Christian conservatives and other creationists is avoidance of the dreaded E-word - evolution. Every chance they get intelligent design (ID) proponents and other creationists try to re read more
More conservatives bash Expelled
Forms Most Beautiful | May 4th 2008 by Peter D Buckland
Jim Manzi at The National Review thinks that Expelled has flunked too. He has a finely written and detailed rebuttal to the movie's two main claims:1. ID has been unfairly expelled from academia.2. Accepting (what they call believing in) evolution le read more
Expelled still hanging in there
Wheatdogg's world | May 2nd 2008
Total gross receipts for Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed are inching toward $6 million after nearly two weeks in the theaters, but this weekend’s take will probably be less than last weekend’s. From Box Office Mojo, here’s the dai read more
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