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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

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Jun 30, 2008 6:04 PM #172658
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Pirate, it was probably meant to make creationists look dumb.

It was probably actually trying to support evolution by discrediting the other side.

Was there something that gave you the idea this was meant to be defending intelligent design?


No. The movie was meant to show how intelligent design and creationists are discriminated against in the science world and how evolution is bad etc.

It is not a satire.

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"Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a controversial 2008 independent documentary film promoting intelligent design.[2][3] The movie claims that "Big Science" suppresses criticism of both the evidence for evolution and the modern evolutionary synthesis, which is the theory explaining this evidence.[4][5] The film, hosted by Ben Stein, contends that this scientific theory contributed to the Nazi Holocaust, communism, atheism and Planned Parenthood.[6] Furthermore, the film claims that American educators and scientists who believe that there might be evidence of intelligent design in nature are being persecuted for these beliefs.[7]"


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Jul 1, 2008 2:37 AM #173070
thats just what ben stien wants you to believe

SO YOU CAN WIN HIS MONEY WWOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTT
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Jul 1, 2008 2:43 AM #173076
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judging by your name and avatar i thought you were a stupid 11 year old or something, but i wos wronged. youre pretty swell laloalolo.

For some reason that is what everyone thought about me when I first joined.

Ya, my avatar is pretty gay, and I have been thinking about changing it but I haven't really gotten around to it. And my name sucks, but I don't want to make a new account so whatever I guess.
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Jul 1, 2008 3:20 AM #173108
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Pirate, it was probably meant to make creationists look dumb.

It was probably actually trying to support evolution by discrediting the other side.

Was there something that gave you the idea this was meant to be defending intelligent design?


Ehhh, I doubt it.

Watch the movie for yourself. Unless I'm completely missing some kind of massive joke, it seems like they're pretty damn serious about what they're saying.

The fact that they are so serious about the ludicrous claims they're making is sort of humorous in it's own right, but sadly, I don't think the humor was intentional.
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Jul 1, 2008 3:11 PM #173559
It definately wasn't intentional, given the way they are backing up their claims (or pretending to back them up) and just being idiotic.

I want to find a torrent for this.