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Six Things Ben Stein Doesn’t Want You To Know

Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

Good-Time Boy

Ben Stein is quite possibly the smartest idiot in the world. I just can’t figure this guy out. He was a Nixon speech writer and he’s obviously intelligent; I’m familiar with his credentials and have witnessed his remarkable memory at work. But the same guy who graduated at the top of his class at Yale said the 911 attacks were the result of “atheistic evil” when we know inconclusively that the people who planned and executed that attack were anything but atheists; they were devout and pious Muslims. Those attacks were a shameful example of “religious evil”, and were not atheistic in any sense of the term.

He’s either stupid or a liar and, as I said, I don’t think he’s stupid.

So the same guy who brought us the catch phrase “Bueller” and blatantly misrepresented atheism is now apparently doing the same thing with evolution and science. His film “Expelled! No Intelligence Allowed” is playing on limited theaters (primarily in rural areas) and has a lot of people talking.

I haven’t seen it but I want to, just to hear what he’s got to say. The problem is that I haven’t seen one compelling argument for “Intelligent Design” (formerly known as Creationism) but maybe Ben’s got something up his sleeve. Doubtful but maybe.

I did come across a link that might be interesting in the meantime though. This article in Scientific American discusses some “misrepresentations” by Stein and his crew for the movie. That seems to be a constant theme with Stein. As much as I’d like to bash the movie based solely on its ID premise I can only criticize the premise itself and hold out judgment on the movie. I think it helps to have some background on the “facts” presented before seeing it though to help viewers temper their opinions.

I’m sure once I see it I’ll post a follow up.

Tags: 911 terrorist attacks, atheism, ben stein, christianity, creationism, fundamentalism, intelligent design, scientific american, terrorism

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