mrsculedhel
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- Posted: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:32:07 +0000
Sorry to all my friends, but I found Expelled to be quite compelling. It is not what I had expected based on the previews. It was not a teen angst rebellion film as portrayed by Ben Stein. It was a documentary with superb art direction.
I was most bemused by Dawkins who told Ben Stein of that he too could possibly explore the idea of an intelligent designer of earth life, by extra-terrestrial super beings whom themselves had evolved by Darwinian evolution.
The most fascinating portion to me personally were the graphic animation of cell life. I was amazed by the intricacies of transcription and translation; production of proteins, movement into and out of the cell plus all the movement that occurs inside the cell; the various organelles. In Darwin's time, cells were thought to be much more simple than science has described them today. If a cell was considered like a Buick in Darwin's time, today it is thought of as more like a galaxy. eek
Darwinian evolutionary theory is a working hypothesis. After viewing this film I no longer have a problem with Intelligent Design being used as a working hypothesis either. I don't see the conflict anymore.
No matter what your thoughts are about evolution the film is a good starting place for the discussion including the refutation of this film. In my opinion it facilitates a thoughtful discussion of science which is missing in most American homes.
Any comments? Voija? Iguana? (VoijaRisa has posted a lot of good information on pages 17 and 18 of this thread)
Here is a link to the people most interested in the film: DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
I was most bemused by Dawkins who told Ben Stein of that he too could possibly explore the idea of an intelligent designer of earth life, by extra-terrestrial super beings whom themselves had evolved by Darwinian evolution.
The most fascinating portion to me personally were the graphic animation of cell life. I was amazed by the intricacies of transcription and translation; production of proteins, movement into and out of the cell plus all the movement that occurs inside the cell; the various organelles. In Darwin's time, cells were thought to be much more simple than science has described them today. If a cell was considered like a Buick in Darwin's time, today it is thought of as more like a galaxy. eek
Darwinian evolutionary theory is a working hypothesis. After viewing this film I no longer have a problem with Intelligent Design being used as a working hypothesis either. I don't see the conflict anymore.
No matter what your thoughts are about evolution the film is a good starting place for the discussion including the refutation of this film. In my opinion it facilitates a thoughtful discussion of science which is missing in most American homes.
Any comments? Voija? Iguana? (VoijaRisa has posted a lot of good information on pages 17 and 18 of this thread)
Here is a link to the people most interested in the film: DISCOVERY INSTITUTE