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'''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''' is a documentary by [[Ben Stein]] set for release in the spring of 2008, which alleges that those supporting [[intelligent design]] theory are suppressed and persecuted within schools, universities and the scientific community.<ref>[http://www.expelledthemovie.com/news.php Expelled the movie website]</ref> The film highlights several academic disputes which, according to Stein, demonstrate that [[scientist]]s and [[educator]]s who promote intelligent design are persecuted by the scientific establishment.<ref name=pressrelease>{{cite web |author=Lesley Burbridge-Bates|publisher=[http://www.premisemedia.com/ Premise Media]|date=[[2007-08-22]] |url=http://www.premisemedia.com/EXPELLED-PressRelease_08-22-07.pdf |title=''Expelled'' [[Press Release]] |accessdate=2007-09-29 |format= |work=}}</ref> Examples given by the film of those who have allegedly been persecuted for their support of intelligent design include Richard Sternberg, a [[biology|biologist]] and an unpaid research associate at the National Museum of [[natural history|Natural History]], and Guillermo Gonzalez, an [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]] denied tenure at [[Iowa State University]] in 2007.<ref name="nyt">[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/science/27expelled.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life's Origin], New York Times, 27 September 2007</ref>  

'''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''' is a documentary by [[Ben Stein]] set for release in the spring of 2008, which alleges that those supporting [[intelligent design]] theory are suppressed and persecuted within schools, universities and the scientific community.<ref>[http://www.expelledthemovie.com/news.php Expelled the movie website]</ref> The film highlights several academic disputes which, according to Stein, demonstrate that [[scientist]]s and [[educator]]s who promote intelligent design are persecuted by the scientific establishment.<ref name=pressrelease>{{cite web |author=Lesley Burbridge-Bates|publisher=[http://www.premisemedia.com/ Premise Media]|date=[[2007-08-22]] |url=http://www.premisemedia.com/EXPELLED-PressRelease_08-22-07.pdf |title=''Expelled'' [[Press Release]] |accessdate=2007-09-29 |format= |work=}}</ref> Examples given by the film of those who have allegedly been persecuted for their support of intelligent design include [[Richard Sternberg]], a [[biology|biologist]] and an unpaid research associate at the National Museum of [[natural history|Natural History]], and [[Guillermo Gonzalez]], a pro-[[Intelligent design]] [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]] denied tenure at [[Iowa State University]] in 2007.<ref name="nyt">[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/science/27expelled.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life's Origin], New York Times, 27 September 2007</ref>  

==Claims portrayed in the film==

==Claims portrayed in the film==

In the film's trailer, Stein states that there are "people out there who want to keep science in a little box where it can’t possibly touch God" and that "freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry have been expelled from publicly-funded high schools, universities and research institutions."<ref name="nyt"/>

In the film's trailer, Stein states that there are "people out there who want to keep science in a little box where it can’t possibly touch God" and that "freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry have been expelled from publicly-funded high schools, universities and research institutions."<ref name="nyt"/>

The film also implies that [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]'s theory of evolution was responsible for the [[Holocaust]],<ref name=trailer>[http://www.expelledthemovie.com/video.php Expelled Movie trailers]</ref><ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00184.htm ''Ben Stein to battle `anti-religious dogmatism`''],  [http://www.mediatransparency.org/authorprofile.php?authorID=1 Bill Berkowitz], Top Scoops, [http://www.scoop.co.nz/ Scoop Independent News], [[11 September]] [[2007]].</ref> a view which has previously been put forward by the [[Discovery Institute]], a scientific [[think tank]] which endorses intelligent design.<ref>[http://www.darwintohitler.com/ New book by Discovery Institute Fellow shows influence of Darwinian principles on Hitler's Nazi regime], [[Discovery Institute]].</ref>

The film also implies that [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]'s theory of evolution was responsible for the [[Holocaust]],<ref name=trailer>[http://www.expelledthemovie.com/video.php Expelled Movie trailers]</ref><ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00184.htm ''Ben Stein to battle `anti-religious dogmatism`''],  [http://www.mediatransparency.org/authorprofile.php?authorID=1 Bill Berkowitz], Top Scoops, [http://www.scoop.co.nz/ Scoop Independent News], [[11 September]] [[2007]].</ref> a view which has previously been put forward by the [[Discovery Institute]], a scientific [[think tank]] which endorses intelligent design.<ref>[http://www.darwintohitler.com/ New book by Discovery Institute Fellow shows influence of Darwinian principles on Hitler's Nazi regime], [[Discovery Institute]].</ref>  

==Criticism and controversy==

==Criticism and controversy==

Pro-[[evolution]] members of the scientific community have criticised the film for portraying intelligent design as an alternative scientific theory to evolution; they claim that intelligent design lacks scientific credibility.<ref>[http://www.hnn.us/articles/45776.html Is the Theory of Evolution Really a Matter of Faith?], Leonard and Charles Steinhorn, George Mason University, 31 December 2007</ref> However, advocates of intelligent design argue that it is a legitimate scientific theory and is distinct from the concept of [[creationism]].

Pro-[[evolution]] members of the scientific community have criticized the film for portraying intelligent design as an alternative scientific theory to evolution; they claim that intelligent design lacks scientific credibility.<ref>[http://www.hnn.us/articles/45776.html Is the Theory of Evolution Really a Matter of Faith?], Leonard and Charles Steinhorn, George Mason University, 31 December 2007</ref> However, advocates of intelligent design argue that it is a legitimate scientific theory and is distinct from the concept of [[creationism]].

Some [[atheist]] scientists interviewed in the film, notably [[Richard Dawkins]], claim that they were deceived as to the film's purpose and title, and would not have agreed to participate in it had they known of its pro-intelligent design message.<ref name="nyt"/>

Some [[atheist]] scientists interviewed in the film, notably [[Richard Dawkins]], claim that they were deceived as to the film's purpose and title, and would not have agreed to participate in it had they known of its pro-intelligent design message.<ref name="nyt"/>