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== Criticism ==

== Criticism ==

The film quotes Charles Darwin's ''The Decent of Man'' to demonstrate how he supported what later became [[Social Darwinism]], which became fashionable among the dictators and intellectuals who perpetrated the [[Holocaust]].  Here is the quote in the movie, which is accurate:

The film quotes Charles Darwin's ''The Decent of Man'' in an attempt to illustrate how he supported what later became eugenics, a justification given by the dictators and intellectuals who perpetrated the [[Holocaust]].  Here is the quote in the movie, which is accurate:

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Darwin's full quote is more tedious but conveys the same objectionable belief that it is somehow unwise to help the weak and allow them to have children ("breed"):

Darwin's full quote, at least the first section, is arguably more tedious but introduces the same objectionable belief that it is somehow unwise to help the weak and allow them to have children ("breed"). Nonetheless, the section immediately following the quoted text explores the reason for this, and shows Darwin's reservations against this mindset, calling it ("evil"):

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Ben Stein's speech was done specifically for the film, as in most films.<ref>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ben-steins-expelled-review-michael-shermer</ref>

Ben Stein's speech was done specifically for the film, as in most films.<ref>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ben-steins-expelled-review-michael-shermer</ref>

The movie completely omits [[theistic evolution]], which is not taught in [[public school]] and is used primarily by [[evolutionists]] to rebut their obvious correlation with [[atheism]].  Mark Mathis, an associate editor of Expelled, when asked why alleged religious evolutionists such as Catholic Kenneth R. Miller were not in the film, replied that this form of fallacious [[liberal logic]] (see point 6) "would have confused the film unnecessarily."<ref>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-conversation-with-mark-mathis</ref>

The movie completely omits [[theistic evolution]], which is not taught in [[public school]] and is used primarily by Christian [[evolutionists]] to reconcile their faith with what they perceive scientific truth.  Mark Mathis, an associate editor of Expelled, when asked why alleged religious evolutionists such as Catholic Kenneth R. Miller were not in the film, replied that this form of fallacious [[liberal logic]] (see point 6) "would have confused the film unnecessarily."<ref>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-conversation-with-mark-mathis</ref>

 

== See also ==

== See also ==