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== Criticism ==

== Criticism ==

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:

The film quotes Charles Darwin's ''The Descent 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, although omitting parts:

{{QuoteBox|With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination. We build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind. No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man. Hardly anyone is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed.}}

With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination. We build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind. No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man. Hardly anyone is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to 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"):

Darwin's fuller 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"). He follows this with observations as to why we do help the less fortunate, and mentions his reservations against the idea of not helping the less fortunate,<!-- I'm guessing; it's not actually clear what he is referring to.  --> calling it ("evil"):

{{QuoteBox|With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; ''and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health.'' We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination. We build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick; we institute poor-laws; ''and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of every one to the last moment. There is reason to believe that vaccination has preserved thousands, who from a weak constitution would formerly have succumbed to small-pox. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind.'' No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man. ''It is surprising how soon a want of care, or care wrongly directed, leads to the degeneration of a domestic race; but excepting in the case of man himself,'' hardly anyone is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed.<br />

With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; ''and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health.'' We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination. We build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick; we institute poor-laws; ''and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of every one to the last moment. There is reason to believe that vaccination has preserved thousands, who from a weak constitution would formerly have succumbed to small-pox. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind.'' No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man. ''It is surprising how soon a want of care, or care wrongly directed, leads to the degeneration of a domestic race; but excepting in the case of man himself,'' hardly anyone is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed.

Ben Stein's speech was done specifically for the film, an non-unusual practice for 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 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>

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 ==