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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (view source)
Revision as of 13:34, April 27, 2008
, 13:34, April 27, 2008→Darwinism: We need an expert to work on the "cell" article ASAP! Here's my crack at this paragraph.
==Darwinism==
==Darwinism==
The movie describes Darwinism as a brilliant theory for the 19th century, when no one had any idea of the structure of the cell. In the 21st century, when we know how complex it is, ID proponents "would just like to be able to ask the questions". (Stein on O'Reilly)
The movie describes Darwinism as a brilliant theory for the 19th century, but hints some of the many holes in Darwin's work. For example, modern science has uncovered some aspects of the extreme complexity of the [[cell]], the complexity of the cellular and subcellular mechanisms are staggeringly intricate. With even our limited knowledge of the inner workings at the cellular level, the idea that this machine randomly designed itself defies credulity. This is a material fact of which Darwin was wholly unaware.
But the film does not point to the problems with Darwin's work to prove that Evolution is false. In fact, the film acknowledges that over time, species really do adapt or evolve as described by Darwin. The film pays tribute to the brilliance of Darwin, who rightly described adaptation, natural selection and some evolutionary processes.
The film's criticism is not so much with Darwin, but rather with the atheistic dogma that has become attached to Darwinism. The film points out that others have used Darwin's ideas as a panacea to neatly resolve the question of the origins of life and even the origin of species. Through brief examples, the film illustrates why the Theory of Evolution as an explanation for origins of the life requires a leap of faith in atheism that is at least as problematic as the leap required to believe the reverse. Thus, setting up the main thrust of the film.
That question being: if we don't cannot establish with certainty whether the life was created or whether it appeared from sheer luck, then why are we forcing one of these two choices upon our academia. With regards to Darwinism, and in a free society, why can't some questions be asked?
Just as [[Einstien]]'s [[Theory of Relativity]] obliterated and at the same time upheld [[Isaac Newton]]'s work in Physics, the film implies that there is perhaps a great deal to learn by asking questions about the origins of life while
==About intelligent design itself==
==About intelligent design itself==