Monday, November 24, 2008

Expelled

After watching the documentary “Expelled” my view is the same as is was before watching it; because this will not rest, I think the best way to go about the teaching of intelligent design is teach the controversy. The big key is that this issue will not rest. We are all going to have to come to a compromise somewhere and I believe this is the best way because it does not strictly teach one side or the other. Yes it may bring questions to people but in the words of Socrates what is living without question.
I found that both “Expelled” and “Flock of Dodos” was very redundant in saying the same thing over and over again but argued by different people. They argued constantly that I.D. has no proof therefore they can't really give any hard argument besides something’s being too complex to explain. Both films did talk about it all starting with one single organism, “Expelled” explained more on the topic and when argued about what happen before the one cell is where things get very hazy. Professor Richard Dawkins made a clear point that religion and faith in God were only barriers holding people back from the truth. His beliefs were strong that there was no God which stirred many emotions with many others. The one part of the film “Expelled” that was most interesting that the “Flock of Dodos” didn’t talk about was the Holocaust and relating intelligent design to Hitler and the events that happened throughout the Holocaust. When Mr. Stein walked through the cambers where many innocent people died it was hard to watch.

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