Consciencebound

I was watching some youtube videos today about the Ben Stein Expelled movie that came out this year which made me curious about some of the claims that are made in that movie. I did not watch the whole movie yet but I plan to. I just saw some clips from it and was reminded of some of the points that are brought about not only by that movie but by the whole Intelligent Design movement that has been debated so much in the last 5 years. Some of the points made by intelligent design theorists and by Ben Stein in his movie (from what I can tell) are the following:

- Life on earth is much too complex to be accounted for by the theory of Evolution. Darwin’s theory of evolution cannot account for the complexity of life as we know it and the only thing that can is the idea that a God much have created it.

- The scientific community is akin to a good ole’ boys club that protects it’s own and shuns those outside of it who disagree with their positions IN SPITE of the evidence that is contrary to evolution. They have a faith commitment to evolution and are not open to criticism and will not tolerate those who disagree.

- Teachers who want to “teach the controversy” and tell students that good people actually believe in both sides of creation and evolution, are getting fired from their jobs and pushed out of their fields of study.

Below I have listed a series of videos which are each very short (between 3 and 10 minutes each) which has a number of current reputable scientists talking about and explaining many of these issues. It is concise and very professionally made and I would recommend it to anyone interested in this subject. Even thought these videos were made a few years before the Ben Stein Movie, they deal with most of the points made in it and I think they do a find job of it.

This is the first video, the rest can be found at this page. I have included the titles and duration of each video below.

1. Intro to Evolution vs. Creationism –9:56 Min

2. Is Evolution Just a Theory?–9:56 Min

3. No Controversy: Evolution’s Acceptance in Science–5:08 Min

4. Teach the Controversy: Evidence Against Evolution–5:58 Min

5. Is Hearing Both Sides Fair?–8:00 Min

6. Experts vs. Scientists & Peer Review–9:52 Min

7. The Process of Science–3:25 Min

8. Epistemology: The Study of Gaining Knowledge–9. Purpuse & Goals of Creationism–2:39 Min

9. Purpuse & Goals of Creationism–2:39 Min

10. History of Evolution vs. Creationism–8:40 Min

11. Evolution is Essential to Education–5:19 Min

12. Pragmatic Value of Evolution Today–7:17 Min

13. Creationism’s Negative Effect on Education–6:36

14. Science Teachers Challenged by Creationist Students–2:12 Min

15. Fundamentalism & Biblical Literalism–5:15

16. Creationists & the Age of the Earth–9:53 Min

17. Scientific Explanations and God–4:02 Min

18. Freedom of Religion–2:18

19. Gaps in the Fossil Record & Complexity–9:18

20. Origins of Cellular Life–6:52

21. Just Less than 50% of Americans Believe in Creationism–2:48

22. The Effect of Abuse of Science on Democracy–7:46 Min

23. Position of Science in the U.S. in 2006–9:46 Min

24. Responsibility of Scientists to Speak Out–9:37 Min

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