Re: Expelled...not bad....anyone?

Ken McElhaney wrote:
> On Apr 20, 7:46 pm, Tyler Trafford <ttrafford+use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Ken McElhaney wrote:
>> > Weirdwolf wrote:
>>
>> >> They actually put out several stories in a special email, including
>> >> one on the main misrepresentations in the film.this might be a good
>> >> place to start as a basic rebuttal.
>> >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=sciam-reviews-expelled
>>
>> > Let's take it one at a time;
>>
>> > 1) ) Expelled quotes Charles Darwin selectively to connect his ideas
>> > to eugenics and the Holocaust.
>>
>> > Uhm, no. What the film does do is connect how the "science" of
>> > eugenics was warped and modified by Hitler in order to justify his
>> > treatment of "lesser" peoples.
>>
>> I'm confused, was this section of the movie kind of a non sequitur,
>> then?
>
> The above statement that "Expelled" selectively quotes Charles Darwin
> to connect his ideas to eugenics and the Holocaust is not accurate.
> What is accurate is that the film presents the early twentieth century
> "science" of eugenics and Hitler's own warped beliefs which were
> seeded in Darwin's published works. As in Hitler used some of Darwin's
> theories and warped them into his own world view.
>
> Example, some dictator uses selected bits from some popular work,
> ignores others and warps them to create an oppressive environment for
> his/her people.

But my question stands.  What does this have to do with anything?

>> > Yet the scientific community has no explaination of the origins of
>> > life on Earth, that is certainly without dispute, only some theories
>> > that as of yet cannot be proven.
>>
>> It doesn't matter what can be proven (not in this context), what
matters
>> is that it is possible to *disprove* them.
>
> You're getting to the core of the film as none of the scientists could
> "disprove" Intelligent Design, they only wanted the idea quashed as it
> clashed with thier own views.

I fear you misunderstand my point.
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Tyler Trafford

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