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

Nick wrote:
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I believe you are missing a key point here.  If Hitler used some of it 
> then it is all wrong.  Does that help?

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