Tyrphanax said:
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
I used to think Ben Stein was a pretty cool and intelligent guy, but holy shit did I ever lose any respect for him I ever had after seeing this poor excuse for a documentary. It is a masterclass in how never to make a compelling documentary that people will take seriously. I am all for rational and interesting debate and well-argued stances, but this “documentary” had absolutely none of that to the point that I had to look it up to make sure it wasn’t a parody. There is absolutely no evidence given for anything, nothing is explained at all, scientific explanations are taken out of context and ridiculed with no alternative explanation given. I was completely shocked at how awful this was, and not at all because I disagreed with it: I have seen plenty of religious people make decent arguments for their beliefs in various debates, and this was not one of those debates. The amount of hypocrisy, backtracking, mean-spiritedness, missing-the-point, victim mentality, and taking things out of context among the many other fallacies made by the crew were ludicrous, and the devolution (pun intended) into invoking Godwin’s Law by saying that science is basically the Holocaust completely blew my mind. I was stunned into complete silence. I was sure this whole thing was a joke or parody. I wanted to believe it was a parody for the sake of religious people everywhere because it was just embarrassing for them. It made the scientists interviewed (likely under false pretenses) look the opposite of how they intended to paint them. This is not how you present an argument that will convince non-believers. Never see this unless you want to feel very sorry for Ben Stein’s mental state or to begin believing the opposite of what he’s preaching, or if you’re thinking of making a documentary and you want to learn what not to do. If you are a religious person and/or believe the things Stein and the crew claim, then please don’t hitch your wagon to this documentary because it hurts your case. Read up on science and ID and make your own argument because you can surely do better than this piece of tripe.
0 out of 10 Good Arguments.
I haven't said it before, but I'll say it again: the best way to teach a person that religion is false is to teach them that creationism is true.
Only watch this if you want mental images of Young Obi-Wan Kenobi sucking The Mask’s dick in your head forever.
I just know some individual with a perverted mindset* is going to read this description and draw a picture/write a story based on it.
*Not me; my perversions are wholly of the heterosexual variety**.
**Shemales are considered hetero, right?