Interesting Movie Coming

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Ben Stein has produced a movie called “Expelled.” It will be running in limited theaters soon. The movie is about the experiences some science professors have as a result of commitments to the intelligent design movement. More details can be found here.

I hope to see it soon, or at least rent it when it hits stores.

Comments

Anonymous said…
As someone who spent 5 years in a biology Ph.D. program before going to seminary, I strongly urge everyone to go see this film...what the scientific community DOESN'T want you to know about how unstable their beliefs are!

Andrew H.
March 21, 2008
J. K. Jones said…
Thanks for the comment, Andrew.

I hope many will see the film.

J. K.
March 21, 2008
Anonymous said…
I have enjoyed listening to Ben as a economics analyst and find his views refreshing. I believe that he can bring the same type of analytical view to this will be good.
March 22, 2008
that atheist guy said…
It's a funny coincidence you posted about this movie since the blogosphere is buzzing about one of the biologists appearing in the film being "expelled" from a screening. More here:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php
March 22, 2008
J. K. Jones said…
thatathiestguy (or is it “thatGod-Force-Xguy” now),

Interesting link. We’ll see how it all plays out.

JK
March 23, 2008
that atheist guy said…
"thatathiestguy (or is it “thatGod-Force-Xguy” now)"

Haha, no I'm not a Jedi yet. If I could go back to when I was thinking up the Google account name I would have done "ignostic guy" or something along those lines. The "atheist brand" is a bit played out these days. ;-)
March 23, 2008
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