Expelled Review

I finally made it out to the local theater...wow I miss my Regal Cinemas. I saw the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed by Ben Stein.

The premise of the documentary is why are people being fired and blacklisted at academic institutions and media jobs simply because they present the possibility of an intelligent designer in creation? The beauty is this film was made by Stein, who is Jewish, and interviews other non-Christian people for support. It was brilliant! It would be easy to get people out of the Christian community, but it would be labeled that way.

The substance was good, not outstanding. Ben Stein was his typical somewhat monotone self. There are some cheesy spots, but really the climax of the film happens in two parts. One, he visits old concentration camps and draws the Darwinian thought in the Nazi regime. Hitler preyed upon the weak and ill and thought he was doing good by eliminating them to better humanity. Second, when he interviews Richard Dawkins a well known atheist/Darwinist and author of the God Delusion. The Nazi part made me sick. I still struggle with how depraved Hitler was and how he could allow such terrible things to happen to humans. Truly he burns in the hottest part of hell.

Second, the interview was awesome. Stein catches Dawkins in a contradiction. He won't admit that there is a 100% chance that there is no God. On top of that, he denies an intelligent creator and yet he says life came to earth possibly by an intelligent race from another planet. That would be acknowledging an intelligent creator wouldn't it? On top of that, where did they come from?

The ultimate conclusion of the movie is that there is a war between science and religion. The sad part is if you follow the Darwin train of thought, there is no absolutes in life, there is no purpose in life and this is the best we get...earth. You can see why people live hedonistically.

All in all...great flick! 3 and a half stars with me. It is a thought provoker and only grounds me more in the reality that yes...there is a God. And anyone who feels they are too intelligent for that are fools.