Richard Dawkins and the Intelligent Designer

Last week I watched Ben Stein’s movie “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” I liked the movie and I believe that people should watch it just to see how PC is alive and well in academia.

To me, the best part of the movie came at the end, when Ben Stein interviewed Richard Dawkins. I am not going to tell you what happened just before Stein interviewed Dawkins but the symbolism was powerful. You have to see it to understand.

Here comes what I believe was the best part of the movie. When Ben Stein interviewed Richard Dawkins and asked him how life began from non-life and how he would explain the intricacies and the complexities of life, Richard Dawkins had to admit that there was an Intelligent Designer behind the existence of life.

I have to confess, this was the first and only time I ever agreed with Richard Dawkins.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Ben Stein, Expelled, Intelligent Design, Richard Dawkins

Expelled: Ben Stein and the Culture of PC Liberalism

L. Brent Bozell III has a good review of Ben Stein’s movie Expelled. He concludes his review by saying:

Everyone should take the opportunity to see "Expelled" — if nothing else, as a bracing antidote to the atheism-friendly culture of PC liberalism. But it's far more than that. It's a spotlight on the arrogance of this movement and its leaders, a spotlight on the choking intolerance of academia, and a spotlight on the ignorance of so many who say so much, yet know so very little.

I have not seen the movie yet, but this review has encouraged me to see it before it comes to DVD.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Ben Stein, Expelled