Something amazing happened just over a week ago. The controversy around Premise Media’s upcoming movie Ben Stein’s EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed became the hottest topic in the blogosphere. According to BlogPulse, a service of Nielsen Buzzmetrics, the issue held the number one slot throughout the day on Monday, March 24th (Blog Pulse). There were also over 800 results on Technorati (Technorati).

"It is amazing to see the reaction of PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins and their cohorts when one of them is simply expelled from a movie. Yet
these men applaud when professors throughout the nation are fired from their jobs and permanently excluded from their profession for mentioning
Intelligent Design," said producer Mark Mathis. Mathis was at the event that has raised this controversy.

Mathis continued, "I hope PZ’s experience has helped him see the light. He is distraught because he could not see a movie. What if he wasn’t
allowed to teach on a college campus or was denied tenure? Maybe he will think twice before he starts demanding more professors be
blacklisted and expelled simply because they question the adequacy of Darwin’s theory."

EXPELLED was screened for a select Minneapolis grass roots audience on Thursday night. Dr. Myers and noted atheist Dr. Richard Dawkins were
not sent invitations to the screening from the producers. Nevertheless, they acquired access to a proprietary online RSVP site, along with a
group of other atheists. The producers were notified that Myers and others who were not invited had signed up for the screening. They were
also aware that Dawkins, who oddly used his formal surname "Clinton" instead of Richard to sign up, was in attendance.

Recognizing the opportunity to make a point of the inconvenience and pain that they, and others like them, have caused to numerous scientists
and educators, the decision was made beforehand to deny Myers access to the film if he actually showed up. PZ is one of the foremost proponents
of expelling those who hold to any form of Intelligent Design: "The only appropriate responses [to proponents of Intelligent Design] should
involve some form of righteous fury, much butt-kicking, and the public firing and humiliation of some teachers, many school board members, and
vast numbers of sleazy far-right politicians."
(http://Pandasthumbs Comment 35130 Posted by PZ Myers, 6/14/05, 07:50)

Executive Producer Logan Craft noted: "EXPELLED makes it clear that academic freedom is at stake. Yet Dawkins and his friends continue to
misrepresent the film and slander the producers. It is obvious that they do not want to debate the real issues raised in the movie. Their
only interest is to control the damage their interviews have done to their cause. We are happy to let the public decide where the truth
rests on this controversial issue when the movie opens nationwide on April 18th."

Myers has apparently been asking supporters to sneak into the different private screenings for many weeks. After being denied his chance to see
the movie, Myers blogged about his experience and expressed his outrage.

Executive Producer Walt Ruloff responded, "This is the typical reaction of Darwinists and atheists who are so blinded by their own self
importance that they fail to understand what is really going on. They yell and scream when one of their friends isn’t allowed to see a movie
weeks before it goes public. All this outrage while these same people organize witch hunts to expel those who disagree with them."

Premise Media’s new film, Ben Stein’s EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed, opens nationwide on April 18th.

Visit www.GetEXPELLED.com(Get Expelled) today and enter to win FREE tickets!

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Something amazing happened just over a week ago. The controversy around Premise Media’s upcoming movie Ben Stein’s EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed became the hottest topic in the blogosphere. According to BlogPulse, a service of Nielsen Buzzmetrics, the issue held the number one slot throughout the day on Monday, March 24th (http://www.blogpulse.com). There were also over 800 results on Technorati (www.technorati.com).

"It is amazing to see the reaction of PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins and their cohorts when one of them is simply expelled from a movie. Yet
these men applaud when professors throughout the nation are fired from their jobs and permanently excluded from their profession for mentioning
Intelligent Design," said producer Mark Mathis. Mathis was at the event that has raised this controversy.

Mathis continued, "I hope PZ’s experience has helped him see the light. He is distraught because he could not see a movie. What if he wasn’t
allowed to teach on a college campus or was denied tenure? Maybe he will think twice before he starts demanding more professors be
blacklisted and expelled simply because they question the adequacy of Darwin’s theory."

EXPELLED was screened for a select Minneapolis grass roots audience on Thursday night. Dr. Myers and noted atheist Dr. Richard Dawkins were
not sent invitations to the screening from the producers. Nevertheless, they acquired access to a proprietary online RSVP site, along with a
group of other atheists. The producers were notified that Myers and others who were not invited had signed up for the screening. They were
also aware that Dawkins, who oddly used his formal surname "Clinton" instead of Richard to sign up, was in attendance.

Recognizing the opportunity to make a point of the inconvenience and pain that they, and others like them, have caused to numerous scientists
and educators, the decision was made beforehand to deny Myers access to the film if he actually showed up. PZ is one of the foremost proponents
of expelling those who hold to any form of Intelligent Design: "The only appropriate responses [to proponents of Intelligent Design] should
involve some form of righteous fury, much butt-kicking, and the public firing and humiliation of some teachers, many school board members, and
vast numbers of sleazy far-right politicians."
(http://www.pandasthumb.org/pt-archives/001143.htmlcomments Comment 35130 Posted by PZ Myers, 6/14/05, 07:50)

Executive Producer Logan Craft noted: "EXPELLED makes it clear that academic freedom is at stake. Yet Dawkins and his friends continue to
misrepresent the film and slander the producers. It is obvious that they do not want to debate the real issues raised in the movie. Their
only interest is to control the damage their interviews have done to their cause. We are happy to let the public decide where the truth
rests on this controversial issue when the movie opens nationwide on April 18th."

Myers has apparently been asking supporters to sneak into the different private screenings for many weeks. After being denied his chance to see
the movie, Myers blogged about his experience and expressed his outrage.

Executive Producer Walt Ruloff responded, "This is the typical reaction of Darwinists and atheists who are so blinded by their own self
importance that they fail to understand what is really going on. They yell and scream when one of their friends isn’t allowed to see a movie
weeks before it goes public. All this outrage while these same people organize witch hunts to expel those who disagree with them."

Premise Media’s new film, Ben Stein’s EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed, opens nationwide on April 18th.

Visit www.GetEXPELLED.com today and enter to win FREE tickets!

An email from a college student was posted on a Blogpulse.com that outlined
his personal account of Richard Dawkins allegedly ³crashing the party² of an
Expelled screening. This occurrence received so much buzz in the
blogosphere.

The original PZ Myers post was 1 on Blogpulse.com last week! As the
controversy continues, it seems some have taken extreme measures to downplay
Ben Stein¹s film, EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed.

Go to this link to read more:
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And remember, EXPELLED hits theaters nationwide on April 18th! Be sure to
see it opening weekend.

Opens nationwide APRIL 18.

EXPELLED Movie Theater Listings

The listing is updated daily! If it’s not playing in your area, let us know and we’ll help you get it there!

Think the media isn’t biased?  Think again.  Check out why we’ve been EXPELLED from many media programs and publications. . .

 

 

Remark: "Evolution does not mean Godlessness, you morons."

-Willie Kiernan, Cazenovia Republican, Editor in Chief

 

Remark: "Evolution is science, not an "ism"

-Chris Porter, Charlotte Sun Herald, Managing Editor

 

Remark: "Perhaps you want to look up how science uses the term "theory" and how religion uses the term "faith". Is the theory of gravity something that is still being investigated? Perhaps you also want to investigate the definition of "science" and the definition of "religion". Keep Creationism and Intelligent Design where it belongs - in religious education."

-Karen Rubin, Family Travel Letter, Editor in Chief

 

 

Remark: "Great! A Comedian is part of this talk against modern science.  Let’s see, in the name of academic freedom we can teach that two plus two equals nine, that Shakespeare was really King James, the earth is flat, the stars are not really there, we live under a big blue bowl with white dots painted on it. There are some things that are simply, and verifiably true...such as evolution."

-Frank Wagner, KTTX-FM, News Director

 

Mr. Wagner sent us ANOTHER remark: "So, What’s next: Florida’s math teachers are now forced to teach that two plus two equals four.  Florida’s history teachers now forced to teach Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.  The scientific theory of evolution is one of the most firmly established scientific theories.  By the way, the word in scientific parlance, doesn’t mean it’s something less than fact, it means it is an explanation of what is already known.  Yes, it does appear that the Florida Board of Education has indeed heard of the scientific method and that’s why they are mandating that the theory of evolution be taught"

Review of the Film Expelled by Jeremy Thiessen
Drummer in the band Downhere
For more info on Jeremy visit: www.downhere.com or his personal blog: www.jeremythiessen.com

Freedom… a quality of life that we value and defend at incredible cost here in America. Students are taught in the classroom about the freedom fighters of yesterday – heroes like Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, the students of Tiananmen Square. We celebrate those who have fought in wars both at home and abroad in the defense of freedom. Freedom of speech is available to Americans in all aspects of life… isn’t it?

Not in the world of science. In his new documentary "Expelled" Ben Stein exposes the oppression and persecution of scientists who dare to disagree with Darwinism and suggest even the possibility of Intelligent Design. Ironically, it seems that the freedom of inquiry has been removed from the hallowed hallways of our scientific institutions. In its place has been erected an imaginary wall "protecting" science from theocratic "intellectual terrorists" – those who consider Intelligent Design a viable alternative to Darwinian theory.

I’ve known about the whole Darwinism vs. Intelligent Design debate for years, but I didn’t realize how toxic the waters had become towards those supporting I.D. until I saw this movie. Hatred, scorn and disdain for those who consider Intelligent Design a reputable option to Darwinism oozed from the interviews Ben conducted with various leading Darwinists within the scientific community as well as those outside of it. I was taken aback by the utter close-mindedness of these people who make a living asking questions, considering options, and exploring every possibility.

Ben and the producers of "Expelled" have done a fantastic job of drawing a parallel between the erecting and eventual crumbling of the Berlin Wall and the attempt of the scientific community to turn a theory (Darwinism) into unquestionable fact. Through rarely-seen period footage and Stein’s drier-than-sand humor, "Expelled" draws attention to the injustices going on within the world of the scientific elite and gives us reason to start asking the questions they don’t want to answer. This could very well be the most important movie your students see all year. Make April 18th a movie night and join the movement: the freedom of inquiry is being eroded from American culture, and this is the first step in doing something about it.

Academic freedom has recently been questioned by one of America's most prominent figures, Ben Stein. From children learning the beginnings of biology to PhD's in all scientific realms, Darwinism seems commonplace. But some do not readily accept these ideas, as most Darwinists would hope. In fact, many scientists managed to put themselves in a hotbed of trouble by putting their jobs and futures in jeopardy for simply discussing Intelligent Design. The Constitution maintains that citizens hold freedom of speech, but belief and new ideas cost a pretty penny when subscribing to theories threatening Darwinism.

Recently, Stein began a quest to discover the censorship in our "free" country. To his dismay, he found that the scientific community is no place for differing ideals. Rather it is an exclusive group that dictates "truth" to the world of academia, which ultimately conditions our society. Something has gone wrong.

Amid the many theories on the existence of life, Intelligent Design has begun to gain strength among some highly prominent scientists. Intelligent Design, or ID, maintains that an unseen force developed humanity; ID essentially recognizes a creator of human existence.

This seemingly innocent idea has caused many scientists notable problems in their quest for asserting this theory.

"If they stray from a Darwinian position," explains Walt Ruloff, CEO of Premise Media, "these people have been called into their superiors office and have lost their jobs, or have been denied tenure, or have been so discredited by the powers that be, that their future and their hopes and dreams of being a scientist have been squashed."

The National Science Foundation and the National Institution of Health allocates billions of dollars per year to research companies that must shelf much of their evidence in order to fit the Darwinian Paradigm. Much of the evidence found conflicts with "truth" in science today.

Stein insists, "we're not by any means certain that Intelligent Design is the answer." He states, "we don't think we have all the answers.
We just want free speech."

Stein's new film EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed is creating uproar in it's plea for free speech. Students nationwide remain indoctrinated within the public educational system; they are taught nothing but Darwinism.

Within the majority of communities and especially the scientific community, our country values conversation and challenge as the driving force for new ideas. Charles Darwin himself commented in his work entitled, "Origin of Species," "A fair result can be obtained only by fully balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." How is it that the most prominent scientists of our day have somehow ignored this?

Stein answers, "The people in Big Science, at least in the evolutionary end of it, owe their jobs to their prominence in Darwinian
thinking and Darwinian ideology and if the Darwinism ideology is overthrown or even questioned seriously, then they lose some of their power and their prestige, and nobody wants to lose power and prestige."

But as Ruloff comforts those in question of Darwinism, "you are not alone, and there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, and students and researchers that are in your shoes."

For those who see the explanation of life differently from Darwin, the world of academia is a cold place. Although theories are only theories, America maintains an outlook that supports a marketplace of ideas rather than a monopoly on "truth."

In 2005, President Bush commented, "Both sides ought to be properly taught . . . so people can understand what the debate is about. Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. . . . You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes."

Although Bush agrees the Federal government should not decide the curriculum for education, he urges that this theory be considered in area of teaching. The court system, however, doesn't agree with President Bush. The Dover trial in Pennsylvania made it illegal to teach I.D in schools, stating that the theory was clearly a particular religious belief. Although ID proponents consider this a distortion of the ID position, we must ask why are we opposed our students learning about religious ideas in school?

Michael Behe, a PhD in Bio Chemistry, proponent of ID and Professor of LeHigh University in Pennsylvania received disapproval of his latest book "The Edge of Evolution." On the University's website, a disclaimer stated, "While we respect Prof. Behe's right to express his views, they are his alone and are in no way endorsed by the department. It is our collective position that intelligent design has no basis in science, has not been tested experimentally and should not be regarded as scientific." As Stein can attest, numerous examples like Behe remain. Opponents of ID tend to think of the theory as inherently religious, which supposedly deems ID unscientific.

Those who hold ID as potentially true must also hold belief in a designer which tends to make them religious. Atheists could not consider this idea for it would be in opposition to their core beliefs. With roughly 90% of scientists holding a worldview void of a God, we begin to understand the reasons for censorship. As long as atheists hold such power in the Scientific community, ID will maintain little weight.

Of course, many agree censorship of ID remains wrong, if not immoral, and this is precisely why Stein attempts to uncover this problem in our country. This is one citizen that understands we must maintain healthy debate over today's truths; after all, it is the foundation of our society.

Discovering truth requires the proposition of all respected and well-thought ideas. We cannot limit ourselves with only one view on the explanation of how life arose. We must present all plausible ideas and allow people to make their own judgments. We must understand that science is not fact. Therefore the relatively new idea of intelligent design should not remain resisted due to a close-minded education system. Human beings attempt to find truth and we will not find it with censored theories and blinding our nations students.