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Food for Thought...
I put this in the 1-star category so if you're reading all the very angry comments by the 1-star people (who claim to only deal in fact), perhaps you'll note the following:
- Almost every one appeals to "science" as if it is an infallible, monolithic belief system. Is there no room for civil debate and disagreement? Are all "scientists" in 100% agreement. Of course not, otherwise there would be no exploration and debate in the scientific community. Isn't that what scientists are supposed to do? One reviewer even refers to this as an insult to Mother Nature. According to evolutionists, there is no such thing....because if there is, then they agree there is an intelligent force behind the created order.
- Science has a long history of propagating wrong theories. That alone doesn't mean evolution is wrong, but it also means that appealing to "Science" as a synonym for "Truth" is naive at best and dishonest at worst.
- The 1-star reviewers are not disagreeing with specific facts or intellectual arguments, but rather are resorting to broad generalizations and "ad hominem" attacks (i.e. they attack the people and their motivation, not their logical arguments). This is the weakest form of intellectual debate.
- Most have a very angry tone. The scientists in this movie are not angry--they are calmly presenting their case based on facts. If most of the 1-star reviewers are Evolutionists, what do they care if some people are so "deluded"? Where is all this anger coming from? If we are just physical matter and there is no life after we die, why get so angry with someone who sees the world differently than you do? Can't they live their lives the way they choose and then be dead forever? What do they care? Actually, if they truly believe in evolution, they should see these men as weaklings who will not survive natural selection.
- Shouting down your opponents is always about suppressing real debate. Wikipedia says "Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about nature and the universe. This knowledge is determined through the scientific method by experiments and observations, and may take the form of scientific facts, scientific models, or scientific theories."
- The men in this movie are engaging in science. Most of the 1-star reviewers are not.
March 2015 · Movies and TV · verified purchase