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		<title>Stein to Darwin: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just live quietly&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this interview, Ben Stein answers the following: 5. What would you like to say to Darwin?  &#8220;You are a wealthy man, you married a wealthy woman, why don’t you just live quietly out in the countryside and not torture us with your half-baked suppositions, which have caused so much misery?&#8221; So, in essence, Stein [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this <a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007058.cfm">interview</a>, Ben Stein answers the following:</p>
<blockquote><p>5. What would you like to say to Darwin? </p>
<p>&#8220;You are a wealthy man, you married a wealthy woman, why don’t you just live quietly out in the countryside and not torture us with your half-baked suppositions, which have caused so much misery?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>So, in essence, Stein wants Darwin to not have the same freedoms he is supposedly fighting for? <span style="font-style:italic;">Why don&#8217;t you just live quietly</span>&#8230; <span style="font-style:italic;">Half-baked suppositions</span>? <span style="font-style:italic;">Misery</span>? Even if evolution was later proved to be incorrect, it&#8217;s always important to be aware of other theories. Sounds like he&#8217;s closer to that of a Nazi than those who he accuses. How dare he! (I don&#8217;t normally say &#8220;how dare&#8221; anyone, but he&#8217;s completely doing what he accuses &#8220;big science&#8221; of doing.)</p>
<blockquote><p>I want to emphasize, Darwin was not like the crazed neo-Darwinists of today. Darwin believed in the freedom of inquiry. He encouraged there to be further study and debate. He said that in writing before he died. </p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-style:italic;">Neo-Darwinists</span>? Of course he wasn&#8217;t like the ones who respect him today (that doesn&#8217;t even make sense); things are different, he could have even been killed if he was more vocal. He wanted more debate to continue because he was already considered heretical for not automatically accepting creationism on faith. To debate evolution to this day with old theories of creationism is nothing more than a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-tarico/ben-stein-front-man-for-c_b_96263.html">manufactroversy</a>. There&#8217;s no use to keep rehashing old failed ideas. In any case, &#8220;big science&#8221; is the one who has been persecuted by religion for centuries. Give science a chance.</p>
<blockquote><p>Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We’re not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it’s called Darwinism. </p></blockquote>
<p>How is &#8220;Darwinism&#8221; a religion? It&#8217;s not even an ideology but a collection of facts that have been tested and retested&#8230; and proven. There is no belief or faith involved. It&#8217;s only unseen because you&#8217;re not looking. Creationism involves religious belief of some type. Evolution just explains how and why we came to where we are.</p>
<p>There is no <span style="font-style:italic;">established religion in America</span>, except for general theism. Just ask any rational god-free person in America.</p>
<p>Make sure you also check out <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=six-things-ben-stein-doesnt-want-you-to-know">6 Things Ben Stein Doesn&#8217;t Want You to Know (Scientific American)</a>. H/t <a href="http://toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2008/04/six-things-in-expelled-that-ben-stein.html" target="blank">toomanytribbles</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://expelledexposed.com/" target="blank"><em>Expelled</em></a> ~ <a href="http://expelledexposed.com/" target="blank"><em>Expelled</em></a> ~ <a href="http://expelledexposed.com/" target="blank"><em>Expelled</em></a> ~ <a href="http://expelledexposed.com/" target="blank"><em>Expelled</em></a> ~ <a href="http://expelledexposed.com/" target="blank"><em>Expelled</em></a> ~ <a href="http://expelledexposed.com/" target="blank"><em>Expelled</em></a></p>
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