About EXPELLED, in Theaters Friday April 18 04.16.08

I do not usually promote a movie on this site, but this is an exception. EXPELLED, starring Ben Stein, is a look at how the issue of Origins is handled on many campuses and other academic settings today. I addressed this movie in a piece on NPR about 10 days ago.

I do not usually promote a movie on this site, but this is an exception. EXPELLED, starring Ben Stein, is a look at how the issue of Origins is handled on many campuses and other academic settings today. I addressed this movie in a piece on NPR about 10 days ago.

The complexities of what sustains life and generates it raises the question of where it came from. Two key options are that life is a part of a natural process or it emerged through some kind of design. This movie is a documentary that asks key questions about origins, Darwinism and Intelligent Design– and the public square discussion that does (and does not) place about these themes by the way we as a society handle these issues. The movie asks us to consider how we as a society are pursuing such questions and how we should do so. It is well worth a look. I have seen the movie twice already and will go to a premiere tonight in Dallas. It is important to go this weekend to get a sense of what the discussion is about and as a way of saying the conversation is important. Here is more information about the movie. The URL for the movie is: http://www.expelledthemovie.com/

Here is a recent release on the movie:

Dear Friend of Expelled,

They’ve become enraged over it…
They’ve told movie theaters to reject it…
They’ve hurled false accusations against it…
They’ve bashed it in the press…

BUT THEY COULD NOT SHUT IT DOWN…

The most controversial film of 2008
Ben Stein’s “EXPELLED”
Opens on 1,000 movie screens this Friday, April 18!

Be there! We need your support!

Check HERE to see where EXPELLED is playing near you.

The EXPELLED controversy has catapulted to #1 most popular blog on the Internet (3/24/08) and #6 on Yahoo’s “Top Searches” (4/8/08), and driven 2,000,000 people to the movie website wondering,

“What is Ben Stein saying that has people so fired up?"

Ben Stein is being called both “an idiot” and “a genius”
Atheists are enraged by the movie, “crashing” EXPELLED screenings
Liberal movie critics are slamming EXPELLED, while leaders are raving
Organizations are urging theaters to reject the movie, while others are holding movie marathons for all Expelled showings at their theaters…
Ben Stein’s EXPELLED has struck a cultural NERVE as it exposes a modern day witch hunt in which scientists, educators and students are being persecuted because they dare to question Darwinism and argue that life may be the result of "intelligent design".

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

"I recommend EXPELLED enthusiastically!"
– James C. Dobson, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, Focus on the Family

"Four stars!" – Ted Baehr, Editor, MovieGuide

“A powerful and riveting film… every open-minded person will love it.”
– Rev. Donald E. Wildmon, Founder & Chairman of American Family Association

"EXPELLED is an enormously important project."
– Michael Medved, national radio host

"We highly recommend EXPELLED to anybody."
– Ken Smitherman, President, Association of Christian Schools International

"SEE THIS FILM, bring your friends and bring your church."
– Lee Strobel, Author, Case for a Creator

“See EXPELLED and you’ll understand why they want to censor those who question their dogmas.” – Dr. Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention

“Those who are suppressing belief in God and trying to make materialism the law of the land should beware. Ben Stein is on a mission to stop the suppression, and millions of Americans are behind him."
– Pat Robertson, Host, 700 Club

"In EXPELLED, Ben Stein shows us what happens when academic freedom takes a day off. We should all be listening."
– Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

"EXPELLED is both an eye-opening documentary and riotous entertainment." – Joseph Farah, CEO, WorldNetDaily.com

"This movie may trigger a cultural revolution."
– Dennis Wagner, Executive Director, Access Research Network

"EXPELLED could easily be one of the most important movies of the year."
– Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life

"EXPELLED is earthshaking. I was absolutely blown away. Everyone in America, even skeptics of Intelligent Design, must see this film."
– J. Matt Barber, Director for Cultural Issues, Concerned Women for America

"A cultural earthquake… Everyone I talked to after the screening used words like ‘fabulous’ and ‘incredible’." – Dr. Tom Woodward, Director, C.S. Lewis Society

"A solid case for giving the theory of Intelligent Design a respected place in the classroom alongside Darwin’s theory of Evolution."
– Dick Rolfe, Co-Founder and CEO, The Dove Foundation