Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
As promised, I went to the much debated movie, Expelled. This documentary by Ben Stein was complete with interviews from scholars and professors in the scientific community. It is not a “rant” as one reporter from the New York Times wrote. Stein succeeded in his mission: revealing how men and women are being ostracized from the scientific community for discussing the origin of life if it leads to some sort of intelligent design. Most importantly, Stein challenged his audience to use intelligence to draw their own conclusion on the matter.
What could possibly be so threatening to scientists or atheists about the idea of Intelligent Design?
In case you are unclear of the Evo Theory, here’s the abridged version:
Evolution, when referring to the idea of origin by natural processes produces a theory void of God, or intelligent design. Evolutionists believe all living plants, animals and people started by chance from a chemical reaction of sea, sunlight and cosmic energy. The first living substances “formed themselves by chance into one or more single-celled organisms which have since developed through beneficial mutations and natural selection.”[1] Proponents of this view see people as material matter only to the exclusion of all emotions. (If you are and evo’ist or atheist, and I’ve missed something, let me know)
While humans are made up of material, i.e. the dust of the earth, complete with a physical body that includes the physical features, organs, arteries, muscles, etc., they are immaterial also. The immaterial human includes the invisible attributes, i.e. soul, spirit, heart, will, conscience, etc. This material and immaterial make-up supports the whole of the human species, body and soul/spirit. There is more to people than a material body, as Evolutionists would argue.
This is a good thing. It is good because no matter what you believe, you have emotions. Emotions are immaterial. Scientists cannot explain this and this makes them, ummm…angry. Atheists and scientists alike have emotions, they love, they hate, they have joy, they have sorrow. This, my friend is because of intelligent design by a Creator who created man in his image.
If you are logical and use your mind to reason, you cannot ignore the immaterial or emotional part of our species.
The Intelligent Designer loves you and desires a relationship with you. He gave you the ability to understand the meaning of words and the capacity for relationship. I hope you’ll consider these words today.
[1] Charles Ryrie, Basic Theology, 195.
