Disappointed by review of Expelled

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Steve Carpenter’s review of the pro-Intelligent Design (ID) movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Mediaculture, May 20) was deeply disappointing because the author obviously has very little background knowledge of the film or the subjects it addresses. Expelled is full of factual inaccuracies. The anti-ID scientists seen in Expelled were hand-picked for their known antipathy to religion and were given a false understanding of the film’s subject matter. While many scientists are nonbelievers, many others are confessing Christians; the vast majority see no incompatibility between belief in God and acceptance of scientific fact.

For a much more accurate, thoughtful and highly readable alternative to Expelled, I recommend Michael Ruse’s excellent book, Can a Darwinian be a Christian? (Cambridge University Press: 2001). I hope it won’t spoil the ending if I say that the answer, contrary to what Expelled would have you think, is a resounding Yes.

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