Re: Ben Stein's 'Expelled' - April 18th!

On Apr 26, 3:09 pm, Vorlon <vor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> But first, I should deal with some questions that have arisen over the
Good
> Friday Massacre of Mark Mathis' reputation (some commentators are
publicly
> wondering whether the film will ever be released, speculating that its
> financial backers will pull out for fear of being tarnished with some of
the
> ridicule?)

Not that I distrust Professor Dawkins, but do we have Mathis's take on
this whole mess?  Personally, this sounds like a case of he-said-HE-
said between two equal and opposite zealots.  But if we're going to
pay attention to either side, I suppose we're obliged to pay attention
to both.

> Another example. Toward the end of his interview with me, Stein asked
whether
> I could think of any circumstances whatsoever under which intelligent
design
> might have occurred. It's the kind of challenge I relish, and I set
myself
> the task of imagining the most plausible scenario I could. I wanted to
give
> ID its best shot, however poor that best shot might be.

I'm sorry, but something's off here.  Richard Dawkins has spent his
entire career fighting "intelligent design".  Am I supposed to believe
that he doesn't know a leading question when he hears one?  Am I
supposed to accept that when he hears the anti-Creationist's
equivalent of "take a ride with me in my white van and I'll give you
candy, little boy", he doesn't just shout "NO!" as an automatic reflex?