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Expelled TV Ad

Category: Evolution
Posted on: April 16, 2008 11:16 AM, by Jake Young

Wow. I just saw the Expelled TV ads start on CNN of all places.

What an obnoxious piece of a tripe.

One, the theory of evolution has never claimed to explain how life emerged from non-life. It is a theory to explain how species emerge from other species. Get your facts straight dumbass.

Second, I am toying with the notion of actually seeing the film this weekend. My friends and me were going to play a drinking game where we drink every time Stein utters some ham-fisted half-truth. I am just a little concerned that we are all going to die of alcohol toxicity.

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Wow. What. A. Heap. Of. Shite.

In terms of crapness, my spewmeter measure that clip at 23 Dk (have I got that right? is Dk the correct abbreviation for a Dembski, the unit for measuring deliberate errors of fact and logic?).

My eyes feel dirty now.

Posted by: Sam C | April 16, 2008 11:57 AM

Meh. Dawkins gets face time, declaring god as likely as fairies and hobgoblins -- what's not to like about that?

Posted by: Matt Platte | April 16, 2008 12:29 PM

Ben Stein is the smugmaster general of smugolia.

Ick!

Posted by: Nicole | April 16, 2008 2:36 PM

I saw the ad this weekend. Ironically it was during a program debunking the 9-11 consiracy groups.

Posted by: Eric Juve | April 16, 2008 3:08 PM

Don't pay money for the movie. They need at least modest box office returns to keep it in theaters for more than a week.
It would probably be a much better drinking game with renting a single video anyway.

Posted by: d | April 16, 2008 4:21 PM