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New film investigates crushing of dissent from Darwinian orthodoxy.


"If you have questioned Darwinism, that's it, your career is over." "I was viewed as an intellectual terrorist." "I have been told to shut up."

The quotes come from interviews with research scientists featured in a new film, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, starring the New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 writer and intellectual Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer and commentator, Emmy Award-winning actor, comedian, and game show host. He was also formerly a lawyer, law professor, and White House speechwriter. He is the son of noted economist and writer Herbert Stein. . The film, set for release in February 2008, documents the crushing of any investigation or questioning of materialist Darwinism; that is, the orthodox position of most of the scientific establishment.

In the trailer for Expelled, Stein is seen addressing an audience saying, "There are people out there who want to keep science in a little box, where it can't possibly touch God ... Scientists are not allowed to even think thoughts that involve an intelligent creator."

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 release says that Stein, a lawyer, economist, former presidential speechwriter speech·writ·er  
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, author, and social commentator, was "stunned" when he investigated the debate surrounding Intelligent Design Theory and Darwinism. Stein uncovers what he says is an elitist e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism  
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1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
 scientific establishment that actively suppresses any research that may lead to questioning of the accepted Darwinian theory (LifeSiteNews.com, August 30, 2007).
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