Thread: Expelled

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Expelled
No Intelligence Allowed is a controversial documentary film which claims that educators and scientists are being persecuted for their belief that there is evidence of “design” in nature. It claims that “Big Science" allows no dissent from the scientific theory of evolution, and blames the theory for a range of alleged societal ills. Starring Ben Stein, the film is due to be released on April 18, 2008. The film promotes intelligent design — the idea that there is evidence of a supernatural intelligence in biological processes, a form of creationism

"The Expelled Challenge"
In order to promote the film, the website "GetExpelled.com" launched "The Expelled Challenge" which offers to pay schools up to US $10,000 to send students to see the movie. In what Wesley R. Elsberry described as "a kickback to school administrators", the program offers between $5 and $10 for every ticket stub submitted by the school within the first two weeks of the release of the film. Elsberry noted that at the upper end of the range, the value of the reward is probably greater than the actual ticket price.

The program also recommends a "school-wide 'mandatory' field trip" as "the best way to maximize your school’s earning potential". Elsberry criticises this as a call to "take children away from classrooms, fill their heads with obnoxiously delivered misinformation, and profit off of it".

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