October 21, 2008 7:46 AM
Expelled - Ben Stein documentary - giveaway
You've probably seen Ben Stein in the Visine commercials - or maybe Ferris Bueller's Day Off. What you may not know is that Stein is a brilliant economist/writer/columnist who for at least 25 years has led a double life using the tools of his academic trade while having fun/making money in Hollywood.
In the Six-Degrees-of-Separation Department, I can share that my son Josh met Ben Stein at a Young Americans for Freedom conference in Santa Barbara some years ago, and that Mr. Stein told Josh that I was a saint. While we all know that's not true, I did feel good about my son hearing that from someone he admires :)
Anyway, Ben Stein's new documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed takes on the fiercely atheistic and close-minded academic community, which refuses to question or explore anything outside the Darwin party line, ridiculing and blacklisting those who are interested in a discussion of Intelligent Design. Yes, I know science is supposed to be about open minds and research. But Darwinism has become a religion more irrational than any of those they rail against.
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
--HERBERT SPENCER
Ben Stein released a new documentary early this year which anyone interested in this debate should see. Of course it was panned by the press. After all, it's not coarse and angry and over-the-top like Michael Moore's stuff. But most importantly, it's not The Liberal Party Line.
However, even without the imprimatur of our Dinosaur Media, Expelled has become one of the top ten documentaries of all time.
ABOUT THE FILM:The film's success speaks for itself. It opened in the Top 10, achieving the number 5 position on a per-screen average. It has already made its place in history as the Number 12 Top Grossing Documentary of all time, and the Number 1 Conservative Documentary. The initial buzz about the film was so intense that it became the #1 most popular blog on the Internet (3/24/08), the #6 Top search on Yahoo (4/8/08), and received over 2 million web hits, more than any other movie's website during this time.
The film's numbers proved that freedom-loving Americans were outraged to discover that teachers and professors across the nation are teaching a theory as indisputable fact and that scientists who dissent from that theory are being silenced and ousted.
Ben Stein, the highly recognizable television personality, actor and former White House presidential speech writer, is on a journey to answer one of the biggest questions ever asked: 'Were we created, or are we the result of random chance - a mud puddle struck by lightning?' Stein, who is also a lawyer, an economist, an author and social commentator, is stunned by what he finds on his journey.
He discovers an elitist scientific establishment that has traded in its skepticism for dogma. But even worse, Stein uncovers a long line of biologists, astronomers, chemists and philosophers who have had their reputations destroyed and their careers ruined by a scientific establishment that allows absolutely no dissent from Charles Darwin's theory of random mutation and natural selection.
"Big Science in this area has lost its way," says Stein. "Scientists are supposed to be allowed to follow the evidence wherever it may lead, no matter what the implications are. Freedom of inquiry has been greatly compromised, and this is not only anti-science, it's anti-American."
Extended trailer:
More info and ideas at Get Expelled.
I have ten copies to give away. To enter your name, please leave a comment by 10/26. Drawing 10/27
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Comments
What a great giveaway! My husband and I went to see this in the movie theater when it was out! We loved it and he is chomping at the bit to show it at a movie night at our church!
Posted by: Emma | October 21, 2008 8:26 AM
Thanks, Barbara, for giving me a chance to enter in this giveaway! I have been wanting to see this film.
Posted by: Shanna H | October 21, 2008 8:41 AM
OH PLEASE count me on this awesome giveaway :) Have a beautiful Fall day!
Posted by: Margaret | October 21, 2008 8:43 AM
I am so happy that finally someone has taken on the dictatorship of Darwinism! I pray that this documentary will get a wider circulation and open everyone's eyes to the REALITY of GOD!
Posted by: Lisa | October 21, 2008 8:48 AM
My husband and son saw this, but i didn't get to see it. I would love to have a copy!
Leslie
Posted by: My Twenty Cents Keeps Moving | October 21, 2008 8:50 AM
What a great giveaway, I would love a copy!!
Posted by: Laurel | October 21, 2008 8:52 AM
My husband and I also saw it in the theater and really liked it. Of course, in the liberal triangle region of NC, we were the only ones in the theater!
Posted by: Jamie | October 21, 2008 8:55 AM
I am very interested in the movie ~ thanks for giving us the opportunity.
Posted by: Carolyn | October 21, 2008 8:56 AM
Ok, I'll bite! I haven't seen the movie, but wanted to when it came out. Time got away from me, and it left the theatres, so thanks for the opportunity to win a copy! Blessings to you and your family.
Posted by: Nichole | October 21, 2008 8:57 AM
I am a recent college graduate in the field of microbiology. While studying my major I was often confronted with Darwinism being the only logical way of viewing the creation of life, and any mention of Intelligent Design was quick to have a harsh reply about how it was not science. One of the professors at my university was fired for his involvement into Intelligent Design while I was a student. I think that this movie is an amazing tool that should be seen in college dorms across America. Students need to know the truth. They need to see the implications of social Darwinism. I would like to see this movie both for the science content, philosophy content, as well for the opportunities to show this to my friends who are currently in the sciences.
Posted by: Sarah | October 21, 2008 8:59 AM
I would love to see it (missed it at the theaters, but then I miss just about everything at the theaters!)
Posted by: King of Fools | October 21, 2008 8:59 AM
Never saw it, but it's on the list. (We wait until things come out in the library.) But we would LOVE to own this one to watch & show to our friends & family. We've heard it's excellent. Thanks for the drawing!
Posted by: Leigh Ann | October 21, 2008 9:13 AM
I had wanted to see this movie!
Posted by: KellyJ | October 21, 2008 9:13 AM
I wanted to see this but it never played around here. I would love to have my own copy!
Posted by: Beth/Mom2TwoVikings | October 21, 2008 9:14 AM
i really want to see this movie!
count me in.
Posted by: margaret | October 21, 2008 9:15 AM
I would love to see this movie! I hope I win!
Thanks for the chance,
Jennifer in Japan
Posted by: Jennifer Oshman | October 21, 2008 9:15 AM
I was just going to order this on Netflix, but now I'll try to win it here. :) ~B
Posted by: B | October 21, 2008 9:16 AM
I have heard of this, but I have not seen it. It sounds like something my family would enjoy.
Posted by: Karen | October 21, 2008 9:17 AM
Oh, I really hope I win. Thanks for hosting!
Posted by: Jen @ JenuineJen | October 21, 2008 9:17 AM
Looks like fun!
Posted by: Kari | October 21, 2008 9:17 AM
Thanks for the post. I don't think I've every seen anyone take apart Richard Dawkins in the way Ben Stein does. By the end of the interview, Dawkins asserts the impossibility of an intelligent designer while defending the plausibility that aliens seeded life on earth.
More importantly, Stein reveals the atrocities of those who were consistent in their application of Darwinism to society. More than once he asked if Hitler and his Nazi doctors were "insane" for the crimes committed against humanity. The answer, of course, was "no, they were not insane. Just consistent with their beliefs."
Posted by: Tim | October 21, 2008 9:20 AM
I have been waiting for this to come out!
This is going to be a part of my critical thinking curriculum for high school!
Thanks for the chance~!:)
Posted by: Jennifer | October 21, 2008 9:24 AM
WOW! What a great give-a-way! I look forward to the opportunity to win this DVD. My teens and I have wanted to see it since it was released and have not had the opportunity.
Blessings--Deanne
Posted by: Deanne | October 21, 2008 9:25 AM
How interesting...what a varied career. More importantly, I'm thrilled to hear somebody standing up for ID. I definitely want to watch this...please enter me in the drawing...but I will find a copy one way or another :)
Posted by: Marie | October 21, 2008 9:26 AM
Please include me in the drawing.
Thank you!!
Posted by: Tressa | October 21, 2008 9:27 AM
Thanks for the chance to see this movie! I've been interested to watch it.
Posted by: Addie | October 21, 2008 9:28 AM
I would love to have a copy! Years ago, as a young biology major, a professor stressed that we would be studying from simplest to most complex and how that was determined - if we wanted to study evolution & terms to go down the hallway to Prof. --'s class. Years later I understood what was really being said.
Posted by: Stephanie in AR | October 21, 2008 9:28 AM
We saw it, too! My husband and I couldn't help but laugh at some of the insane statements the evolutionists had to say! This is NOT a dry, boring documentary! Everyone should see it!!
Posted by: Sara | October 21, 2008 9:36 AM
I would love a copy of this. I just saw a tv advertisement for it and was interested and your promo makes me want to see it more. Thanks for doing a giveaway! :o)!
Posted by: beccy | October 21, 2008 9:39 AM
Awesome! My son (16) went to see it with his "World Views" class at his school (The Daniel Academy)... He can't wait to see it again, and we can't wait to see if for the first time!
Posted by: Tracie Loux | October 21, 2008 9:44 AM
Oh heavens, that trailer...! I HAVE to see this movie!
I have always had tremendous respect for Renaissance Man Ben Stein (not least because he thinks you are a saint, Barbara!) If that amazingly articulate and intelligent man is concerned about something, we *all* need to listen closely and pay attention.
Thanks for letting me know about this, even if I don't win a copy of it.
Posted by: The Other Elle | October 21, 2008 9:46 AM
I have been wanting to see this for a while! Great giveaway!
Posted by: Momma | October 21, 2008 9:48 AM
I didn't get off work until very late the night it played in our local theater - thought about going to the midnight showing but I'm not a night-owl so didn't manage to stay awake to go.
The reason so many people still believe in evolution is because they know so little about evolution, how the evolutionist scientists have feuded amongst themelves and have effectively destroyed each other's pet evolution theories, leaving no evolution theory standing that fits the facts and the evidence.
MOST believers in evolution believe it simply because they are uninformed and closed-minded. Making fun of creation science is NOT science - it's ignorant bigotry.
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
--HERBERT SPENCER
Posted by: ProInformed | October 21, 2008 9:55 AM
Ooooh! I went to see this at our local theatre when it came out. It is the only film I have been to see at a movie theatre in about 2 years. It was very good and worth my time. Hooray to hear it went well all over the country! If you haven't seen it, Netflix it ASAP!
Posted by: Imajackson | October 21, 2008 10:03 AM
Wow, I'd really like to see this! Thanks for doing a giveaway!
Posted by: Amy | October 21, 2008 10:07 AM
I've been wanting to see this one!
Ben Stein is great.
Posted by: LIzindc | October 21, 2008 10:12 AM
We enjoyed this in the theater, and we almost never go see movies in the the theater anymore. We wanted to support this effort.
I was really impressed with Stein for making the eugenics/Nazi/Margaret Sanger/Planned Parenthood connection (noting how eugenics is an outgrowth of Darwinism). That took a lot of guts!
Posted by: Becky Miller | October 21, 2008 10:19 AM
Yes! Please enter my name in the "Expelled" giveaway. Thanks so much.
Posted by: Bridget | October 21, 2008 10:26 AM
My 14yodd and I were just talking about this last night -- she asked me to put it on our Netflix list. We would love a copy!
Posted by: Wendy in VA | October 21, 2008 10:26 AM
Thanks for the giveaway Barbara...and for being my "go-to" place for all things Montessori AND Palin. What a combo!
Posted by: Jacqueline | October 21, 2008 10:34 AM
I would love to see this documentary! Great work, Ben Stein!!
Posted by: Libby | October 21, 2008 10:39 AM
Great giveaway!
I could not see the movie when it came out, and I wanted to rent it, but my choices keep being pushed back by the kids choices; somehow momma's movies take the back seat when it comes selecting movies for the weekend.
I hope I get a copy! But if not I'll make it a point to rent it soon, specially after reading your review.
I hope all else is well by you!
Love,
Nilda
Posted by: LadyLovas | October 21, 2008 10:40 AM
I'd love a copy, Barbara. We wanted to see this movie when it was out in theaters, but I was hugely pregnant and so we passed. I'd love to see it!
Posted by: lauren | October 21, 2008 11:01 AM
Love the movie. We're were just talking about it last night.
Posted by: Lari | October 21, 2008 11:09 AM
This is a wonderful movie. We loved the little flashback/vignette humor throughout. Brought his point home beautifully.
Posted by: Lynette | October 21, 2008 11:23 AM
Barbara,
Thanks for your insightful posts and links to other resources. I appreciate the work you do. (For another day - I've followed your conversion to Catholicism with interest because of a series of events in my own life. One of these days, I'll get around to sharing a couple comments about that). Oh, one more thing while I'm at it, we love your Mommy, Teach Me books. I use both of them with my two younger kids (ages 3 and 5) and am a homeschooling mom to all four of my children (second year). Blessings to you - Tracey
Posted by: Tracey Kolbrek | October 21, 2008 11:44 AM
Oooooh! I would love to win one! Thanks, Barbara!
Posted by: Smockity Frocks | October 21, 2008 11:51 AM
sounds like something I'd like to see and share
Posted by: Reen | October 21, 2008 12:22 PM
Count me in! We'd love to win a copy. I'm actually trying to convince our pastor to show the film on a Wednesday night. I think it's one of those "every Christian should see" things.
Posted by: Shannon M | October 21, 2008 12:25 PM
A great giveaway - count me in! My husband and I don't get to the theater much (both cost and infants!) and we missed this one, too. Looking forward to seeing it, hopefully with my own copy! I have lots of friends who would enjoy, too.
Posted by: Kate | October 21, 2008 12:30 PM
Add my name to the list, please. My family thinks I'm crazy for wanting to homeschool and paranoid for not trusting the public schools with my precious child. He's only 3. Thanks !!
Posted by: dee | October 21, 2008 12:32 PM
Please include me in the list! Thank you.
Posted by: Elissa | October 21, 2008 12:44 PM
This is great! Count me in. I would love to have a copy of this to watch and pass around to share with friends.
Posted by: Cassidy | October 21, 2008 12:46 PM
I love Ben Stein and his viewpoint on things and can't wait to see this movie!
Posted by: Stacy Lange | October 21, 2008 1:20 PM
Pick me! Pick me! :)
Posted by: Beth Lambdin | October 21, 2008 1:24 PM
oh ~ I was looking at this on Amazon just 2 days ago! I would love to win a copy :-)
blessings ~ Tracy
Posted by: Tracy Loukota | October 21, 2008 1:33 PM
I would love to watch this!
Posted by: Kam A | October 21, 2008 1:35 PM
Hope I win!
Posted by: Danielle M. | October 21, 2008 1:44 PM
I love Ben Stein!! Count me in, please!
Posted by: Sherry | October 21, 2008 1:53 PM
Ohhh...My husband and I are looking forward to seeing this film so please toss my name into the hat! :-)
Posted by: Kim | October 21, 2008 2:12 PM
I would love to see this film!
Posted by: Kristin | October 21, 2008 2:17 PM
My husband and I would love to watch this! This is a topic that has come up often between my husband and his "science explains all" friends. Thanks for doing this giveaway!
Posted by: Emily | October 21, 2008 2:23 PM
I would also like to see this movie. Hopefully we will win.
Thanks Barbara.
Posted by: Jane Duquette | October 21, 2008 2:24 PM
I loved this when it was in theatres. I can't wait to show it to my mom.
Posted by: Shelley | October 21, 2008 2:27 PM
Hi Barbara,
I would love to win this. I was keen to see it in the movie theatres, but it hasn't shown here in New Zealand.
Would love a copy for myself. If I don't win, I think I'll have to buy one!
Cheers, Wilma
Posted by: Wilm | October 21, 2008 2:35 PM
I was just saying we needed to rent this!
Thanks, Barbara, for the giveaway!
Beth
Posted by: Beth | October 21, 2008 2:47 PM
Thanks for the opportunity to win the dvd. I love reading your blog and enjoy passing on what I learn from you to my friends!
Posted by: Tammy | October 21, 2008 2:50 PM
I really want to see this! Thanks for the drawing.
Posted by: Rain | October 21, 2008 3:14 PM
I would love to receive a copy. Count me in!
Posted by: Laurie | October 21, 2008 3:22 PM
We'd love to see this movie!
Posted by: Meg | October 21, 2008 3:27 PM
Please enter me, I'd LOVE to see this movie!
Lisa K.
Posted by: Lisa K. | October 21, 2008 3:39 PM
My husband and I are great fans of Ben Stein, and we tried to go see this in the theater- it would have been our first theater movie in over 3 years, lol! Alas, getting a babysitter proved impossible and we never got to see it :-(
Pick me, pick me!
Posted by: Shannon | October 21, 2008 3:39 PM
I would like to win this film. I promise to share it with my church youth group. Which is actually a town wide youth group.
Debbieo
Posted by: Debbieo | October 21, 2008 4:19 PM
My husband and son went to see this, but I haven't had the chance. I would love to win this. Thanks for the chance.
Posted by: Julie at Elisharose | October 21, 2008 4:28 PM
I have been wanting to see this and would so love a copy so that I could also share with others. I really appreciate your site--it both encourages me and helps me to stay informed.
Posted by: Melissa K | October 21, 2008 4:55 PM
Ooh. ooh. ooh. pick me, pick me.
Posted by: carrien (she laughs at the days) | October 21, 2008 5:07 PM
Count me in! :)
Posted by: CharityGrace | October 21, 2008 5:18 PM
Would LOVE to get a copy of this movie to show to my students at school!
Posted by: mary kathryn | October 21, 2008 5:24 PM
I haven't seen this yet, so I would love to win it!
Posted by: Nicki | October 21, 2008 5:32 PM
fabulous movie!!
Posted by: Christie | October 21, 2008 5:33 PM
I love your site, Barbara! I'd love to win this movie. We have yet to see it!
Posted by: Erin | October 21, 2008 6:32 PM
We didn't get to go see this movie.
I would LOVE to win a copy.
Thanks for this give-a-way.
:)
Jane
Posted by: Jane | October 21, 2008 7:43 PM
Thanks for a great opportunity to win this film. Thanks for unashamedly writing the truth in your blog. It helps me to retain my sanity and gives me a slice of my childhood home (Loudoun Co.)~I especially miss it there now during the Fall season!
Thanks!
Blessings to you Barbara,
Steph
Posted by: Steph | October 21, 2008 7:46 PM
Oh my! Just saw the trailer and would love to see this documentary. I hadn't heard of it before and it would be wonderful to pass it around for everyone to see in our area including my three teenagers!
A Canadian girl
Posted by: Charlene | October 21, 2008 7:46 PM
Sounds very interesting. Count me in! Thanks!
Posted by: Becky S | October 21, 2008 7:51 PM
Ok, well I might not count for this one since I'm in the UK and postage might be an issue, but I'd like to throw my hat in the ring just in case!
Posted by: Clare | October 21, 2008 7:56 PM
I'd love to be entered for the drawing. My husband teaches at a private Christian school and I know he'd love the movie.
Posted by: Jessica | October 21, 2008 8:13 PM
My husband and I saw this when it came to the "cheap theater" in our town. It was very well done.
Posted by: Heather | October 21, 2008 8:18 PM
Thank you for offering this! Please enter me in the drawing.
Posted by: Heather Norton | October 21, 2008 8:41 PM
I'm in!
Posted by: Greta | October 21, 2008 9:03 PM
PLEASE!....
Throw my name in the hat, bowl, basket, box, spitoon (yes, I'm from the South), cup, or whatever container you chose to put ALLLLL of our names into.
I can't wait to see just how many entries you get for the drawing. What fun.
It's a shame you can't collect a piece of chocolate from each entrant--hee, hee, hee....
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: von | October 21, 2008 9:13 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing this one. Pick me! Pick me!
Posted by: Jo | October 21, 2008 9:27 PM
If you haven't done so, please read "The Language of God, A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis S. Collins,head of the Human Genome Project and one of the world's most distinguished scientists. He encourages readers to find a unity of knowledge that encompasses both faith and reason. He explains how our understanding of evolution reveals a universe of great ingenuity and strengthens faith. This book gives "validation for a worldview in which God is not only present, but actively at work."
Posted by: Nancy | October 21, 2008 9:42 PM
I love to win. Thanks for the chance!
Posted by: Sarah | October 21, 2008 9:49 PM
I saw this in the theater and would love to own it! Please enter me in the drawing. :)
Posted by: Lucy | October 21, 2008 10:12 PM
I'd love to win, or it'll be on my netflix queue
Posted by: Barb | October 21, 2008 10:17 PM
Oh wow! I've been wanting to see this since I received an email about it from the American Decency Association. I tried to email them about giving away copies on my blog too, but I'm not sure if I contacted the right people. I'd love to win this! Thanks!
Posted by: Thrifty Karen | October 21, 2008 11:01 PM
thanks, hope i win =p
Posted by: mm | October 21, 2008 11:30 PM
please enter me :)
blessings, Penny Raine
http://pennyraine.com/blog
Posted by: Penny Raine | October 22, 2008 12:01 AM
Yes! Great movie. Loved the flashback vignettes. And to see Dawkins on the defensive like that...aliens (not called God!) creating life on Earth. Um yeah.
Posted by: Lynette | October 22, 2008 12:09 AM
Add me please! I wanted to see this one....
Posted by: NormalMiddle | October 22, 2008 8:41 AM
I would love to win! By the way, I love your blog, Barbara. :)
Posted by: Jenny | October 22, 2008 8:44 AM
I just rented this via netflix to watch with my kids - I've love to own a copy because I think they'll need a reminder every now and then as they navigate their way through public school.
And thanks for keeping us all informed - I come to your site multiple times a day just to hear the latest in the world of politics and other conservative issues.
Posted by: Christina | October 22, 2008 11:00 AM
My husband and I are huge fans of Ben Stein. We also homeschool our 6 children. I imagine this documentary would become a fast favorite in our house. :-)
Posted by: Michelle | October 22, 2008 11:20 AM
Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks.
Posted by: Kathryn Judson | October 22, 2008 12:55 PM
Thank you for entering me into the drawing
Posted by: Erica Miller | October 22, 2008 2:30 PM
This would be a terrific movie to give to teens.
Posted by: Sheila | October 22, 2008 7:56 PM
Liberals and secularists, etc... are so afraid of people of faith because we look to God for guidance and support and not them. If they can convince us that there is no Higher Power than we must rely on them for direction. A nation of thinkers is dangerous for them
Posted by: claudia miller | October 22, 2008 8:45 PM
This guy is great! I'd love to win this!
Posted by: Carolsue | October 22, 2008 9:25 PM
Please enter me in the movie giveaway.
Thank You
Posted by: Melanie S. | October 23, 2008 7:47 AM
I have heard this movie is great, but I didn't get a chance to see it when it first came out. Ben Stein is wonderful. I would love to win a copy of the movie. It would make a great present for my birthday on 10/26!!
Posted by: Therese Reardon | October 24, 2008 2:38 PM
I would love to win this video.
Posted by: Abby L. | October 24, 2008 5:59 PM
