Protest Ben Stein's Expelled
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Ben Stein's trying to popularize intelligent design-style creationism by claiming that this "brave new theory" has been "censored" from academia, because it's "controversial" and "new."

Let's get one thing straight. Intelligent design is *creationism*, with a fancy new name. It's being tossed out of schools because it's religion, not science, and Stein's movie is just the latest in a series of plans to trump up an imagined scientific controversy. Please take the chance to learn more from... (read more)
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Protest Ben Stein's Expelled
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Entertainment & Arts - Movies
Description:
Ben Stein's trying to popularize intelligent design-style creationism by claiming that this "brave new theory" has been "censored" from academia, because it's "controversial" and "new."

Let's get one thing straight. Intelligent design is *creationism*, with a fancy new name. It's being tossed out of schools because it's religion, not science, and Stein's movie is just the latest in a series of plans to trump up an imagined scientific controversy. Please take the chance to learn more from... (read more)
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IMPORTANT: be sure to visit http://www.expelledexposed.com, the NCSE's official reply to Expelled.

You don't have to actually want to "protest" to join this group; join if you oppose Stein and want to help in some way!

In a common creationist trick, Ben Stein and the Expelled crew are trying to keep critical viewers away from the film. Do they have something to hide? Apparently, they do.
-http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php

Who's deceiving whom? Stein had to lie to prominent scientists to get them to appear in the film.
-http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/science/27expelled.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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+100 members! (3/22/08)
+200 members! (3/23/08)
+300 members! (3/24/08)
+400 members! (3/25/08)
+500 members! 1/2 thousand! (3/26/08)
+600 members! (4/1/08) keep inviting people!
=666 members! (4/4/08) proof of our evil
+700 members! (4/6/08) we're kind of a big deal
+800 members! (4/12/08)
+900 members! (4/14/08) thanks The Friendly Atheist!
+1,000 members!!!! (4/15/08) let's keep it up!
+1,100 members! (4/16/08)
+1,200 members! (4/17/08) suspending count for now...
+1,500 members! (4/21/08) ...but that's a milestone!
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One of the admins (Ames) has started a blog, http://acandidworld.wordpress.com - it talks about progressive politics, and intelligent design. Visit & comment if you please!

Big deal, friends. We're now a larger group than the "official" pro-Expelled group, which has a measly 1400 or so members. Rock on.

Oh P.S. Expelled may be slowing down - and failing - but stay on your toes kids. Louisiana is next.