This film is very thought-provoking. There are a lot of reviews online, mainly by Scientific American, Time, and famous atheist Richard Dawkins, all supporters of Darwinism, that paint the picture that Ben Stein is pushing Creationism. The driving argument of the film is that scientists should have the right to discuss and even teach Intelligent Design / Creationism along side Evolution, not in place of it. It is obvious that Ben Stein believes in God, and dislikes Nazis as both a Jew and a reasonable human being, I didn’t get the feeling that he is trying to push religion on anybody, just freedom, and I am somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to religion. The film is DEFINITELY worth watching. It makes good arguments, or at least draws interesting connections. What I took away from it is this: fanaticism is dangerous to individuals, be it religious, scientific, or patriotic. Any time a person or group of people ostracizes, punishes, hates, or in some way hurts another person, or group of persons, just because they think, act, or even look different, it’s hate, and it’s evil. I agree with that. And it seems as if the scientific community is now doing to religious or spiritual scientists what the religious community used to do to scientific people: discriminating against them.
