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Pro-evolution controversy

posted 14 years ago by anneandwalt-1
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While promoted as a family film, portions of this film will be deeply offensive to some Christians due to the openly pro-evolution bias of the main character.

Mr Limpet (Don Knotts) pronounces that the world is millions of years old (not 6,000) and lectures the audience that humans descended from fishes and amphibians that came out of the sea.

If this film were made today it would trigger protests. How could the public of 1964 turned a blind eye to this blatant platform for Darwinism?

[–] OhNooos 10 years ago

While promoted as a family film, portions of this film will be deeply offensive to some Christians due to the openly pro-evolution bias of the main character.

"Family" does not mean creationists "Christians".

How could the public of 1964 turned a blind eye to this blatant platform for Darwinism?

Science is not a platform, it's a way of observing phenomenon and making logical statements about it. "Theories" are more than just ideas, but are extremely logical arguments backed up by several peer-reviewed experiments. Creationists not only deny science, but deny history by misreading the bible, the culture it was written in, and the true meaning of those stories.

[–] namaGemo 10 years ago

It is interesting how angry they get when you tell them their belief is more based on myth than reality. When you prove that point by mentioning gods that have come and gone from years ago, and the fact that different people have different gods to this day, they dismiss all that saying "we believe in the one TRUE god, and you can't prove otherwise".

[–] OhNooos 10 years ago

To be fair, what others believe is not an argument for the truth of anything. But that also means that their beliefs do not change reality and evolution is not a belief.

[–] montgomerydou55 7 years ago

Karl Marx personally asked Charles Darwin for permission to dedicate the English translation of Das Kapital to him.

[–] scocou 10 years ago

LOL at "Darwinism". The 19th century called, they want their troglodyte back.

[–] Screen-7 10 years ago

If you are posting this facetiously, you make an interesting point.

I think Americans have gone backwards scientifically since the 1960s.

Or, alternatively, the fringe anti-science segment of society has become more vocal and more legitimized.

[–] musicbytes 9 years ago

The op is a narrow minded republican ! Goddess is highly offended !

[–] captainbible1138-428-348571 9 years ago

I'm a Christian and here's one thing to remember to you all other Christians who see the purported "pro-evolutionary" aspect: IT"S A FANTASY story. This is the kind of stuff movies are made for; to make all impossibilities possible. Plus, it's starring Don Knotts who's fame come from the Andy Griffith Show which is very much a Christian show, so clearly Don Knotts had no problem being in it.

[–] nammage 8 years ago

It's actually a small number of Christians etc., who believe in YEC (Young Earth Creationism), most of them live in the US.

-Nam

I am on the road less traveled...

[–] MooseNugget 8 years ago

Well Mr. Limpet is a war hero in the film. If you can't get over him having his own views you got problems.

I figure like myself most Christians just forgot the line. I don't see the point of having a religious debate over a movie where Don Knotts turns into a fish.

[–] nammage 8 years ago

What does this have to do with my comment? Click the reply button under the person you're speaking to.

-Nam

[–] MooseNugget 8 years ago

Don't worry about it baby girl 

[–] Katadams55 8 years ago

I'm a Christian, but I believe at least some evolution would have to have happened in order for the flood mentioned in Genesis to be possible. However, I don't think evolution happened to the extent some secular scientists would claim (i.e. I don't believe man evolved from monkeys). Regardless, the film is just a fantasy story.