{"id":3767,"date":"2008-04-21T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-expelledosphere\/"},"modified":"2008-04-21T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T09:43:00","slug":"around-the-expelledosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-expelledosphere.html","title":{"rendered":"Around the Expelledosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Before turning to <em>Expelled<\/em>, let\u2019s mention the really important news: <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/381832\/battlestar-galacticas-secret-cylons-tell-all\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Secret Cylons tell all<\/a>! Also, see <a href=\"http:\/\/faithandsciencefiction.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/star-trek-vs-star-wars-who-mourns-for.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Star Wars vs. Star Trek on democracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomtally.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/the_truly_expelled.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Abnormal Interests<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/northstatescience.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/20\/richard-colling-a-real-case-of-being-expelled\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Northstate Science<\/a> highlight the <em>truly<\/em> expelled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/academic-discourse.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Pieret<\/a> highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewcy.com\/post\/intelligent_design_creationism_immoral_fraud\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sarkar\u2019s review<\/a> of <em>Expelled<\/em>. The Austringer highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/austringer.net\/wp\/index.php\/2008\/04\/20\/flunked-not-expelled-not-even-david-springer-buys-the-darwin-leads-to-hitler-rhetoric\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">DaveScot\u2019s take on the Darwin -&gt; Hitler theme<\/a> in the movie (also at <a href=\"http:\/\/ianramjohn.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/21\/davescot-makes-sense\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Further Thoughts<\/a>). See also The Island of Doubt on <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/islandofdoubt\/2008\/04\/read_this_now.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">skepticism and science<\/a>. The Brites show <a href=\"http:\/\/cedros.globat.com\/~thebrites.org\/index.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">review data<\/a> that suggests Expelled is doing what it intended to: polarizing people. John Wilkins suggests that <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/evolvingthoughts\/2008\/04\/on_id_and_the_public_awareness.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">good can come<\/a> even from ID.<\/p>\n<p>If all this annoys you, have a laugh and see <a href=\"http:\/\/thedispersalofdarwin.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/darwins-review-of-expelled.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Darwin\u2019s own review<\/a> of<em> Expelled<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, please forward suggestions for the next Biblical Studies Carnival to <a href=\"http:\/\/jwest.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/20\/only-10-days-left\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim West<\/a>. Otherwise, who knows what he might do\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8485996244890036697?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before turning to Expelled, let\u2019s mention the really important news: Secret Cylons tell all! Also, see Star Wars vs. Star Trek on democracy. Abnormal Interests and Northstate Science highlight the truly expelled. John Pieret highlights Sarkar\u2019s review of Expelled. The Austringer highlights DaveScot\u2019s take on the Darwin -&gt; Hitler theme in the movie (also at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Around the Expelledosphere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Before turning to Expelled, let&#039;s mention the really important news: Secret Cylons tell all! 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