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The American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/a> has issued a statement<\/a> concerning the movie Expelled<\/em>. Edward W. Lempinen writes:<\/p>\n

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The film, \u201cExpelled,\u201d posits that science is unable to explain crucial gaps in evolution on Earth, and that the intervention of an intelligent designer was necessary to advance the development of life. The film claims that scientists ruthlessly suppress such challenges\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were\u2026 especially disappointed to learn that the producers of an intelligent design propaganda movie called \u2018Expelled\u2019 are inappropriately pitting science against religion,\u201d said the statement. \u201cThis production badly misrepresents the scientific community as intolerant of dissent, when, in fact, respectful disagreement and questioning based on physical evidence represent the core of the scientific process<\/p>\n

\u201cAAAS further decries the profound dishonesty and lack of civility demonstrated by this effort. The movie includes interviews with scientists who report that they were deceived into appearing as part of such a production, and advance segments [of the film] broadly depict those who accept evolution as racist and sympathetic to Nazis. Such generalized insults are untrue and grossly unfair to millions of scientists in the United States and worldwide who are working to cure disease, solve hunger, improve national security, and otherwise advance science to improve the quality of human life.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more than a decade, AAAS has worked to build a constructive engagement between science and religion, through its Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion and other programs. Further, the statement noted, more than 11,000 Christian leaders in the United States have signed a letter<\/a> affirming that evolution does not conflict with religious faith. The United Church of Christ recently sent out a pastoral letter expressing a similar position.<\/p>\n

Evolution \u201cis based on a diverse and robust body of physical evidence, from fossilized bones to radiometric measurements of the ages of the Earth\u2019s rocks,\u201d the statement says. But the movie, by conveying misinformation about science and researchers, seeks to force religious viewpoints into science class\u2013despite court decisions that have struck down efforts to bring creationism and intelligent design into schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when the United States faces serious economic challenges, we cannot risk derailing efforts to provide the best possible science education for the next generation of problem-solvers,\u201d the statement concludes. \u201cOur children deserve no less.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full statement<\/a>. A video<\/a> has also been released.<\/p>\n

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