Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed Page #12

If you look

at the detail--

Details of biochemistry,

molecular biology,

You might find a signature

of some sort of designer.

Wait a second.

Richard dawkins

thought intelligent design

Might be

a legitimate pursuit?

And that designer

could well be

a higher intelligence

From elsewhere

in the universe.

- well--

- but that higher

intelligence

Would itself have had

to have come about

By some explicable

or ultimately

explicable process.

It couldn't have just jumped

into existence spontaneously.

That's the point.

So professor dawkins

was not against

intelligent design,

Just certain types

of designers,

Such as god.

So the hebrew god,

The god of

the old testament--

He doesn't exist

in your view?

Uh, certainly.

I mean, that would be

a very unpleasant prospect.

And the holy trinity

of the new testament--

No, nothing like that.

Do you believe

in any of the hindu gods?

- like vishnu?

- how can you ask

such a question?

- you don't, right?

- how could I?

I mean, why would I,

Given that I don't believe

in any others?

You don't believe

in the moslem god.

No. Why do you

even need to ask?

I just wanted

to be sure.

So you don't believe

in any god anywhere.

Any god anywhere

would be completely

incompatible

With--with anything

that i've said in--

I assumed, I just

wanted to make sure

You don't believe

in any god anywhere.

- no.

- what if after you died,

you ran into god.

He said, "what have

you been doing, richard?

"I mean, what have

you been doing?

"i've been trying

to be nice to you.

"I gave you

a multimillion-dollar

paycheck

"over and over again

with your book,

And look what you did."

Bertram russell

had that point put to him,

And he said

something like,

"sir, why did you take such

pains to hide yourself?"

But if the intelligent design

people are right,

God isn't hidden.

We may even be able to

encounter god through science

If we have the freedom

to go there.

What could be

more intriguing than that?

[at podium]

we take freedom for granted

Here in the United States.

Freedom is what

this country is all about.

And a huge part of freedom

is freedom of inquiry.

But now,

i'm sorry to say,

Freedom of inquiry in science

is being suppressed.

Behind me stands a wall

That encircles

the free sectors of this city,

Part of a vast system

of barriers.

There are people

out there

Who want to keep science

in a little box

Where it can't possibly touch

a higher power,

Cannot possibly touch god.

Those barriers

cut across germany

In a gash of barbed wire,

Concrete, dog runs,

and guard towers.

If you believe in god

And you believe

that there is

An intrinsic order

in the universe

And you believe that

it's the role of science

To try to pursue

and understand better

that order,

You will be ostracized.

I'm frightened by this,

But i'm not going

to let it stop me

From investigating

or from speaking.

The wall cannot withstand

freedom.

What i'm asking for

is the freedom

To follow the evidence

wherever it leads.

My hope is that

there'll be enough

Independent-thinking

scientists

Who don't like to be

told what to think.

People on both sides

of the argument

Being prepared

to talk and listen,

And, above all,

a willingness

To keep

these dialogues open.

It might allow a lot

of very good scientists

To be scientists,

Who aren't allowed

to be scientists right now.

I don't care what they

end up as being.

I don't care if they

end up being religious

Or young-earth

creationists.

If they have

thought their way

Through the issues

and get there,

I'm all for them.

And why do I think

we're going to win

in this struggle?

Because truth crushed

to earth will rise again.

To find out what's true

has a value all of its own.

If it has additional

good consequences, so be it.

Because no lie

can live forever.

I believe that science

gives us one perspective

on the world,

And our religious insight

gives us another perspective

on the world.

By putting the two together,

Then we'll see

more deeply and more truly.

And if we will stand up

for freedom...

Freedom is the victor.

If we all do that,

we will overcome.

[the killer's "all these things

that i've done" plays]

[audience applauding]

all these things

that i've done

yeah, you're gonna bring

yourself down

yeah, you're gonna bring

yourself down

I've taken a first step

By speaking out

on this issue.

But if the wall

is to come down,

We all have to do our part.

Some of you

will pay a heavy price

for speaking out.

You may even lose your job.

I guarantee you

you'll get hate e-mail.

But if you don't

get involved,

Will anyone be left

to carry on the struggle?

Anyone?

Anyone?

I got soul,

but i'm not a soldier

I got soul,

but i'm not a soldier

I got soul,

but i'm not a soldier

I got soul,

but i'm not a soldier

I got soul,

but i'm not a soldier

yeah, you know

you got to help me out

yeah, oh don't you put me

on the back burner

you know

you got to help me out

yeah, you're gonna bring

yourself down

yeah, you're gonna bring

yourself down

yeah, oh don't you put me

on the back burner

you're gonna bring

yourself down

yeah, you're gonna bring

yourself down

over and in

last call for sin

while everyone's lost,

the battle is won

with all these things

that i've done

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