MoPoshy
Absolutely brilliant
Brennan Camacho
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Phillida
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Jana Anderson
Very well presented argument for Intelligent Design. Educational as well. The narration is good, the graphics and commentary are all put together well and presented without preaching. Simply presents information wrapped in an conception of an idea of how things could be. Personally I think that more could have been added to make it into a series using several break down, backward engineering, irreducible complexity examples each on a case by case basis using different biological systems such as the eye, the cell, specific mammal species, plants and other systems that are symbiotic with one another. Perhaps that is for another time or will be presented another way. Was satisfied with the information given but also left me wanting to know more...did some follow up research to confirm the facts so have found a box set of similar presentations through Illustra Media. Worth a look. I've ordered and have watch several times all three of the DVDs. Highly recommended.
huwbutts
Isn't it incredible that the only side of the debate you see hate coming from is the Darwinian camp? Whether you agree with the content in this documentary or not, the arguments are put forward logically, gracefully and lovingly.It delves into a few of the issues that pose a problem for Darwinian evolution i.e. all life originated from a single-celled organism that spontaneously came into being. Most notably, the idea of 'irreducible complexity' - that the majority of nature contains mechanisms that are made such that they could not have evolved gradually, e.g. bacterial flagella. Dean Kenyon also makes an appearance - this is the man who coined the concept of 'chemical evolution' i.e. amino acids naturally forming proteins, and then DNA; he then admits that this is scientifically, chemically, physically and logically impossible. Evolution proponents must be willing to engage in a rational debate regarding these issues if they wish to be taken seriously.Don't take anyone's word for it - the debate regarding evolution rages on and is far from settled. If you are at all interested in it, this is a must-see.
janice2112
This is film really like a great documentary, except instead of having all that really hard to learn science and stuff. All you really have to do is believe. Just believe, and like Tinkerbell coming back to life, Bible stories AKA Creationism AKA Creation Science now renamed ID (Intelligent Design) can live again! But what I really liked best was finding out that I am made up of millions of tiny little machines called cells, I'm just like Lt. Commander Data!But seriously, this film is one big propaganda piece. Ten years ago the ID community was bashing scientists over the head with irreducible complexity. When Evolutionary Scientists didn't have a ready answer and took the time necessary to actually investigate ID's claims, the ID community started to shout that they had 'finally beaten Darwin' and that 'God is in the Details', this is when the nonsense really got under way. Church groups set up museums with paintings showing Biblical era men riding dinosaurs implying not only that dinosaurs are only recently extinct but that any theory showing the Earth is more than a few thousand years old is open to debate and is a matter of opinion not just science. Serious sounding articles were published explaining how Noah had put dinosaur eggs on the his Ark instead of grown Dinosaurs to save room, but that most of the eggs went bad during the flood as an explanation as to why Dinosaurs are extinct.Both of the above examples show why ID cannot be allowed in the classroom and shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone. ID, because of its use of a supernatural agency to explain any unknown part of a theory, any ID theory is unfalsifiable, untestable and completely useless in a scientific setting. Come forward eight years from when this film was made... Science has investigated the claims of ID and found them seriously wanting. The claims of ID aren't falsifiable and as such are a unverifiable belief, no reputable biologist gives ID any credence.The court (Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District) ruled that ID is Creation Science repackaged and that as such ID is a matter of faith not science and cannot be allowed in the classroom.Religious Universities are the only place that ID based biology class work is accepted.The main point of this film is to try to make inference analogous to deduction, basically like this; Cells are like tiny machines, machines are designed by an intelligence, cells must have been designed by someone with intelligence. Then they assure you that they are not talking about God as a designer because that wouldn't be scientific (wink, wink) but that a cell didn't design itself and nobody knows who did it. Honestly, I saw reasoning as well thought out a Monty Python movie; A witch won't sink in water so she must be floating, a duck doesn't sink in water because they float, so if someone weighs the same as a duck they're a witch.
coolasclyde
Excellent source of information for the theory of intelligent design (ID). The video provides clear and easy to understand arguments for ID and points out the gaps in evolutionary theory that cannot account for the origin-of-life on earth. The video includes interviews with leading scientists and scholars from various fields of expertise. The video also provides some historical information about Charles Darwin and his journey on the HMS Beagle. It is packed with beautiful scenes of wildlife that make it entertaining as well as educational. The bonus features include a question and answer section, library references, web links, and biographical sketches about each scientist/scholar. This is a must have for all of those who are interested the origin-of-life argument and those that declare to follow the evidence wherever it leads. I would strongly recommend this for all adults and students at the high school level and above.
