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During one of the Republican debates, a person asked John McCain if he believed in Evolution. Senator McCain said "yes." The moderator then asked who on the stage didn't believe in Evolution and three hands went up-Tancrado, Huckabee, and Brownback.

Now, Ben Stein is about to release a movie that touts "Intelligent Design" as an alternative explanation to Darwinism. Though ID is never clearly defined, and no scientific evidence presented for ID is given, Darwin scientists are skewered and Darwinism is linked to Hitler's gas chambers, abortion, and atheism (the fact that Pope John Paul II stated that "evolution was more than just a hypothesis' and that evolution is compatible with Christian faith" apparently is not mentioned).

Junk science in this film is at best "junk." Intelligent Design and there is no climate change problem, are just two of the nonsense debate points many in the Republican party are presenting to the American people. On the issue of "Intelligent Design," the producers of this movie want to brainwash the American people into thinking scientific community demands "Darwinism" is the only way to go, and you will be persecuted if you deviate from that point. The truth of the matter is quite different from the movie's flawed premise. Darwinist don't mind Darwinism being questioned or put through scientific scrutiny. It is all part of the process. However, Darwinist do not take kindly to those that question their scientific studies by presenting a "one off, once in a billion, and cannot be repeated " explanation for the world; this debate premise is not part of the scientific process, and it never should be.

After all, if God's design and will was to kill off many Black people with sickle cell anemia, then their is no reason for us to look for a cure. Ben Stein has gone too far here, and history will look at him in this stage of his life not as a comedian but as a 21st century kook. That is evolution for you.