Stein spews complete bullshit on the 700 Club (obviously, I know)
“I’ve always questioned ‘Darwinism’ because ‘Darwinism’ leads to social Darwinism, the belief that some races are superior to other races, and that the superior races have it as their moral duty to eliminate the ‘lesser’ races, and that means my fellow Jews, and of course African Americans, Indians, Aborigines…just kill them, they’re worthless…”
Ben Stein really thinks that genocide is the eventual outcome of the theory of evolution? What is he talking about? He goes on to decry evolution for not explaining gravity, thermodynamics, or physics. I’m not kidding, he thinks one of the flaws of evolution is that it doesn’t explain gravity. His gross misunderstanding (or misrepresentation) of science seems almost absurd. And damnit you should lose your grant if you admit you’re not clear on how the planets stay in orbit.
This type of nonsense is dangerous because Pat Robertson’s truly ignorant viewership will take these statements at face value, fueling their burning certainty that evolution and creationism are somehow on equal footing.
The action doesn’t start til 3:40 into the video.
A few problems.
Calling the theory of evolution “Darwinism” is a nice way to set it up in order to attack it. It makes it sound like a religion or faith based theory as many have said it is.
He attacks “darwinism” for things it doesn’t explain! It doen’t explain gravity, etc. That’s like saying that the theory of relativity doesn’t explain genetics, it’s not meant to!
Posted by God Delusion on April 17th, 2008 12:37 am