Film about Darwin is "Too controversial"

[happycheeze]

Apparently this film couldn't find a US distributor because its too controversial to American audiences (according to its producer).

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film-too-controversial-for-religious-America.html

However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution.

I worry about the scientific education here in America. Ignorance is bliss. So lets just stop thinking.

[SimSim]

Yeah, scary isn't it? There was a poll done recently, forget who did it, but of those polled, only 39% accepted evolution.

[happycheeze]

It was Gallup. Thats actually in the quote

[Sandafluffoid]

Wow, I feel embarrassed for the USA.

[happycheeze]

Heres a link to the poll www.gallup.com/poll/21814/Evolution-Creationism-Intelligent-Design.aspx

[SimSim]

Sept 13, 2009 11:39:28 GMT -5 Sandafluffoid said:

Wow, I feel embarrassed for the USA.

Tell me about it. At least you don't live here.

[wackadoodle]

Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- [ROTATED: human beings have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life and God guided this process, human beings have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life, but God had no part in this process, or God created human beings in their present form exactly the way the Bible describes it]?

God created
man exactly
how Bible
describes it 53%

But remember kids, religion totally has a positive impact on the modern world. Nope, its only a tiny fringe minority that throws out any science that disagrees with their stupid myth.

[Admiral Lithp]

Forget the ignorance angle. It's "too controvertial" because less than half of the populus agrees with it?

[spaniel]

"Why is Darwin kissing Satan?"

Yay for The Simpsons.

[devilschaplain2]

So wait, we can have a film linking evolution to Communism, Nazism, the Holocaust and abortion but we can't have a film about Charles Darwin's life. Bull. Fucking. Shit.

[SimSim]

Welcome to the United States of Jesusland.

[cagnazzo]

USJ! USJ!

[Lady Renae]

You know, I was just having a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday about people and whether or not they are stupid. The example had to do with whether fingernails are dead skin cells. I did not know that people didn't know this stuff as a matter of course. I am amazed at the stupidity of my brethren, and it saddens me.

[Old Viking]

What isn't controversial? If I publish a recipe for tapioca, it will stimulate some order of controversy.

[banjaxed]

Sept 13, 2009 11:34:46 GMT -5 SimSim said:

Yeah, scary isn't it? There was a poll done recently, forget who did it, but of those polled, only 39% accepted evolution.

Yes, in fact that quote disturbs me on several levels, and is almost sickening. It means that people believe that a 900 year old man went to every corner of the earth and picked up every little variation of insects.