I didn't have high hopes for the documentary because the trailers lead me to believe it was going to be nothing more than an hour of Darwin bashing. This was not the case. In my opinion, it really showed the importance of the what Darwin did and it's continued impact on our understanding of evolution today. It really showed how dedicated he was to presenting facts regardless of the scrutiny that would accompany them. So to the filmmaker, Antony Thomas, thank you for that.
What I found highly disturbing was the flocks of young children and young adults (some about to enter college) who are being brainwashed into believing that the theory of evolution is nothing more than a lie perpetuated by the scientific community to move society further away from their god. It truly sickens me to hear a young person state that because they were taught the earth and all it's inhabitants were created in six days, anything that challenges that is wrong.
I'm beginning to look at the the parents of these children, the pastors in those churches, and even schools that allow such bs to be taught, with complete disgust. I'm sure many of the children shown in this documentary, if not all, possess the potential to become the next great minds in our society. Yet these same children are being force fed this religious mythology as fact and are, in my opinion, being stunted in their ability to reach said potential.
At first I held the opinion that the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham wouldn't do much good for the secular/scientific community. But after watching said debate (twice) and coupled with "Questioning Darwin" the importance of Bill Nye's plea to stop filling the minds of our future generations with unfounded mythology and teach sound, observable science has never been more clear.
It scares me that some of the young people portrayed in "Questioning Darwin" could potentially be ones creating and passing legislation to eliminate science from science. And unless reason triumphs over religious belief, the liklihood of it stopping there is slim.
I am an atheist. And not because I reject god but because there is zero evidence to suggest god (any of them) even exists or has ever existed in the first place. The key word is evidence. Darwin understood the meaning and importance of that word but unless the voice of reason becomes louder, the next generation won't.
-Zombie
