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Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films
circletimessquare writes "The New York Times is reporting that a number of Imax theatres are passing on science-themed films that might provoke controversy among a handful of religious fundamentalists. Films that are having their distribution impacted include '"Cosmic Voyage," which depicts the universe in dimensions running from the scale of subatomic particles to clusters of galaxies; "Galápagos," about the islands where Darwin theorized about evolution; and "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea," an underwater epic about the bizarre creatures that flourish in the hot, sulfurous emanations from vents in the ocean floor.'"
So we have:
+ Christians who are against science
+ Muslims who are against the West and progress
+ Scientologists who believe a SF story
+ Mormons who believe a non-SF story
Jesus, it makes you wonder....
That'll be one hell of a coma. Personally, I would just remove you feeding tube, but that may just perpetuate the problem.
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Fundamentalist: People said I was dumb but I proved them.
Because everyone knows the fangfish is an agent of Beelzebub.
You can see the homosexual agenda and godless science in its eyes.
It's a good thing too. Whenever science conflicts with preconcieved notions, the only polite thing to do is hide the science. After all, offending or presenting notions contrary to popular belief is not the role of the museum curator.
Of course, these museums should be patted on the back for doing the right thing despite the obvious monetary benefits to the contrary. They bit the bullet and avoided the temptation to draw controversy, protesters, and the rise in ticket sales that such media attention brings. Then there are the side issues of overcrowding, parking, and a loss of focus on their scientific and educational mission that such things would bring.
Now we can all safely go back to teaching our children that the creatures at the sulfurous vents at the bottom of the ocean are really demons escaping from hell, souls so small that they slipped through Satan's ever present but large and chubby fingers.
And on a side note, we're all doomed.
The ______ Agenda
Here is how it's offensive..."anaerobic bacteria which exist in hot , sulfurous ocean floor vents resemble the earliest life,"...those bacteria must be sexual deviants to be getting THAT hot.
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Correcting that ungodly lie is next on the agenda, as soon as we get that whole gay marriage thing sorted out.
Imagine the world being all round, we'd all fall off!
My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle...
As for kicking the Taliban out of Afghanistan and implementing one of our own - if the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist has a funny-looking beard and a strange accent, it wouldn't shock me.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
So... someone's kidnapping children at gunpoint and making them take $20/ticket trips to the local Kidteractive Learnatorium?
Yep. It happens everyday, all across the country. It's called a field trip.
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I love science. I always have. I spent most of my life as an atheist who loved science. Now I spend my life as a Christian who loves science. I believe the Bible's account of creation. Do I understand it? No. Do I accept it? Yes. I do not have to understand something to accept it. I do not fully understand Einstein's theory of relativity, but I accept it on his authority. I do not fully understand Darwin or his theory, but I reject it because it directly conflicts with the account of an authority which I hold higher than Darwin. There are alot of Christian who do not understand or accept science as I do, it's alien to them, and they fight it. Of course, there are many of my athiest friends who do not know Jesus the Christ as I do, He is completely alien to them, and they fight him just as unlearned Christians fight science. One planet, One Truth, One God, billions of free minded people. Hold on kids, this is gonna get messy!
To call the Bible a collection of fables and stories created only for the purpose of morality is a gross distortion of the Bible's very complex literary history.
Yeah, far easier to call it a book for crackpots who refuse to grow up.
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I don't know what's scarier --- that you referenced Star Trek in a debate about the Bible, or that I understood the reference.