We Are About To Take A New Course

Readers of WindowView articles are aware that we are looking for perspectives. It’s ultimately about seeing between the lines — it’s a reality check of sorts. We are all about seeing what comes on ahead of us in time.

First Tack Hard Right With NOVA in November 2007

So in advance of PBS airing a new NOVA episode on the topic of evolution, we want to prepare you for a change in course. The wind is about to change, well, in fact in the closed rooms along the halls of academia we are hearing the change has already started. It’s not the petty professors but the big guys who are concerned.

Enter the spin masters, spin doctors, proponents from both sides. In years past at national society meetings such as for AAAS (that is, the American Association for the Advancement of Science) we’ve seen the technical crew and producers for NOVA declare their approach to reporting science. They at PBS and those in the majority of AAAS, today, will spin toward the traditional course on evolution. Darwin’s storyline holds sway with this crowd.

So, it is little surprise that during November 2007 that PBS will air an episode of NOVA to demonstrate the NOVA approach to reporting the goings on at the Dover trial on evolution and public education. We already know this will slant towards the traditional view of “don’t rock the boat.” The Intelligent Design proponents may get some good representation, but in the end, the pressure is still on keeping Intelligent Design (ID) in the defensive posture.

What About Having US Think?

But meanwhile the crowd that is thinking about the questions, yes indeed the really neat questions, that are being posed about evolution and what does and does NOT work … leads us to thinking about ID. Why doesn’t AAAS favor a serious look at ID? Why would PBS keep pushing back on ID and calling it religion and not science? Why? Well, because if ever we start to think for ourselves … we might find out the really neat ID questions go to the reality check we ALL need to make. The real question is: “What is the origin of life?” If something opens up this topic in a new and objective way, then why be scared to see where the question takes us? Why not assess the scientific data where it will go? Follow the evidence.

Okay, NOVA isn’t the only hull in the water. In February of 2008 there will be a new movie hitting the theaters. And this one, with Ben Stein, will ask the question: “Why suppress the questions?!” And Stein will interview parties from both sides and then it will be clear that some folks have been trying to prevent us from thinking! No intelligence is allowed? That’s the way it looks. And all of a sudden it will turn, jibe about, on the likes of NOVA or AAAS.

We Have Been EXPELLED? Check It Out in February 2008

Here is a link to seeing more about the Ben Stein movie entitled “Expelled No Intelligence Allowed. Two movie trailers can also be viewed at the site. In brief, Ben Stein is going to get more people thinking about this than any of the blindsided academics want. But then … do they own science? Who decides that the data mean something else? Why not have an education system where we open ourselves to really learning about our existence! Ooops! That might seem like we are going a bit too far. But why not! Hey, none of us gets out of here alive. So why not learn about “here” before we have to leave it behind! And where do we go after we go? What if learning about “here” tells us something about what lies on ahead of here? Why not!

Step Back And Sail To The True Horizon

Ah, that is why the WindowView is here. This is a place to think about the big picture … the larger view. Maybe proponents of evolution theory have some good points. Maybe ID gets us thinking beyond parts of evolution theory that no longer holds any weight. And maybe ID gets us to really take a new look without making assumptions a false bottom. Has science stopped digging into the truth about life and being alive? Maybe ID is all about getting that exciting feeling again … in a science exploration kind of way!

Okay, get ready to watch NOVA and learn about a courtroom battle on ID and evolution in schools. That’s November ’07. Then let us be ready to have the blinders knocked off by Mr. Stein! The wind is kicking up, I can feel it and the bow is splitting the waters before us … hang on! Here we go!

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