Creationists take their fight to the really big screen
Found on The Observer on Sunday, 20 March 2005
In several US states, Imax cinemas - including some at science museums - are refusing to show movies that mention the subject or suggest that Earth's origins do not conform with biblical descriptions.
In most southern states, theatre officials found recent test screenings of several of these films triggered accusations from viewers that the films were blasphemous.
This point was emphasised by Bayley Silleck, who wrote and directed Cosmic Voyage. Many institutions across America were coming under pressure about issues relating to natural selection. 'They have to be extremely careful as to how they present anything relating to evolution,' he said.
Sure, the world is just a few thousand years old, flat, and some dude is sitting around watching us (not the big brother). Sometimes it is amazing to see how immune some people are against intelligence. Lenin said that religion is opium for the people; but it is not, because opium extends your consciousness. Besides, the Taliban were the bad boys because they took everything literally; this isn't much different. Anyway, it's good to know that evolution will take care of those fanatic preachers and remove them from the gene pool. And nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! (couldn't resist)