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This is a surprisingly common misconception among those that believe in evolution and position man as its ultimate product. In fact evolution only makes organisms better fit for their current environment, and since the environment changes, evolution has no direction whatsoever. Size, complexity, and intelligence are simply byproducts of evolution. An organism can evolve into a smaller, less complex, and less intelligent one, but still be better fit to its current environment. A human being can be killed by a simple bacteria, this shows that a man’s immune system can be weaker than the bacteria’s ability to fight off that immune system, the man’s size, complexity, and intelligence does not help him in this fight.

(I found this great explanation here: http://constitutionclub.org/2011/05/07/6-common-misconceptions-about-evolution/)

Hey WiseCynic. I plan to answer questions until about an hour or two after the premiere (at least 12 PM EST). We wanted to get the thread going so people had a chance to view the film. I also thought it would be fun to get comments and questions as people saw the film. However, I completely understand that people will want to wait until the end, and I definitely plan to stick around and answer as many questions as possible.

There was actually an article on Reddit about this today: www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/17far8/texas_public_schools_still_teaching_creationism/

Funnily enough, it cites reports by the TFN (Kathy Miller's organization) and SMU (where Ron Wetherington teaches).

I think you'll be able to see it here relatively shortly: http://video.pbs.org/program/independent-lens/

Hey, I think that podcast was mistaken. We are not yet on Netflix. Hopefully we will have the full film up there soon.