I can’t wait to see this movie. Paul Bettany is a terrific actor.

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Considering that Michael Moore’s movies found distributors, and that the documentary, “Religulous” showed in some theaters, it seems that the film-makers didn’t try very hard to get the movie shown in America, which is a shame.  Major cinema chains might have passed, but there are plenty of independent cinemas that will show anything of quality, and who work with distributors of indie films.

I’m living overseas right now, so I guess I’ll watch the DVD when it comes out (or if the movie shows in theaters here in Thailand, I’ll go see it).

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If this decision by profit-minded US film distributors doesn’t demonstrate the pervasive impact of Christian literalism in America, then what can?  The so-called moderate Christians have a moral responsibility to call out their literalist brethren, and demand they stop the intellectual crippling of society, especially our kids.

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Literalist brethren:  Stop the intellectual crippling of society, especially our kids.  I mean it.  Don’t make me get out my belt.

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What we need is a daily television show to slot in between the many evangelical hours on t.v. We do it in the same manner. the hour begins with everyone practising the ‘darwinian gaze’ and read out chapters from ‘origin of species’ and explain them and end the show each night with ...’ know the world first before worrying about where it came from’.  And we need to convince hotel chains to put origin of species in their rooms!

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Ray: convincing hotels to put Origin of Species in each room is a freaking amazing idea. seriously-  where do i sign up to volunteer for the/a group who does this?

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I’ve done two rooms already. on one side was the bible and in the other drawer i put the origin in. i wonder if they’re still there. it’s good hotel business because people won’t be able to sleep after reading it and thus they’ll order room service and stay up.  maybe paris hilton can slip a few in.

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YES !!!!!! :D i will buy many ‘origins’ and put them in rooms!! with a note that says that I shall sue them if they remove it due to freedom of religion and other stuff :D
Also, screw you movieguide.org. The hitler thing is untrue, and also unnecessary. :( I wanna see this film. ARGH you stupid annoying creationists with blind with power. 39% is not small enough to stop distribution. grawr.

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Leaving copies of ‘Origin’ behind is a great idea.  I travel often.  If enough of us did this it would show up on the news eventually. And we should put up a YouTube video on it. Some hotels have the Book of Mormon, so there is room for alternative views

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I think it bears repeating that it is freaking 2009! How can the theory of evolution be too controversial??? Are the USA mentally in the 19th century? This leaves me completely baffled.

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Here are some great quotes, enjoy!
ALGERNON BLACK:
Why not let people differ about their answers to the great mysteries of the Universe? Let each seek one’s own way to the highest, to one’s own sense of supreme loyalty in life, one’s ideal of life. Let each philosophy, each world-view bring forth its truth and beauty to a larger perspective, that people may grow in vision, stature and dedication.
ANAIS NIN:
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
BLAISE PASCAL:
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction
JAMES MADISON:
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects?
ELBERT HUBBARD:
Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.
ANDRE GIDE:
Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.
GALILEO GALILEI:
I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
HH THE DALAI LAMA:
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
JAMES FEIBLEMAN:
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes
MARK TWAIN:
Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion –- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat, if his theology isn’t straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother’s path to happiness and heaven.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in your reading have been like the blast of triumph out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John and Paul.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY:
I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON:
All ... religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each is safe till it tries to exclude the rest. Test each sect by its best or its worst as you will, by its high-water mark of virtue or its low-water mark of vice. But falsehood begins when you measure the ebb of any other religion against the flood-tide of your own. There is a noble and a base side to every history.

BUDDHA:
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT:
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one
HENRY DAVID THOREAU:
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH:
Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great person is one who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude
RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

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Religilous played at the independent theatre in the deep south of Mobile, AL. So I’m sure Creation can find a place in the US. We aren’t all backward religious nuts!

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According to a Reuters story from the Toronto Film Festival, the director of “Creation” attributed the film’s distribution problems to the fact that American audiences tend to prefer escapism and comedy during economic recessions:

“Director Jon Amiel, whose ‘Creation’ tells of Charles Darwin struggling with his theories of evolution in the 1850s, called ‘drama’ the new ‘five-letter word’ in Hollywood.

“‘If you’re making a movie about a dead, bald Englishman, you’re not making a movie that even the indie distributors are flocking to buy these days,’ Amiel said. ‘There are just many, many movies that American audiences are not going to see.’”

Opposition to evolution was not mentioned in the story.

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I do a lot of roadtrips with my g/f….I like to leave flyers about the flying spaghetti monster inside the bible but the origin idea is fantastic.

Youc an even print out a copy at readprint.com

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Leaving copy’s of The origin of species in hotelrooms is a very clever idea indeed! I don’t know what it would do (reading articles like this make me wonder if we’re not just wasting our time, creationists will probably burn them anyway) but it’s a great initiative.

This article belongs in the hall of shame btw. I can’t believe only 39% of the people there “believe in Evolution”. (technically you can’t “believe” in it, you can either accept it or not, if you don’t look for decent evidence that points to the contrary). They are slowing down the process of helping humanity move forward in understanding the world.

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