Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The Atlantic: Inherit the Wind One of the “Great Trial Movies of All Time”

Whig History

Now Andrew Cohen joins Judge John Jones in his approbation of the fictional play and movie, Inherit the Wind. In the hands of evolutionists the Lawrence and Lee script has codified the Warfare Thesis, a myth so useful that evolutionists continue to promote the movie at the cost of their own credibility. For students all of this provides a living example of the age-old anti-intellectual practice of remaking and retelling history to justify today’s lies and discrimination—the sort of thing that the script was originally, and ironically, meant to expose.

Cohen not only gives high praise to Inherit the Wind, absurdly calling it “one of the great trial movies of all time,” he also approvingly cites equally spurious renditions of on-going policy disputes from the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, reviewed here, here and here.

13 comments:

  1. That text book they were defending was a piece of work. I'd like to see that one get run through the evolution vs ID political wringer.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Biology

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  2. LOL! CH, have you lost your reality-denying Creationist mind?

    The article isn't about Inherit the Wind at all. It's about the book on the Scopes trial Six Days or Forever and its relevance to modern day anti-science thought that's sadly making a comeback.

    The movie is only mentioned once in the very last sentence as a throw away line.

    It's truly amazing how much you Creationists just can't get over how badly you lost at Dover.

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  3. Cornelius Hunter

    1. I've already done that. I tested creation and it came out unquestionably true.


    Hey CH, since you're big into movies maybe you could write a screenplay for Hollywood! Create a script based on the results of your testing that showed Creation is unquestionably true.

    Studios are always looking for the next big thing in Science Fiction / Fantasy.

    :D :D :D :D :D

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  4. Sadly, Dr Hunter has exposed his reflex thinking once again. With knee-jerk friends like this, Creationism doesn't need enemies.

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  5. You know, I used to occasionally express my thanks to Cornelius Hunter for his hospitality in allowing dissenters from his Creationist propaganda to speak freely.

    Now, I feel that I should thank him even more heartfully for being such a consummately inept critic of science.

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    1. SHHHHH!

      Don't spill the beans!

      CH is one of the most effective undercover double-agents the NCSE has!

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    2. I know. I have no willpower.

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  6. DrHunter
    Cohen not only gives high praise to Inherit the Wind, absurdly calling it “one of the great trial movies of all time,”


    In no particular order, Miracle On 34th Street, Sgt Rutledge, Adam's Rib, My Cousin Vinny, To Kill A Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men,Witness For The Prosecution

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    1. And the winner is ..."

      To Kill A Mockingbird

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    2. Cornelius Hunter

      And the winner is ..."

      To Kill A Mockingbird


      What?!?!?!

      No love for "Miracle on 34th Street"?!?!?!

      That means coal in the stocking from Santa for you this year!

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    3. DrHunter,
      And the winner is ..."

      To Kill A Mockingbird


      Great movie. Too bad you are now prejudiced against white southerners from Alabama, how could it be otherwise? Since it also took liberties with a actual event for the purposes of the narrative, your mind is now filled with propaganda and lies. After all that is the power of movies, it strips one of the ability to discern fact from fiction. I have finally come around to your logic

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  7. Hey, if you guys want to see a great movie, watch Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster!

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    1. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (ゴジラ対ヘドラ Gojira tai Hedora?), is a 1971 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno and featuring special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, the film starred Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, and Hiroyuki Kawase. The 11th film in the Godzilla series, the film had a strong anti-pollution message with director Banno being inspired after visiting a polluted beach near Yokkaichi.
      The film was released theatrically in the United States in the Spring of 1972 by American International Pictures as Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster

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