Ben Stein Movie: "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed"  on January
02, 2009 at 6:31 AM, updated January 02, 2009 at 6:37 AM  In the
middle of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," Ben Stein's movie
about the assault on Intelligent Design by the intellectual
"gatekeepers" in the nation, a prominent evolutionist tries to
explain just how mud might have turned into the first cell.
"One popular theory is that it might have started on the back of
crystals," says Michael Ruse.  I laughed out loud, but Stein,
unflappable, keeps a poker face.  "I don't get," he deadpans,
"how you get from mud to a living organism."  "I've already told
you," Ruse continues, apparently unaware of just how silly he
sounds.  Such is one of the telling moments in the movie, which
came out last year, and is now available in video stores.  As
the second half of the school year is starting across New Jersey
and the nation, it is worth visiting this movie just to see one
perspective on how the battle of evolution versus intelligent
design is be