Darwin biopic? Not in MY country!

[Zkribbler]

You noticed that too, huh Kuci?

A controversial film = massive free publicity. "Oh noes! We can't distribute it. It might make some money!!"

[Tattila the Hun]

Well, that could be, that the producer thinks it hasn't got a deal because it's controversial, which sound plausible, or that he was told, by distributors, that he didn't get the deal because of controversy, and tells the interviewer so. According is a great word.

[Theben]

It sez it was based on a book called Annie's Box, so knowing it was furrin it would likely be XXX rated.

[Zkribbler]

Well, that could be, that the producer thinks it hasn't got a deal because it's controversial, which sound plausible, or that he was told, by distributors, that he didn't get the deal because of controversy, and tells the interviewer so. According is a great word.

According to you.

[Provost Harrison]

I think the US is the only place where Darwin's Theories are "controversial"

[fed1943]

Well, there are people who thinks it's impossible to believe in said theories and in God.

I never understood why.

[ZEE]

Because as long as people are making money nobody gives a ****.

[Darius871]

I think the US is the only place where Darwin's Theories are "controversial"

What, do you think the billion or so Muslims are particularly keen on Darwin?

[Nostromo]

There's no book of Genesis in the Qu'ran. So Darwin's theory can't clash with it. That's why Darwin's theory is not really controversial in the Muslim world or, at least, a lot less controversial. At least, that's what I read. However, some Muslim students of mine weren't particularly keen on Darwin. Not sure why.

[Darius871]

There's no book of Genesis in the Qu'ran. So Darwin's theory can't clash with it.

That's why I said "Muslims," not "Islam." Do you think "morons in the American Bible Belt who call themselves Christians" represent whether "Christianity" necessarily contradicts evolution?

A 2007 study of religious patterns found that only 8% of Egyptians, 11% of Malaysians, 14% of Pakistanis, 16% of Indonesians, and 22% of Turks agree that Darwin's theory is probably or most certainly true, and a 2006 survey reported that about a quarter of Turkish adults agreed that human beings evolved from earlier animal species. In contrast, the 2007 study found that only 28% of Kazakhs thought that evolution is false; this fraction is much lower than the roughly 40% of U.S. adults with the same opinion (though this could be due to the fact that Kazakhstan is a former republic of the USSR, where Atheism was explicitly endorsed and promoted).[1]

In Turkey, polemics against the theory of evolution have been waged by the Nurculuk movement of Said Nursi since the late 1970s. ... Due to the lack of a detailed account of creation in the Qur'an, other aspects than the literal truth of the scripture are emphasized in the Islamic debate. The most important concept is the idea that there is no such thing as a random event, and that everything happens according to God's will.

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

[Kitschum]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_creationism[/q]

You didn't bold the best part, that about the average Kazakh being more enlightened than the average American. Makes you think about if Borat would have been more believable as an American fro Kentucky.

[Riesstiu IV]

I've given up on trying to defend this country when people question the intelligence of its citizens. I've come to realize most people are criminally stupid, not just in understanding world geography and the sciences but in the basic concepts of personal finance. People can't even be bothered to read books anymore. Go to any public library and you'll find only Asian and Indian immigrants with their kids and the occasional retirees.

While America isn't the only nation in the world where Darwin's theories are controversial, it's pathetic that so many people in a supposedly developed nation are offended by it.

[dannubis]

Even more so because Darwin and Christianity don't have to clash.

[Riesstiu IV]

That may be true but most evangelicals in America are biblical literalists. For them, creationist scripture cannot be reconciled with darwinism since the bible is supposed to be infallible in their eyes.

[Heraclitus]

Well that's what you get for straying from the one true church.