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Ben Stein Likens Darwinism to Imperialism

It's clear that with Expelled coming to theaters in April that we will probably hear more from Ben Stein about what he thinks of Darwin and modern evolutionary theory. In his latest writing on the subject over at News Blaze, Stein says that Darwin created "a scientific theory that rationalized Imperialism."

Darwin offered the most compelling argument yet for Imperialism. It was neither good nor bad, neither Liberal nor Conservative, but simply a fact of nature. In dominating Africa and Asia, Britain was simply acting in accordance with the dictates of life itself. He was the ultimate pitchman for Imperialism.

Now, we know that Imperialism had a short life span. Imperialism was a system that took no account of the realities of the human condition. Human beings do not like to have their countries owned by people far away in ermine robes. They like to be in charge of themselves.

Imperialism had a short but hideous history - of repression and murder.

But its day is done.

Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology.

This is a theme Stein is very interested in, and that is echoed in parts of Expelled. You can read the rest here.

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