Real question. The detractors on here seem to not have watched this, or watched it hell bent on hating it with a closed mind. Here's the crazy thing, people like this hurl insults at Christians such as "Yeah well you say God in the gaps", "Yeah well, you believe in fairytales", and the always awesome "How's skydaddy working for you?" Why are Christians called narrow minded when these fools wont even entertain an alternate idea? Who is really narrow-minded here?
Whether or not these scientist or Kate Mulgrew were not told exactly what this film was about is up for debate, but having Mulgrew's voice is nice. I have a hard time believing she couldn't tell this film had a bend towards geocentrism, as I'm listening to her talk, the words she says, very obviously implying that geocentrism could be a viable idea, not that it is, but that it should be given space within science. I just have to wonder if she was being intentionally ignoring it so she could claim ignorance, who knows? Either way, her presence is welcome.
I came at this very skeptically, I am pretty neutral on the heleocentrism vs geocentrism debate, and btw geocentrism, does not, per say, mean flat earth. Nor does it even say this in the movie, though I would agree it is somewhat implied. I have studied and looked at both models, and even the Hollow earth idea. What I have noticed, is that as it talks about later in the documentary about the idea of multiverses to explain why we are heliocentric, is definitely not less insane than the idea that the sun and planets revolve around us and God created us. I have indeed studied a good bit of cosmology, and yes, these are real ideas. The ideas posed by these scientist are not misrepresented. In fact, this movie gives most of it's run time to the heliocentrist view and lets these scientist spin their ideas out about different questions about our universe.
Watching and listening to these scientists own words all at once, many of whom I've listened to independent of this, made me realize how they not only know nothing, but admit it. Almost all of them refuse to explore ideas that may come close to contradicting their beliefs. As the movie progressed their ideas get whackier and whackier, and these so-called "experts" appear to know very little about how the universe works. So when people claim "Listen to the science!" Okay, I'm listening, and it doesn't sound good, and again this is just as true if you listen to these people outside of this film. Especially when you hear a good 10 of them echo the same silly ideas in this movie, you realize this kind of intellectual dishonesty is endemic within science.
The one scientist who has sense is the scientist who looked into cosmic radiation and found the so-called "Axis of evil". He is open to different ideas, which is how science should be! It was refreshing amongst the never-ending nihilism. Every other scientist echos the same "We're here for nothing, we came from nothing." Some of the scientist claim we are special, one because we are apparently made from particles of many stars and each of us is unique.... Okay, how is this less strange than the idea of a God creating us? The idea that we are simply flying through space on the ball, for no reason, is actually pretty depressing, that there is no afterlife, and this is it? Again, completely hopeless and nihilistic.
Overall, this is a very even-handed documentary, it presents questions, some answers, and at the end, leaves the question open. It does not actually give definitive answer. Those claiming it is propaganda for God are exposing their own prejudices and biases. While it presents those ideas, it doesn't say its true, actually. It merely shows there are many holes in the current theories, and it proposes what may or may not be an answer. If that bugs you, you might want to do some self-examination as to why.
Whether or not these scientist or Kate Mulgrew were not told exactly what this film was about is up for debate, but having Mulgrew's voice is nice. I have a hard time believing she couldn't tell this film had a bend towards geocentrism, as I'm listening to her talk, the words she says, very obviously implying that geocentrism could be a viable idea, not that it is, but that it should be given space within science. I just have to wonder if she was being intentionally ignoring it so she could claim ignorance, who knows? Either way, her presence is welcome.
I came at this very skeptically, I am pretty neutral on the heleocentrism vs geocentrism debate, and btw geocentrism, does not, per say, mean flat earth. Nor does it even say this in the movie, though I would agree it is somewhat implied. I have studied and looked at both models, and even the Hollow earth idea. What I have noticed, is that as it talks about later in the documentary about the idea of multiverses to explain why we are heliocentric, is definitely not less insane than the idea that the sun and planets revolve around us and God created us. I have indeed studied a good bit of cosmology, and yes, these are real ideas. The ideas posed by these scientist are not misrepresented. In fact, this movie gives most of it's run time to the heliocentrist view and lets these scientist spin their ideas out about different questions about our universe.
Watching and listening to these scientists own words all at once, many of whom I've listened to independent of this, made me realize how they not only know nothing, but admit it. Almost all of them refuse to explore ideas that may come close to contradicting their beliefs. As the movie progressed their ideas get whackier and whackier, and these so-called "experts" appear to know very little about how the universe works. So when people claim "Listen to the science!" Okay, I'm listening, and it doesn't sound good, and again this is just as true if you listen to these people outside of this film. Especially when you hear a good 10 of them echo the same silly ideas in this movie, you realize this kind of intellectual dishonesty is endemic within science.
The one scientist who has sense is the scientist who looked into cosmic radiation and found the so-called "Axis of evil". He is open to different ideas, which is how science should be! It was refreshing amongst the never-ending nihilism. Every other scientist echos the same "We're here for nothing, we came from nothing." Some of the scientist claim we are special, one because we are apparently made from particles of many stars and each of us is unique.... Okay, how is this less strange than the idea of a God creating us? The idea that we are simply flying through space on the ball, for no reason, is actually pretty depressing, that there is no afterlife, and this is it? Again, completely hopeless and nihilistic.
Overall, this is a very even-handed documentary, it presents questions, some answers, and at the end, leaves the question open. It does not actually give definitive answer. Those claiming it is propaganda for God are exposing their own prejudices and biases. While it presents those ideas, it doesn't say its true, actually. It merely shows there are many holes in the current theories, and it proposes what may or may not be an answer. If that bugs you, you might want to do some self-examination as to why.