DOCUMENTARIES A GRATIS GLOBAL SERVICE
⌕ SEARCH GRATIS GLOBAL ↗
DOCUMENTARIES
Why Do People Laugh at Creationists?
SOURCE: YOUTUBE · NO TRACKING UNTIL YOU PRESS PLAY · TROUBLE PLAYING? WATCH AT THE SOURCE ↗

Why Do People Laugh at Creationists?

5 MIN · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]
RATE THIS

Creationists who claim scientific authority while misunderstanding basic science are the target here, and the film builds its case through specific examples rather than generalizations. Kent Hovind gets the most attention: a convicted fraudster who dresses up his claims in scientific-sounding language to keep an audience convinced he knows what he's talking about. The film also turns to the Discovery Institute, the organization behind the Intelligent Design movement, and points out that after a federal court ruled Intelligent Design is not science but repackaged creationism, the group's own promotional material quietly dropped the term altogether in favor of vaguer talk about "teaching the controversy." Clips of creationist arguments are set against plain explanations of where the science actually contradicts them, so the mismatch does the work rather than narration alone. This is part one of a series, and it stays narrow and specific rather than trying to cover the whole creationism debate, focusing on the gap between confident delivery and actual command of the subject.