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I just saw, "Horton Hears a Who." Am I the only one who saw many similarities between the movie, Horton Hears a Who" and the Intelligent Design debate? From the mayor's point of view, there is someone out there beyond the clouds that wants to be their savior. The people don't believe and think he is a kook. He tries to warn the crowd that danger lurks and that they should prepare for it, but the influential town council mocks him and tries to get others to do the same. In the larger world, Horton, who tries to convince his world that there is another world, is also viewed as a kook. The mother kangaroo, who happens to be the bossy, overprotective, home-pouching mother (Me thinks that was a jab at homeschoolers?) won't allow her son to play with Horton because he is a bad influence. He might open their eyes to something more than their own community standards that the concensus has decided is truth. She works the crowd to be against him, she hires the big-gun vulture to destroy the idea that there may be something beyond their world. She fights to keep Horton and his ideas squelched and ridiculed as a nonsense. The mayor's son is the final loud voice that breaks through the clouds of Whoville and reaches Horton's world, so they were able to open their minds to this new idea that has been taboo. The little joey is the person that had an open mind that finally heard the Whos and saved the day. I was thinking that Ben Stein (Expelled: The Movie) could either be the mayor's son that was the almost-too-late voice that breaks through barrier (clouds - or in Expelled, the wall). Or could he be the open-minded joey that finally heard the voices and believed, saving the idea from extinction? If Ben Stein was not the joey, then we need to pray for a joey, who is part of the consensus, but with an open mind, that has enough clout to shake up the powers-that-be (scientists, educators) to cause the scoffers to believe that an idea, such as Intelligent Design, is a valid theory and should be allowed and taught. |
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Posted by Anonymous
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