Ben Stein's "Expelled" is a reminder of how persecuted we believers of Humourism are

[ck4829]

The doctor says I got sick last week because of tiny microorganisms. Yeah right! It was because I had too much blood in my body.

What are the schools teaching these days: The Germ "THEORY" of disease, that you can get sick if you don't wash your hands, total hogwash! It's because there there is an imbalance with your blood, your bile, or your phlegm.

I want the schools to teach our beliefs too!

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Don't be ridiculous. Anyone with a bit of education and common sense knows that disease...

....is caused by corruptions in your aura. A weekly cleansing of your aura will provide both mental and physical health and wearing the right kinds of jewelry will prevent your aura from becoming corrupted between cleansing sessions.

[Iris]

2. no, no, no! You get a disease because your SOUL is poisoned.

By your own bad behavior and thoughts, of course.

[canetoad]

11. Rubbish.

Disease is caused by miasma.

[BearSquirrel2]

13. Lucifer !!!

Begone with your Witchcraft. We clearly divine from the scriptures that ailments are torments set upon us by god for our wickedness. Therefore, the most wicked can be found in hospitals. And the most loathsome are those with permanent birth maladies. Except homosexuality, that's a choice.

</sarcasm>

[backscatter712]

3. Judging by the author, the book sounds extremely boring.

Bueller? Bueller?

[Liberal Veteran]

4. Agreed. His droning monotonal vocals make me want to shove an icepick in my ears.

How can ANYONE stand to listen to him speak.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. This is a movie, not a book.

Check out PZ Myers' blog http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula">Pharyngula for lots of info on this stupid bit of propaganda.

I recommend starting http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php">here, the post where he describes how he was prevented from seeing a screening of the movie.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. So damn when are we starting to use the leeches?

(Wait we are, but not for the same reasons they were used by humourists)

By the way, you should be concerned about the balance between earth and fire inside your body

:-)

[melody]

7. It's the AMA standing in the way of the appropriate application of pyramid technology, damn it!

That and the healing power of crystals.

[slowry]

8. "Evolution leads to atheism leads to eugenics leads to Holocaust and Nazi Germany"

That is a direct quote from their site; scroll down to the "spoiler" bit, at the end. Ben Stein actually visits death camps in this film, with this theme in mind. Beyond the fucking pale.

[NightWatcher]

9. you forgot to say, "former Nixon speechwriter and lawyer- Ben Stein"

[Zynx]

10. Were you feeling colic or phlegmatic?

Perhaps a senna would help you out or some rhubarb pills.

[TZ]

12. Wrong again! Only sinners get sick!

God hates sick people! Only prayer will heal......;)