Questioning Darwin

2014

Documentary

IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 769 769

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Plot summary

Literal and creationist interpretation of the Bible is the fastest-growing branch of Christianity in the U.S. This film takes an in-depth look at the views of these Christians who reject Charles Darwin's theory of evolution--while also examining how Darwin handled the question of God himself as he developed his theory of natural selection in the mid-1800s.

Director

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Antony Thomas

Top cast

Samuel West Photo
Samuel West as Charles Darwin
Adolf Hitler Photo
Adolf Hitler as Self
James Moore Photo
James Moore as Self - Darwin Biographer
Reta Marsh Photo
Reta Marsh as Self - Abby's Parent
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543.31 MB
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English 2.0
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29.97 fps
12 hr 58 min
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English 2.0
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29.97 fps
12 hr 58 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by rainybeet 4 / 10

A movie showing a specific group of biblical literalists with Darwins loss of faith as its' background.

This movie has several problems, but the biggest one is that this documentary does not present any information or point of view that might give the viewer a reason to ponder either evolution or creation. Rather, this movie consists almost entirely of short segments describing the life of Charles Darwin after he began his research into evolution followed by declarations of belief by the strict creationists that this movie is about.First of all, this movie is not a Christian propaganda film. The director is an admitted agnostic that agrees with the handful of scientists in this documentary, not with the creationists. It is great that he was able to keep his views from clouding the documentary, but the fact that the majority of people reviewing this movie on this site and others think that it is a Christian propaganda film means that he went too far in the other direction, never questioning or exploring the beliefs of these people in any critical or academic way.No Christian in this documentary ever gives any rationale for their belief that the Bible is 100% true and the word of God other than that the Bible says so and this is good enough for them. Their entire view of the world starts from the idea that their religion is true and their God and the Bible are infallible, and then everything else is either derived from that basis or twisted to coexist with that truth. To them, there can be no evidence that contradicts that view without that evidence being obviously (for them) wrong, and if there seems to be contradictory evidence they will set their "scientists" at the Creation Museum among other places to the task of trying to make this evidence fit with what they already know to be the ultimate truth in the Bible. This is all a very fascinating idea, and the mental hoops that these people have to jump through in order to continually justify their rigid belief system are amazing, but none of that is explored in this documentary. The results are on display, but all of the fascinating stuff under the surface is just left sitting there.There is absolutely nothing deep or revealing in the documentary, which, in my opinion, is really what a documentary is supposed to be. Rather, this is just a superficial parade of quotes by strict creationists surrounded by a very, very shallow and weak description of Darwins' life and the history of the fight over scientific education. Truly, the sections dealing with Darwin and science education take up maybe 25% of this already short documentary, revealing nothing that anyone with even the most cursory familiarity with either subject would not already know.The people in this Documentary are fascinating and strangely likable even when I disagree with their views, mostly due to their convictions and the purity of their belief, and hopefully someday someone will make a decent documentary that actually explores these fascinating people and their beliefs.
Reviewed by AlsExGal 4 / 10

Documentary attempts to make monkeys out of Christians

This documentary was actually just half of one, and then not even the documentary that was promised, thus my judgment of 4/10. It didn't even really question Darwin. It interwove an abbreviated biography of Charles Darwin and how he changed from someone who in his youth who took the Bible literally into the author of Origin of the Species with random vignettes of Christians that frankly, seem to make them look stupid.The documentary is careful to say that what changed in Darwin was not a belief IN God, but a belief in what that God was. He was no longer convinced he was a benevolent God. The head scratcher to me here was that he had to take a trip to other lands on a sailing vessel to come to that conclusion.As for the Christian stories, there is a trip to the creation museum where it is insisted that the world is only 6000 years old, there is a preacher in a pulpit saying that if Darwin's theories are true then everybody in that church is "an ignoramus", and one Christian lady who is working with the poor and homeless as far as feeding them and trying to house them. Now this lady takes the cake. First she says that evil is a result of the devil, and then she says that without hardship we really don't learn anything. So which is it? Is it the devil that causes the homelessness of the people she serves or God trying to teach a lesson? And if it is the latter why doesn't she give away everything she has - starting with those nice ear rings - so God can teach her something in her poverty and hunger? The one thing the documentary never does is go into any depth on why there is so much antipathy towards Darwin in the modern Christian community and what are the alternative Christian theories and their basis in something other than the literal interpretation of the Bible.I'd say if you already know about Darwin and his life and work, this won't add to your knowledge. I'd skip it.
Reviewed by abitrowdy 4 / 10

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