Creationist Ben Stein: Science Leads To Killing People
I’ve always liked Ben Stein, but this quote from an interview Ben did with the Trinity Broadcasting Service about his anti-evolution movie Expelled leads me to think that he’s lost his mind.
Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [i.e. biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed … that was horrifying beyond words, and that’s where science — in my opinion, this is just an opinion — that’s where science leads you.
Crouch: That’s right.
Stein: …Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people.
Crouch: Good word, good word.
Video of the entire interview is available here.
Setting aside the never-ending debate over evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design for a moment let’s at least top and realize that science has saved more people than it ever killed.
From the development of medicines (penicillin, etc.) to the advancement of food preserving technologies and faster communication and transportation scientific research has enriched and lengthened our lives in so many ways that they cannot be listed. Stein equating science to killing people is so basically wrong as to be insulting, and highly informative as to Stein’s state of mind.
