Of course, it would take a non-British born (Pakistani) bishop of the Church of England to point out the obvious: Bishop says collapse of Christianity is wrecking British society - and Islam is filling the void By Sean Poulter and Niall Firth Last updated at 10:17 AM on 29th May 2008 Accusation: Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali claims radical Islam is filling the moral vacuum left by the decline in Christian virtues The collapse of Christianity has wrecked British society, a leading Church of England bishop declared yesterday. It has destroyed family life and left the country defenceless against the rise of radical Islam in a moral and spiritual vacuum. In a lacerating attack on liberal values, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, said the country was mired in a doctrine of 'endless self-indulgence' that had brought an explosion in public violence and binge-drinking. In a blow to Gordon Brown, he mocked the 'scramblings and scratchings' of politicians who try to cast new British values such as respect and tolerance. The Pakistani-born bishop dated the downfall of Christianity from the 'social and sexual revolution' of the 1960s. He said Church leaders had capitulated to Marxist revolutionary thinking and quoted an academic who blames the loss of 'faith and piety among women' for the steep decline in Christian worship. Dr Nazir-Ali said the ' newfangled and insecurely founded' doctrine of multiculturalism has left immigrant communities 'segregated, living parallel lives'. Christian values of human dignity, equality and freedom could be lost as the way is left open for the advance of brands of Islam that do not respect Western values. The Bishopric of Rochester is one of the ten most powerful positions in the Church of England.

Though Expelled dropped on its second weekend--typical for most movies--it continued to do well for a documentary film swimming with the big romance, horror, and adventure flicks. According to Box Office Mojo, Expelled (starring Richard Dawkins, pictured at right) was 13th overall. However, with an average of $1,340 per theatre it was only a dollar out of 8th place. On Monday, Expelled moved up to 7th position on the per theatre chart besting "21" and "Prom Night" among others. So far, in just a 10 day run, Expelled has already become the 6th most popular political documentary of all time.

Already the 7th most popular political documentary of all-time, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is continuing to surge at the box office. In a historical comparison, Expelled's take on opening weekend was second only to Fahrenheit 9/11 which had scores of positive reviews and loads of pre-opening hype--a stark contrast to Expelled. Expelled's opening weekend numbers were more substantial than Michael Moore's Sicko, Bowling for Columbine, and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth combined. After an excellent opening weekend, Expelled is still going strong and is currently fourth nationally in per screen income averaging better than $220 per screen since the weekend.

Barack Obama fought hard to see that full-term, partially born babies could be murdered in Illinois. And he's proud of it. Now this: As a law professor, he put Roe at the center of his constitutional law course. That says it all: Roe is ahead of Marbury v. Madison, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education. The right to kill the most innocent among us is, in his mind, the centerpiece of the Constitution. If the Constitution means anything, it is that the least among us have the right to life and liberty. Some people argue that in ...

Here's an excellent interview of Ben Stein by R. C. Sproul on Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. After R.C. rattles off philosophical critique after philosophical critique, Ben remarks to R.C., "You're a very smart guy." Two smart guys. Both gifted in their own way.  

The prevailing orthodoxy of the academy (not to mention the mainstream media and all of liberalism) is the theory that some natural process animated previously inanimate matter which, over billions of years, evolved into all manner of living creature. If you are in the academy and you voice any doubt about Darwin's unlikely theory (as he himself did) you may find yourself expelled. Every generation has a rebel. Ours is Ben Stein. Dare to watch the super trailer. It's fantastic.