RE: The Voyage That Shook The World (2009) - Creationist BS masquerading as science
September 7, 2020 at 11:08 am
I just changed my avatar to a still of the Beagle from this 1978 BBC series, also free on youtube like the PBS one mentioned above (which I'm looking forward to!)
STRICTLY back on topic, the wiki page on the travesty referenced in the OP has, amongst other things, this to say:
STRICTLY back on topic, the wiki page on the travesty referenced in the OP has, amongst other things, this to say:
Quote:The Voyage That Shook The World is a 2009 dramatised documentary film commissioned by Creation Ministries International, a Christian Young Earth creationist organisation, and produced by Fathom Media. It was released to mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work On the Origin of Species.[1][2]
A historian featured in the film has stated that the creationist backing of the film had been concealed when he agreed to take part, that the editing of his words could give a false impression of his views, and that the film presents a historically distorted portrait of Darwin. Creation Ministries agreed that they had set up a "front company" to approach experts.[2] They denied any deception and stated that one of the interviewees had admitted that while the producers choose comments they "didn't distort what we said", and compared their approach to that used by the BBC in making documentaries.[3]
The three historians featured in the film subsequently issued a statement that they had been misrepresented by the film company's selective reconstruction of Darwin's voyage.
