The long-awaited screening of The Privileged Planet documentary at the Smithsonian takes place this evening in Washington, D.C. Stay tuned for some first-hand reporting of the event later tonight and on Friday from Rob Crowther.

In the meantime, I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to all of the Darwinists who provided free publicity for the screening by denouncing a film they had never even seen. (If they had seen the film, they would have known that it doesn’t deal with biological evolution. See Rob Crowther and Bruce Chapman’s prior posts, here and here, respectively.)

After tonight’s screening, I’m sure we can look forward to still more encores from the pro-Darwin chorus. Keeping in mind that the most vocal critics to this point have neither read the book nor seen the movie, Discovery’s Seth Cooper decided to help out by drafting a few form letters critics can send to newspaper editors tomorrow :

Dear Editor,

Shame on the Smithsonian for showing the intelligent design film The Privileged Planet! How dare they! NO reputable scientist anywhere dares think that the Earth is either habitable or discoverable—which is why I refused to watch the film at all. Only religious zealots think such things.

(Signed)_____________

Dear Editor,

The Smithsonian Institution has lost all credibility for hosting a viewing of the ID film The Privileged Planet. Proponents of the “privileged planet hypothesis” featured in the movie (which I adamantly refuse to ever watch), are committed to the arrogant and gruesome ideology of planetism—they dare think that Earth is more important or special than other planets. Real scientists know that ALL planets are the same.

(Signed)_____________

Dear Editor

America is now a theocratic dictatorship, thanks to the Smithsonian and its decision to allow a showing of the “intelligent design” movie The Privileged Planet. The un-scientific “intelligent design” proponents in the film might have slick Ph.D.s, but they are religious fundamentalists who believe in a literal reading of the Bible. They raise doubts about what all serious scientists believe—namely, that the Earth is a literal, pale blue dot. Like me, I hope no other Americans will consent to watching this movie.

(Signed)_____________