Soaring Imaginations

Christian Post is reporting:

As Ben Stein’s pro-intelligent design documentary “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” soars into history as one of the most successful documentary films of all time, the producers of the film have found themselves threatened with a lawsuit – part of what they claim is the latest in a series of attacks against the film and the message it represents.

Last Wednesday, John Lennon’ sons and widow, Yoko Ono, filed suit against the producers of Expelled, claiming that they had illegally appropriated and made use of John Lennon’s hit song “Imagine.”

Walt Ruloff, executive producer and CEO of the film’s production company, explained the symbolism behind the use of the song.

"If you really listen to the lyrics of Imagine then you realize that it represents everything that the Neo-Darwinists want. 'Imagine there's no Heaven...No hell below us...Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too...' That's exactly what the Darwinist establishment wants to do: get rid of religion. And that's what we point out when we play less than 15 seconds of the song and show some of the lyrics on screen,"

Ben Stein, the star of Expelled, said the lawsuit was humorous given the greater implication and meaning behind the song.

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