- Slaughter of the Dissidents

By now you've probably heard about that infamous movie so many people are talking about called EXPELLED, starring Ben Stein. No? OK, so if you haven't seen it yet, you should. This film played for a limited engagement in theatres across the USA in 2008 (but don't go rushing out to buy the video until you've visited the offers from our partners at the "Order Online" tab above). If you missed the movie (or just want to read up on what others are saying about it) you can check out another movie trailer here, and read some reviews and commentary about it here.

So why am I even mentioning this movie? Because the book Slaughter of the Dissidents (SOD) picks up where the movie "Expelled" leaves off. If you thought Expelled was mind-blowing, then this book will educate you even further about this important issue of repression of freedom and discrimination currently playing in academia today, along with many case studies of expelled scientists and educators (some of the SOD case studies also focus on some of the "Expelles" introduced in the movie).

"Expelled" has taken many Americans by surprise. Suddenly, a growing number of people are wondering: what is this discrimination against Darwin skeptics all about? What do you mean we kick people out of academia just for asking questions about evolution! Is this really true? And just how bad is it really.

Check out Fox News Commentator Bill O'Reilly interviewing Ben Stein about "Expelled"

Well, in a word, the treatment of Darwin skeptics in our culture (scientists, educators, and students) is very poor. Many of them endure incredible humilation and eventual loss of their jobs. But even worse, being a Darwin skeptic for many of these people is a complete career-ender. Of course, there are many who try to argue against such claims, as you can see by visiting sites like "Expelled Exposed." We plan to provide some rebuttals to those arguments at some point in the future. But for now... SOD will serve as a starting point.

You won't believe some of the reasons many educators have lost their jobs, and how they often get blackballed from academia, or why some students failed to get an otherwise earned degree. This pernicious form of discrimination is not only widespread in the U.S. but is also nauseating to most Americans. SOD goes into great detail about how and why it occurs, and provides you with scores of actual case studies. As you read this book you'll discover that one of the most precious things we own is at risk, right here in America. What is that?

Freedom to disagree about some aspects of evolution without losing your job or being denied an earned degree. Freedom to tell people you dare to question any aspect of evolution on scientific grounds - without referencing any religious text. And also the freedom to let others know what you personally believe outside of science without having such an utterance turn into a rabid witch hunt. Do you know it has reached the point in America where, on this subject at least, if you are an educator and you opine that you have reservations about any aspect of evolution based on scientific evidence, you are often immediately labeled as "religious" (whether you really are or not), and you are (often) immediately determined to be 'unfit' to teach science or get a science degree? And speaking of religion, it looks like we live in an era where freedom OF religion has been twisted to mean freedom FROM religion. Some groups supporting this type of discrimination proclaim that "Freedom depends on free thinkers," unless, of course, you happen to be 'religious'.

Challenging the veracity of any aspect of evolution has become the kiss of death for the career of many an educator, student, and scientist. And the reaction of those who seek to harm Darwin skeptics for their crime of doubt is palpable, almost visceral. It's as if someone lit a fuse on the misdirected outrage of those who cannot tolerate the human cancer in their midst - the Darwin Doubter. They are on a seek and destroy mission, they'll go to any lengths and find any excuse in the book to get rid of those who suggest that evolution isn't everything the experts claim it is. And the damage created by this sort of treatment? In addition to losing careers, many Darwin Doubters also often lose their entire savings fighting in court for the rights they expect they should have. In addition to losing their careers, they also often lose their wives, husbands, and families. Their lives are torn apart and turned inside out. The modern evolutionary elitist thugs leave no stone unturned in the wake of their rabid assault againt the freedoms of Darwin skeptics.

And who is paying attention to all this? And more important, why should anyone care?

Well, if you can't get behind what's happening to Darwin skeptics, can you get behind standing up for the freedoms that they are being deprived of? Because if people can be attacked as mercilessly as this group, who is to say what group might be next? The root of this issue is freedom (not the self-serving sanctity of science as the opponents of Darwin skeptics argue...), and it is the denial of many freedoms we all expect to have that is being thrown under the bus here. Listen, science can survive just fine - in fact it thrives - in an environment of challenge. If you silence and remove the voices of the skeptics, what remains? In a word...

Many Darwinists are essentially saying, "only we can be right", and" if you're not with us, you can't sit at the table with us." Dogma connotes arrogance - and that is exactly what we're looking at coming from those who discriminate against Darwin Doubters. Just read any blog devoted to the subject, and you'll see cyber bullying right on the surface - these people don't hide their disdain - nor do their groupie respondents. As you read the case studies in SOD, you'll see the unmistakable arrogance of many who, fueled by their sense of outrage, take unbelievable steps to ensure that the career of the skeptic is completely savaged.

Freedom is one of America's most cherished ideals, and it's currently under big-time attack. And the threat is growing. Unless more people take action to turn the tide on this issue, then we may lose even more ground. This book presents you with instance after instance of people in academia and the scientific community who have lost their jobs, been denied tenure, were denied earned degrees, were demoted on the job, and many times suffered various forms of public humiliation and chastisement. And for what?

The author of this book, Dr. Jerry Bergman, has been the victim of this type of discrimination himself. In fact, he has spent the last 30 years researching this topic and brings to you the wisdom and insight that comes both from his own "Expelled" experience and the observations made from scores of case studies. I can assure you, there is no one better qualified than Dr. Jerry to bring you this book.

- Which sitting jurist actually ruled on one of these cases before he was appointed to the Supreme Court? You'll want to get ahead of the curve on this one, as everyone else in the country scratches their heads wondering how he might rule on similar or related cases in the future. We scoop it for you!

- What is it that almost every educator on a college campus can do except the Darwin Doubter? We pull this one right from court decisions and successful terminations made against educators who question some aspects of evolution.

- Do 'Christian' schools discriminate against Darwin Doubters? The answer might surprise you.

- What consistent responses from Americans polled over the past 30 years absolutely drives many Darwinists crazy?

- What are the landmines you absolutely must avoid if you are an educator?

- If you are an educator, what policy must you absolutely review before you sign a contract with a college or university?

- What is the most common (but incorrect) assumption made by most Darwin Doubting educators that often leads to their termination? What is it they think they can safely do (but can't?)

- What are the various situations that have spelled doom for the careers of Darwin skeptic educators, students, and scientists, and what are the tactics that are used to discriminate against them?

- Is it really true that there are no peer-reviewed articles published in reputable science journals written by Darwin skeptics? IDers? Creationists?

- Is it really true that no credible scientists or educators harbor doubts about some aspects of Darwinism or evolution? How about a list of 2,000 for starters?

- What organization will typically come to the defense of Darwin skeptics if they are wrongfully terminated?

- Which creationist and ID scientists have had a huge impact on modern science? Critics often claim that the "religious" views of many Darwin skeptics render them incapable of doing good science. We make sure no one can make that silly claim stand up for even 10 seconds: All you have to do is repeat the names of the great scientists we identify.

- What academic institutions have had incidents where educators were let go, or where students were thwarted in some way from getting a degree or were marked down on their grades for their skepticism? You'll find out in this book. Granted, the leadership at some of these institutions has changed over time, and just because there were problems in the past does not mean that Darwin skeptics would be treated the same way at those institutions today. On the other hand, some universities have demonstrated decades of chronic discrimination. Suprisingly, many of these universities are not secular! Find out which non-secular schools are actually just as (if not more) adamantly opposed to having Darwin Doubting faculty members as many leading state-supported colleges and universities.

And there's much much more. This book isn't a pipsqueak either - it is chock full of gripping true accounts of how victim after victim has been subjected to bigotry, public humiliation, and loss of careers that are sure to keep you glued to every page! This book is HUGE at nearly 450 pages, and includes a robust index and a mammoth bibliography. It is a groundbreaking book of the first magnitude in this genre, documenting widespread discrimination against Darwin skeptics that has been steadily growing for the past four decades (at least). You won't believe this is happening today, right here in America.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements.
Select Quotes
Introduction by Dr. D. James Kennedy
Introduction by Dr. John Eidsmoe
Introduction by Dr. Jerry Bergman
Chapter 1: A Context for Discrimination Against Darwin Skeptics by Kevin H. Wirth
Chapter 2: Intolerance Against Darwin Skeptics
Chapter 3: Denial of Earned Degrees
Chapter 4: The Public Lynching of Roger DeHart
Chapter 5: Professors Richard Bube and Dean Kenyon
Chapter 6: The Ray Webster Case
Chapter 7: Peloza, Bishop and Johnson
Chapter 8: Rodney LeVake and Larry Booher
Chapter 9: The Nancy Bryson Case
Chapter 10: Caroline Crocker: Expelled Twice
Chapter 11: The Case of Biology Professor Dan Scott
Chapter 12: Raymond Damadian: Inventor of the MRI
Chapter 13: Guillermo Gonzalez and the Privileged Planet
Chapter 14: Survivors Von Braun, Adler and Chain
Chapter 15: What Can Be Done?
Index.
Bibliography

Lots of people will say that Darwin skeptics are getting just what they deserve, because after all, they are "injecting religion into the science classroom". Are they? Hopefully, as you read this book you'll see for yourself if those comments have any merit. I promise you this much, if you're new to this issue, you'll be shaking your head in disbelief and shock over what you will read. But hey -- don't just take our word for it -- see what others are saying about SOD:

COMMENTS ABOUT SOD

We often hear evolutionists, such as Ernst Mayr, say, “No educated person any longer questions the validity of the so-called theory of evolution…” or Richard Dawkins, who says “It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).” Slaughter of the Dissidents merely shows us the logical actions that follow these words. They believe that anyone who questions evolution either belongs in a mental institute or is of significantly dumber descent. The solution, obviously, is to treat these people as second class human beings by firing them, closing their labs, cutting their pay, denying their degrees, and so forth. At least the evolution lobby has done one thing well—they’ve kept their words and actions consistent with their theory. For anyone who thinks the thought-police might have gone too far—read this book.

- Samuel Chen, Director- Intelligent Design Undergraduate Research (IDEA) Center

I thought your title was a little extreme until I read the book.

- David Coppedge, Creation-Evolution Headlines

The coliseum of the first century has been replaced by the ivory towers of academia; the lions by university administrators. This is a must read book for anyone following the current Creation/ID/evolution controversy. Even more importantly, it has a great deal to say about the future of science. As Dr. Bergman clearly shows in this powerful essay, we are on the threshold of forever losing science as we know it.

- Norbert Smith

I just finished reading "Slaughter of the Dissidents." The amount of well-documented research you put into your book is truly impressive, but more so is how you clearly lay out the case showing the bias, blackmail, and coercion employed to keep researchers and educators in line with secular beliefs.

If folks liked Ben Stein's movie "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," they will be blown away by "Slaughter of the Dissidents."

- Russ Miller, Creation Ministries

Intelligent Design is accused of being a science stopper; but what could stop science more effectively than slaughtering the dissidents?

- Tom Gilson, Thinking Christian

I personally have heard the testimony of several of the scientists in the case studies reported [in SOD]. I have asked questions and can verify that the scientists have testified objectively and that the author has narrated the facts accurately. Taken altogether, the evidence depicts a grand pattern of stringent censorship coupled with relentless persecution that is of greater scope and intensity than anti-semitism or racial discrimination or both combined... I know because, like the author, I have personally experienced many of the consequences chronicled in this book.

- Joseph Mastropaolo, Ph.D. , Professor Emeritus, California State University,Long Beach

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