Privileged Species

I enjoyed Privileged Planet a lot and had recently read Stephen Meyers' Darwin's Doubt. This video fills a void. It is accessible to a broader range of people than previous works. The ID message is simple and profound. The video presentation does not mention God or religion, but shows the facts that describe a universe, galaxy, star and solar system and even lithosphere and biosphere and atmospheric view of the near impossibility of life without associated intelligence and design. Conclusions are not drawn for you. Make up your own mind. Why does everything work together and understandably for man? Why does all required for intelligibility, including the fact that we can understand it, exist? Gives one pause. Great for general audiences and for youth groups as well as a single session video. Enjoy.

This is a great video, it along with Fire-maker are great complements to Dr. Denton's book Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe. These videos also complement the video Cosmic Origins, The Scientific Evidence For Creation presented by Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., PhD. Cosmic Origins complements Fr. Spitzer's book New Proofs for The Existence of God, Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy.

great scientific review for design inference

i enjoyed this video. It is reminiscent of an earlier video from Illustra Media called The Privileged Planet, covering some of the same ground, but this time with a focus on the human species. The video points out numerous aspects of how creation is designed with human flourishing in mind. Examples are drawn from how our bodies are designed, from the properties of water, and of carbon molecules, and there are many other areas that are covered. Is it all really coincidence? Did a random event like The Big Bang "just happen" to yield a universe so carefully designed for human life and flourishing? I doubt it, and you should doubt that story too. This video gives plenty of ammunition by which to doubt The Big Bang and the subsequent spontaneous creation and evolution of life. You were designed, and that means there is a Designer.

It wasn’t the best in terms of production, but the info it contains makes up for it. I’m of course an ID fan, and wanted to see more. I thought it was a bit short being around 30mins – but I really enjoyed the concluding sections. ..made me teary-eyed if I’m honest. Great work and definitely for ID fans. Will recommend, even though I've heard the info from Discovery before, it's still nice to hear.

I was expecting a more technical presentation after reading a book and articles written by Dr Denton on the same subject. Instead, the movie presents the ideas in summary form with very little real detail. It's beautiful to watch, but I felt like it worked better as an inspirational movie. Without the technical information, it wouldn't be very persuasive for someone who just wanted to say that life evolved to fit the circumstances on earth.

This is a very enlightening film about the mind boggling fine tuning required for life to exists on earth. The film describes the meticulous adjustment of the four fundamental forces of physics and the almost incredible properties of carbon, water and oxygen, all working in unison to support life. But our greatest privilege is our mind, because no other species on earth can do mathematics, arts, politics and master the use of fire. Humanity is therefore a really privileged species!

If you think that the craters of the moon were caused by a cosmic battle between the forces of Satan and the armies of the archangel Michael then this video will support your thinking that is true. If you think that Erdogan is doing the best for Turkey by destroying public education and forcing kids to attend madrassas then this video will support your political goals. That's what the Discovery Institute and other radical creationists organizations in this country want. Your supporting them to destroy our public education system and taxpayers to foot the bill for students to attend fundamentalist Christian madrassas. That's their reason for producing these videos and books.....propaganda aimed at Bible thumpers. The rational thinkers know that life conforms to the universe. They know there is no reason to think something unnatural planned for human life or any life to exist anywhere in our universe. Only those who desire to use religion, the bane of human progress, to gain power and wealth promote such unsupported beliefs. They envy Turkey. They work hard to destroy our secular laws. They have even travelled to Turkey to assist the radical Islamists to promote creationism and destroy their public education. The religious industry has to use what ever means they can to keep humans ignorant and faithful. They have no worthwhile goals.