IMAX theaters Reject Science Shows under Religious Pressure

IMAX theaters Reject Science Shows under Religious Pressure
By LiveScience Staff

posted: 19 March 2005
01:00 pm ET

Some IMAX theatres are refusing to show movies that mention evolution or the Big Bang because of protests by religious groups who say the ideas contradict the Bible.

While the number of protests is small -- perhaps a dozen or fewer IMAX theaters -- the effect could be significant because only a few dozen IMAX theatres exhibit science documentaries, according to an article Saturday in The New York Times.

The bans, occurring mostly in the South, could affect decisions about whether to even produce some science documentaries in the first place, the article states.

Religious concerns have already affected the distribution of at least two IMAX films. The film "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" discusses the possibility of life on Earth having started around subsea hydrothermal vents. It has been turned down at several science centers, according to Richard Lutz, a Rutgers University researcher who was the film's chief scientist.
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"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion, but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."-- Thomas Paine



Images of the AntiWar Protest 3/19 in Hollywood, California
http://ediablo.com/LAprotest3-19-05.html

I simply can not accept this reality!

fundie religious. And in Canada it is only 20% that are very hard core religious.

There is hope. And soone the internet will be showing movies & the truth. So it is not as though some poor kid who has a dream will not get to know. But still - lack of information will lead to huge anxieties amongst the fundies. And there will be a backlash. The pendulum does swing back.

...going to one anytime soon. Well, actually I did see the IMax show at Kennedy Space Center about 20 years ago. That was science based I'm sure. So will they not be showing that any more either?

in the areas they're needed the most

what this country has become. I actually am considering moving my whole family to Canada. I cannot take this crap anymore.

Christians tend to view science as a religion (I live in the Bible Belt and that covers most I met). However, it is a method of discovering how the universe works.

Fundies can't stand that thier book could be wrong or was always meant to be taken as metaphor. They hate change of any kind and fundies would love to have 1880's America back.

I say watch them if you can. Read science books if you can. Fight this if you can.

They are playing a title about Dolphins and it includes their place in nature and evolution.

http://www.omahazoo.com/imax/index.asp?page=/imax/imax.htm

Three times a daY.

Okay, even if it did, it wouldn't matter. They should still show them. But the fact is, the Big Bang DOES NOT disprove the bible. As long as one doesn't take Genesis completely word-for-word literally, they actually can line up fairly well.

But anyway, I weep for my nation, like another poster said.