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The blogosphere is abuzz with the recent account of PZ Myers’ being expelled from Expelled.

How does Discovery Institute director Bruce Chapman spin the issue? Evidently he’s not happy with Intelligent Design’s failure in trying to redefine science so that “God Did It” becomes a scientific proposition, so he’s moved on to redefining etiquette.

In the mysticism-addled mind of a creationist, signing up for a free screening of Expelled constitutes “gate-crashing”. Not only that, but by following the same procedures as everyone else, Dawkins and Myers stooped to gate-crashing. Oh, the humanity!

This should be a major embarrassment to the producers of Expelled and the Intelligent Design movement in general, but Intelligent Design advocates aren’t bothered by such things as facts; they’re more concerned with spin.

While the Discovery Institute cries about gate-crashers, Jeffery Overstreet prints an alleged eyewitness account from an ID sympathizer:

But enough about the film – the real highlight of the evening occurred after the showing, during the Q&A. Mathis led this discussion, and the second question was asked by a surprise member of the audience: Richard Dawkins, author of “The God Delusion,” and arguably the biggest name in the movie other than Mr. Ben Stein himself. As this screening was by invitation only, Dawkins appearance was quite a surprise to both the audience and Mathis. [emphasis added]

Meanwhile, Mark Mathis is telling the New York Times, “I meant to do that”:

Mark Mathis, a producer of the film who attended the screening, said that “of course” he had recognized Dr. Dawkins, but allowed him to attend because “he has handled himself fairly honorably, he is a guest in our country and I had to presume he had flown a long way to see the film.”

It’s Easter weekend, so Christians all over the world are exercising their brains in an attempt to harmonize the conflicting narratives of Christ’s crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. Come Monday, their minds should be sufficiently nimble enough to explain away the contradictory accounts of what actually happened in Minnesota that night. We can expect to see Myers’ and Dawkins’ version of events to be dismissed outright; they’re atheists, after all, and are not to be trusted. But since ID proponents never lie - they just spin the issue - cdesign proponensists will have multiple versions of the truth from which to choose.