Disclosure Day

[Fau Teixeira]

-Lastly, there is a ton of evidence out there for anyone who is looking for God. That's why some of the most intelligent men in the world went from passionate atheist to Christianity. 

My question is why is it always people where christianity is the dominant religion that switch to christianity?  I would find it much more persuasive if someone who had no real exposure to christian doctrine would spontaneously convert based on divine revelation after growing up in myanmar or nepal.

[Dave Gray]

CF, I read that article, which IMO is a clickbait headline.  There is one quote from Speilberg and that quote is: "Is God our God only on this planet, or is God a God for every system where there's civilization?"

Additionally, I have seen the movie and I disagree that it's even a theme.  It's a sentence that someone says, but they don't really explore those themes in any meaningful way, IMO.  It is one of the failures of the movie.  One character asks the question, another answers "no", basically. 

I think it's an interesting question, but the movie doesn't put any work into addressing it.

[Spider-Dan]

My question is why is it always people where christianity is the dominant religion that switch to christianity?

It is a Glorious Miracle that CF and the vast majority of his fellow Christians were fortunate enough to be born in a blessed land where it was already that case that Christ Is King, instead of some other backward country where the deluded savages worship the sun, or are Jews.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

My question is why is it always people where christianity is the dominant religion that switch to christianity?  I would find it much more persuasive if someone who had no real exposure to christian doctrine would spontaneously convert based on divine revelation after growing up in myanmar or nepal.

It is almost like there exists this infinite money glitch to be had.... 

Step 1. Be raised Christian.

Step 2. For 2-3 years claim to be an atheist.   

Step 3. Convert back to Christianity and write books in which defeat strawman arguments about atheism that are completely disingenuous and sell millions of copies to the incredibly gullible.     

[Pappy13]

CF, I read that article, which IMO is a clickbait headline.  There is one quote from Speilberg and that quote is: "Is God our God only on this planet, or is God a God for every system where there's civilization?"

Additionally, I have seen the movie and I disagree that it's even a theme.  It's a sentence that someone says, but they don't really explore those themes in any meaningful way, IMO.  It is one of the failures of the movie.  One character asks the question, another answers "no", basically.  

I think it's an interesting question, but the movie doesn't put any work into addressing it.

You're really underselling this. Even Speilberg said it was a theme of the movie. It wasn't just some person with 1 throwaway line, it was a former nun talking with another nun. How much more obvious does it need to get? This isn't 2 random folks by the water cooler, this is 2 very religious people talking about the consequences to their belief system. It's a theme Spielberg wanted to address. Ok, maybe it's not the central theme of the movie, but it's there. The central theme is what consequences would this have and for people of faith the religious consequences are important.

[Dave Gray]

You're really underselling this. Even Speilberg said it was a theme of the movie. It wasn't just some person with 1 throwaway line, it was a former nun talking with another nun. How much more obvious does it need to get? This isn't 2 random folks by the water cooler, this is 2 very religious people talking about the consequences to their belief system. It's a theme Spielberg wanted to address. Ok, maybe it's not the central theme of the movie, but it's there. The central theme is what consequences would this have and for people of faith the religious consequences are important.

I understand that he put it in the movie.  I'm saying that as someone evaluating it as art, I don't think it explores the theme effectively.  I think the script fails us on that.  It seems to wish it was about that and they SAY it, but it isn't explored in a meaningful way, in my opinion as a viewer.  It's like one throwaway moment without any exploration.  We don't see anyone question their faith or struggle with that in any way.