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Director Steven Spielberg suggested during a Sunday interview that his new film about extraterrestrials might raise theological questions among some Christians regarding the nature of the cosmos.
Speaking with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz on "CBS News Sunday Morning," Spielberg said "Disclosure Day," his upcoming movie about a meteorologist and a cybersecurity expert exposing the government's cover-up of extraterrestrial secrets, will touch on the implications such a revelation would have for religious people.
“There's a faction in the film that represents a pretty good position of why — possibly because of ontological shock, social dislocation — if this truth... were just known overnight, if the government announced, 'Yes, we have been keeping this from you since 1947,' that would mess up a lot of people."
Spielberg also said the film, one of whose characters is a former Roman Catholic nun, "also takes the position of the [Catholic] Church."
"What does this do to the fundamental beliefs that many of us have? Is God, our God, only on this planet, or is God a God for every system where there's civilization, intelligent life and even developing life?" he said of the questions the movie will raise.
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Speaking with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz on "CBS News Sunday Morning," Spielberg said "Disclosure Day," his upcoming movie about a meteorologist and a cybersecurity expert exposing the government's cover-up of extraterrestrial secrets, will touch on the implications such a revelation would have for religious people.
“There's a faction in the film that represents a pretty good position of why — possibly because of ontological shock, social dislocation — if this truth... were just known overnight, if the government announced, 'Yes, we have been keeping this from you since 1947,' that would mess up a lot of people."
Spielberg also said the film, one of whose characters is a former Roman Catholic nun, "also takes the position of the [Catholic] Church."
"What does this do to the fundamental beliefs that many of us have? Is God, our God, only on this planet, or is God a God for every system where there's civilization, intelligent life and even developing life?" he said of the questions the movie will raise.
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Steven Spielberg says new 'Disclosure Day' film will raise theological questions
Director Steven Spielberg suggested during a Sunday interview that his new film about extraterrestrials might raise theological questions among some Christians regarding the nature of the cosmos
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