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Award-winning film director Steven Spielberg recently said that his new movie could likely

mess with a lot of people's theology, disclosure days about what would happen if there were a sudden mass revelation about the existence of extraterrestrial life.

According to Spielberg, the movie will force people, especially Christians, to rethink who God is.

As he told CBS Sunday morning, and I quote,

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 when

there's civilization, intelligent life, and even developing life? End quote. Well, it's not unusual

for celebrity artists to weigh in on things far outside of their expertise, but this talented

filmmaker is clearly out of his depth here. Even if there were a real disclosure day, it would not alter

anything at all about Christian fundamental belief. The God portrayed in the Bible,

created and oversees the entire universe. As the psalmist said, the Lord established his throne

in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. That could easily include other worlds and other

life forms. But of course, there's no

evidence of any of that anyway. And to state the obvious, this is just a film. Spielberg must think

that Christianity is barely hanging on from falling into the dustment of history. And if so,

he's certainly not the first to think that. Expectations of Christian extinction go back to the very beginning.

According to the Gospel of John, the high priest Caiaphas thought that killing Jesus would erase his influence.

And when Jesus failed to stay dead, the Jerusalem authorities thought that bribes and rumors could stamp out this new faith.

The very same authorities hoped that beating and scolding

the apostles would keep them quiet. And then there was the Romans who spent centuries trying to

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