Director Steven Spielberg has suggested that his forthcoming film about extraterrestrials could raise significant theological questions for Christians.
Spielberg told CBS that 'Disclosure Day', which centres around a fictional exposé of a government hiding extraterrestrial secrets, will examine the spiritual and societal effects of uncovering alien life.
“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 explained.
The EGOT-winning director noted that the film features a character who is a former Roman Catholic nun, to explore “the position of the Church.”
Spielberg mused: “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?”