The hubris of people who've lost connection with the general populace is always fascinating to watch. They're so confident in their ignorance that they believe their worldview is the height of wisdom and knowledge.
Take Steven Spielberg, for instance. He's directed some incredible movies in the past and is definitely a name that will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time. However, it can't be denied that he fell off a bit. He hasn't released a movie in recent memory that I'd say truly captured the imagination like he used to.
But that's apparently all supposed to change with the release of his upcoming film "Disclosure Day," which apparently has him returning to the awe and wonder of his past. The film is apparently about the sudden arrival of aliens to Earth, something the government has known about for decades and kept hidden.
To be fair, the movie does look interesting, and I did have plans to go see it. I still do.
But Spielberg recently demonstrated a lack of understanding about the general populace, which has put something of a bitter taste in my mouth about it.
Spielberg seems to think that this movie will get Christians to question their faith in God. He says that governments have been covering up the existence of aliens for a long time, and we've recently gotten word that they're real. This movie is capitalizing on this supposed disclosure (hey, that's the name of the movie), and in the film, some of the perspective will be from the church, which now has to come to terms with this information. He thinks Christians will have to as well after his film.
Steven Spielberg says his new film Disclosure Day addresses how UFO Disclosure would impact the religions and God
— Red Panda Koala (@RedPandaKoala) June 8, 2026
“The movie also takes the position of the church.
What does this do to the fundamental beliefs that many of us have?
And is God our God only on this planet or is… pic.twitter.com/N6KyEOatf6
Steven Spielberg says his new film Disclosure Day addresses how UFO Disclosure would impact the religions and God
“The movie also takes the position of the church.
What does this do to the fundamental beliefs that many of us have?
And 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.”
Firstly, the government hasn't actually said aliens exist. There are UFOs, but an unidentified flying object (or "unidentified anomalous phenomena" (UAP)) does not equal alien life. It just means we can't identify the thing flying around.
In fact, most of the "footage" we've seen has easily been explained away, and they're usually pretty mundane things. There have been whistleblowers who have claimed non-biologics and crash retrievals exist, but so far, there's been no evidence disclosed to corroborate it.
Personally, I think alien life can exist outside of our system, but even if it does, we're so out of reach from one another that it doesn't actually matter. Moreover, the idea that alien life could exist doesn't remotely negate the existence of a creator.
In fact, that's the main thing I think Spielberg is missing here: the knowledge that Christians have been thinking about the alien question for a long time. It's never made us question our faith. I mean, I can remember my Christian summer camp, T Bar M, putting on a skit about it when I was young. It doesn't phase us.
C.S. Lewis wrote an entire sci-fi trilogy around the idea of alien life. He talked about it in a non-fiction essay called "Religion and Rocketry," where his main question wasn't "Would this mean there is no God?" It was "Are they fallen like us, or did they actually keep their relationship with God intact?"
I can imagine that if aliens did show up tomorrow with all their technological know-how and advanced scientific knowledge, and even went so far as to declare that there is no God, Christians still wouldn't budge. Scientific advancement is great, but science and technology don't answer the big questions. We'd more likely strike up a debate than shrug and abandon the faith.
Of course, that's not including the possibility that aliens would show up and ask us if we know about God, too. I shudder to think what they'd think of us when we tell them that we crucified Him.
There is a part of me that wonders if this is something Spielberg is actually aware of, and he's just using this talking point as a marketing tactic. He's known to generate hype around his movies by making them about larger questions. Even so, if it is merely a marketing tactic, it misses the target.
Aliens aren't a question Christians are wrestling with. Yes, because many don't believe they exist on account that they're never mentioned in the Bible, but because many Christians have accepted the possibility of it being out there in a created universe as vast as our own, and we still count them as created.
