How many people think the book/movie Contact, by Carl Sagan strikes a cool balance between the two camps?

Question

I really love this film because it juxtaposes so many of the very same arguments that rage around here, but unlike all us "Yahoos", this film handles the topic with much more elegance.

On the one side you have the agnostic turned atheist (turned agnostic?), who finds herself forced to employ a faith greater then she can possibly imagine, in an effort to find "the" answer. On the other side is the devout theist, who finds himself first admiring, and eventually coming to love a person with whom he shares nothing theologically, but everything else that matters most.

Somehow, even though they embrace diametrically opposed positions, they come together in a way that exemplifies the very best in humanity... our ability to trancend our differences to reach a higher level then either could achieve alone. And each person becomes a bit more of a humanist in the process.

Whether we believe or don't believe, perhaps we can admit that there is more to be gained through acceptance of each other?

Answer 1

I liked the movie...
but I do not think that the movie was true to Sagan's beliefs.

His writings and videos suggest that he was a dogmatic atheist.

Cordially,
John

Answer 2

it was A very good book...the movie didn't do it justice