One of the great human enigmas is the chasm between what many of us experience as “spiritual” from day to day, and the cold, hard realities of science -- a rift magnified
ad infinitum for those acquainted with religious experience and teaching. Imagine feeling the intimacy of prayer or worship, or sensing a palpable emotional connection to another human being, but then, just as suddenly, being hit with the apparent meaninglessness of this on a cosmic level -- the fact that the Earth hangs in an endless void, ensconced by innumerable galaxies and subject to bewildering, apocalyptic forces. Or the concept that billions of years of evolution have brought humankin...
Released:
2011
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
138 mins