Jon Amiel’s film “Creation” is about Charles Darwin’s tormented struggle to write and then to allow his now famous book “On the Origin of Species,” to be published in 1859. It’s about Darwin’s own painful loss of faith, and his great turmoil at the anguish his work and scientific beliefs caused his wife.
I had not realized how huge a personal battle writing his book was for Darwin. The film show the terrible trauma of loosing his faith at a time when religion, the Christian faith, was the absolute backbone of society and family life in Britain (and much of the civilized western world).
Today, stepping away from conventional religion seems commonplace to so many. However, what to put in its place is not so commonplace. This film shows a seminal event both in the debate about the existence of God, and in the search for how to come to terms with a God who is not defined by the New Testament (or the Old). It’s very moving. If you are interested in the history of God, see this film.
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