Jurassic Park

[John Hammond, the old man, has created dinosaurs and has controlled them to the nth degree, or so he thinks. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) educates him otherwise.]

Rather interesting that we could glean something about our faith from a clip talking about evolution.  Aren't those two topics opposed?  They are not by the way, but that is a different discussion. This clip reminds us at the beginnings of this movie that we are not God.  We cannot control our circumstances completely.

John Hammond created all these dinosaurs, and as he states later in the movie, creation is an act of shear will.  And creation is an act of will, His.  We are co-creator, we can help create things, but we not the ultimate author of the subject we produce, help produce.  God is the author of life, and He placed a plan within each subject, or animal in these cases, to be as it is. John wanted to control these animals completely and utterly, but he forgets that he is not the author of their existence.  He did not create this from scratch, he is working with powers that stem from God.

As Ian so beautifully points out later in the movie these animals were chosen to become extinct.  God had a plan, so to recreate things that God had intended to be dead can only spell disaster.  The plot of the movie, ultimately shows that John Hammond is not in control of his island.  All his money, and resources ultimately have come to mean nothing as they are struggling to stay alive throughout the movie.

This reminds us that we are not the ultimate controllers of our reality, God is the author of reality not us.  We have the ability to change and adapt reality to what we believe is a better world, but when we create things, or rather co-create, we ought to think hard about what we are doing.  The quaint line that comes from Dr. Malcolm in this clip, is "life finds a way."  It is a simple enough answer to the doctor.

Ian does not claim that he knows exactly how the world works, in all its details.  He is not a familiar with the subject area as the doctor is who is flabbergasted by Ian's presupposition.  Ian simply knows a greater knowledge about life than the doctor.  You could say from this clip that God will not be contained, we can create barriers, and try to play God, but then life, and the world that God created comes breaking through, often violently.