Dr. Arrowion And Religion

In the film, Contact, the protagonist Dr. Arroway is a part of the SETI program, which tries to contact other species from different planets. However, the antagonist David Drumlin tries to discourage Dr. Arroway from any further progress. Nevertheless, when Dr. Arroway is contacted by species from the star Vega this causes people to question faith and science. Protestors start to form to complain about the achievement, viewing the communication with Vega as a turpitude against God. The problems that arose from the contact cause Dr. Arroway to question her own belief in having faith. However, Dr. Arroway’s prospective on faith changes as the film progresses.

Faith is having a strong belief in something without having proof, and Dr. Arroway’s comment mimics the concept of religious faith. In religion, especially in monotheism, when an individual believes in God, the person has complete trust in the supreme being and the doctrines without having any proof of God’s
In the film, when communication between Earth and Vega occurs the issue of faith arose. Faith was an issue, since many people were afraid that the extra-terrestrials in Vega might have a different belief from those on earth. Due to this, when the committee is formed, Pastor Joss is involved so that the belief of God is a part of the building of the transport object. Furthermore, when travelers were being chosen to take the trip to Vega, Dr. Arroway was not chosen because she did not believe in God and viewed faith as a mass-delusion. This upset the committee because 95 % of the world has faith in a higher being and the committee wants someone who would show his or her belief to the extra-terrestrials in Vega. However, Dr. Arroway’s view changed when she was placed in the second transport opportunity, because when information of her travel was deleted she had to force others to believe in her