Our Fascinating Universe: A Journey Through God's Creation

Our Fascinating Universe makes the case that the universe was created by God through intelligent design, but this faith-based documentary offers a lot of redundant information before arriving at its religious message. The handful of expert astronomers, cosmologists, and theologians here—including King's College theology professor Alister McGrath and Oxford math professor John C. Lennox—aren't identified as being predisposed to believing in intelligent design until very late in the proceedings. Despite these caveats, Our Fascinating Universe does provide a broad overview of what we know about the cosmos and especially what has been learned (or embraced) in the last 100 years, including the Big Bang Theory and scientific evidence that the universe is indeed expanding. This cosmological primer—illustrated with stunning space-telescope images—ultimately leads to the argument that because the Earth is so finely attuned to support life, this strongly suggests the hand of God in creation. Whatever one's position on that particular hypothesis, it's still fun to hear academics speak of “other Earths” and “the multiverse,” among other mind-blowing concepts. DVD extras include additional interviews. A strong optional purchase. Aud: P. (T. Keogh)