A favorite segment, more so today than those decades ago:
God has no need to justify His actions to man. He who built the universe can destroy it when He chooses. It is arrogance--it is perilously near blasphemy--for us to say what He may or may not do. .
And I would add: "or just how He may do it."
Yes indeed...the arrogance of man...he’s in for a surprise.
“The Star” made a real impact on me with regard to faith.
I imagined a sequel where, upon return to Earth, the information is revealed to the world. The evidence is broadcast with pictures of children who are now incinerated. Songs are written to these people who died so a light could guide some royalty to give gifts to a baby.
Religion is condemned globally. Those who attempt to defend faith are shunned and ridiculed. Science stands triumphant over God. Of course, politicians shun faith and go so far as to amend our Consitution to actually include the elimination of faith from our nation.
Man turns his back on God, rejecting the idea of a supreme being that could allow such an act to occur.
In the end of this sequel, our sun burps, showing the first definitive signs of dying.
It is at that fateful moment that man realizes why they did not find any evidence of faith on that distant planet.