MontrealComiccon2016-StevenSpielbergandET2818156569 Type post Author Bethel McGrew Date June 15, 2026 CategoriesArtsFaith & Science Tagged , __featured2, airport paperbacks, American Jews, Arrival (movie), BBC, boomers, Chariots of the Gods, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, compassion, David Grusch, Disclosure Day, Disneyfication, England, extraterrestrials, fiction, Fox News, Gethsemane, goals, idealism, immigrants, inner child, language, Mother Superior, movies, NBC, Passion, Pentagon, personality, phones, pop spirituality, religion, Ross Douthat, Roy Neary, Snow White, Steve Deace, symbolism, TMZ, UFOlogy, World War III E.T., Phoned In: The Disneyfied Faith of Steven Spielberg Bethel McGrew June 15, 2026 Arts, Faith & Science 6 Steve Deace has called the film a direct assault on Christianity. This wasn’t exactly my impression. I didn’t feel assaulted so much as vaguely condescended to. Read More ›