By John Zmirak, Chronicles, April 24, 2026
John Zmirak is author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism and many other books.
A new film from the Discovery Institute, The Story of Everything, opens nationwide on April 30. Based on philosopher of science Stephen Meyer’s The Return of the God Hypothesis, the film’s ambition matches its title. It scrutinizes scientific materialism’s claims at every pivotal point, marshaling physicists to show the theistic implications of the Big Bang. Those implications so troubled scientists such as Fred Hubble and Albert Einstein that for years they refused to accept the evidence that kept trickling in to prove that the universe had a definite beginning, as the Book of Genesis teaches.
If I had high school or college-aged children, I’d be dragging them to see this film.
Surveys show a 70 percent drop-off in religious practice during college, even at many faith-based schools. Why do so many students drift away from the moral and religious beliefs their parents worked hard to pass on to them? …
