A new documentary by former Harvard physics instructor and former ABC News science editor Michael Guillén explores his argument that modern scientific discoveries point beyond materialism and toward the existence of God.
The Invisible Everywhere: Believing Is Seeing, an 80-minute film based on Guillén’s book Believing Is Seeing, is scheduled to premiere worldwide April 8 online, according to an emailed press release from the film.
Guillén, who holds a doctorate in physics, astronomy, and mathematics from Cornell University and previously served as science editor for ABC News, said the project recounts his personal journey from atheism to Christianity after years of studying questions about cosmology, consciousness, and the origins of life.
“As a scientist, I used to believe that what we see is all there is,” Guillén said in the release. “My motto was ‘seeing is believing.’”
The documentary examines questions such as how the universe began, where the human mind originates, and whether science leaves room for belief in God. Guillén argues that modern discoveries about the universe suggest reality extends beyond what can be directly observed.
“Modern science has discovered that most of reality is not visible, not logical and not even imaginable,” he said.
“If I still lived by the motto ‘seeing is believing,’ I’d be blind to most of what’s real,” Guillén said. “Today, because of what I’ve learned on my long, winding journey, I now can see the invisible Creator – everywhere.”
According to the release, Guillén said those conclusions led him to reconsider his earlier atheism and adopt what he describes as a new outlook summarized by the phrase “believing is seeing.”
“Modern science is not the enemy of God,” Guillén added. “It might very well be His strongest ally.”
Early promotional materials include endorsements from Glen Reynolds, founder of Circus Road Films; Kathy Ross, co-founder of the Christian apologetics organization Reasons to Believe; and author of God’s Not Dead, Rice Broocks.