A movie with a very significant meaning, given the world we live in now

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2004)

(very mild spoilers)
This movie is one of my favourites, not because any actor performance or anything, but because of the overall meaning, which strikes me as one i can identify with very much.
This movie places faith and science into a perspective which i think it should be. As the USA elections has showed, and this movie points out, faith can easily be abused to push ones own agenda in the name of god. (e.g. people making decisions based on someone's beliefs instead of the facts)
In this movie, the hard lesson is learned, and science and faith both survive in a good way. Faith and science is both placed in it's own perspective, in which in my personal opinion, it should be.
Seeing this movie again in 2004 however and remembering how I felt watching it in 1998, makes me feel time has gone backwards, and we haven't learned anything. I encourage anyone with an open mind about faith and science to watch this movie, and wonder .. are we really going into the right direction nowadays?