[question000]

Funny to me that they chose 2001: A Space Odyssey, which posits (more or less) that aliens gave people intelligence, not god. I bet the Vatican really liked the visual association of the fetus with the rebirth and life in the final scene of the movie. Still a strange choice!

[progre]

I suspect the Vatican would have no problem if that story turned out to be true: "Ah, but who gave the aliens the power to give humans intelligence? Surely only god could do that."