Man Creates Dinosaurs...Who Is In Control?

In this fantastic film scientists have discovered how to genetically create dinosaurs using blood drawn from mosquitos encased in fossilized amber. The project is spearheaded by John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough) and basically turned into a massive, dinosaur-filled theme park. In order to get other perspectives, he brings in a paleontologist (Dr. Grant), a botanist (Dr. Sattler), and a chaos theorist (Dr. Malcom) to take a look at the park. In the process all hell breaks loose and the makings of a great story unfold.

At first, everyone is optimistically skeptical about the potential of the park, but they grow increasingly uneasy as all their fears are confirmed. At one point, Dr. Malcolm (played by Jeff Goldblum) says, "Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." With the discoveries we have in modern science and medicine, does this apply to us today? Think about the medicine ads you see on television where the side effects are worse than the thing they are treating. I actually saw one that claimed to treat bipolar disorder, with side effects of coma or death.

After most of the park has failed miserably, Dr. Sattler (played by Laura Dern) finds Dr. Hammond alone thinking about what has gone wrong and how he can fix it, but she tries to get him to see the failure for what it is. It goes something like this:

Dr. Hammond: "Creation is an act of sheer will. Next time it'll be flawless."
Dr. Sattler: "It's still a flea circus. It's all an illusion."
Dr. Hammond: "When we have control—"
Dr. Sattler: "You never had control — that's the illusion!"

How often do we think that by our own will we can fix our problems, mend our wounds, right our wrongs, and turn around our failures? I like what Jeff Goldblum's character Dr. Malcolm says about what is happening here: "God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs..."

How often do we think we can eliminate God from our lives? Do we really think we are in total control?