He thinks he is the last man on earth until he meets survivors Anna Montez and a young boy named Ethan. They heard one of Robert’s radio broadcasts and have come from Maryland to New York to find him. She tells a bitter and skeptical Robert that it was God who led her to him. “The world is quieter now. We just have to listen. If we listen, we can hear God’s plan.” Mother Teresa tells us that “We cannot find God in noise and agitation. In silence He listens to us; in silence He speaks to our souls. In silence we are granted the privilege of listening to His voice.”

“The people, who were trying to make this world worse… are not taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness.”-Robert Neville quoting Bob Marley

One testament to the Christian symbolism in the film comes from a letter a person wrote to the guru of movies, Roger Ebert. The fan wrote…

 I just sat through “I Am Legend” and have to say that the final act felt like watching a deflating balloon. While it’s apparent that Christian groups hold no qualms about denouncing movies that may or may not contain anti-Christian messages (and that they may or may not have seen), I am angered by movies that contain strong Christian messages. “I Am Legend” joins the list as the last movie I felt I should have walked out on as soon as the characters began debating “God’s plan.” The end shot of the sanctuary’s doors opening up to reveal church bells ringing over a peaceful community threw the entire movie into “allegory” territory, with the sinful New Yorkers banished to the darkness and the staunch God-fearing survivors triumphing by returning to their religious ways. It’s sad to ask, but what do you think of adding a “religious content” warning to movies, as in “This movie contains profanity, brief nudity, Christianity?” David Young, Ayutthaya, Thailand

Ebert replied…

That’ll be the day. More to the point, what does the spiritual status of the survivors and victims have to do with a nondemoninational virus? And can Buddhists, Jews, Hindus, Muslims and agnostics hope for a cure?
Movie Answer Man (12/20/2007) | Movie Answer Man | Roger Ebert

The last place you would think you could learn about God is in a science fiction horror movie. But God is always found in “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, and whatever is admirable, excellent or praiseworthy.” (Phil. 4:8) A good story will always reflect God’s truth. Jesus used stories to illustrate certain key points he wanted his listeners to understand because a good story incarnates truth into a knowable form that people can grasp easier than a straight theological lecture.

Peter Kreeft says of Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series, that one of the reasons why we love Middle-Earth so much is because it is more real then our own world. Through the lens of Fantasy we can see the truths in our own world more clearly. The purpose of this small set of essays is to get you to see the truth of the world more clearly through the medium of fiction portrayed in science fiction and fantasy films.

This genre of film is immensely popular with a great many of the worlds movie lovers as shown by the box office receipts it generates. Because of the popular appeal of this genre, it is ripe with opportunities to find traces of God in its storylines and images. You can not escape God’s presence. If you go see the latest Hollywood blockbuster, He can be there. If we look and listen with the eyes of the Holy Spirit we can see an analogy of God’s truth in many of the popular science fiction and fantasy films we love so much. You can joyfully journey with Frodo, Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, Spiderman and others and can explore God’s truth in the magical worlds of cinema at the same time.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie. -Stephen King