Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Last night Karen and I watched "Stargate: The Ark
of Truth", this was the first time I really
noticed how much religion plays a part in Sci-fi.
Most of the bad guys in Stargate are false Gods.
But they have people worship them and they have
books to live by. The Gauld were more hands on
but the Ori were more inline with the religions
in the world today. They had their holy book and
if you didn't worship you would spend eternity in
hell fire. Very original.
I think what amazes me most is how I watched this show for 10 years and never thought about it's relationship to real religion. Now it seems almost comical. The crazy stuff they come up with isn't any less crazy than the real stuff. Have you seen the drama with Scientology.
Even the robots in Battlestar Gallactica "Praise the Gods."
I wonder if almost all Sci-fi writers are atheists? One of my favorite Sci-fi writers, Joss Whedon, is an atheist. He produced the awesome TV series Buffy and Firefly.
I think what amazes me most is how I watched this show for 10 years and never thought about it's relationship to real religion. Now it seems almost comical. The crazy stuff they come up with isn't any less crazy than the real stuff. Have you seen the drama with Scientology.
Even the robots in Battlestar Gallactica "Praise the Gods."
I wonder if almost all Sci-fi writers are atheists? One of my favorite Sci-fi writers, Joss Whedon, is an atheist. He produced the awesome TV series Buffy and Firefly.
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