the idea that religious belief is a delusional substitute for hard data and technocratic solutions TV Tropes calls this trope in Sci-Fi "Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions", and I would wager a lot of it is the wish for nonbelievers to imagine themselves in a world where they are the majority. I can sympathize, even if I think there will probably always be religion, and being surrounded by Atheists who think I'm n idiot for being Jewish isn't any more appealing to me than being surrounded by Christians who think I'm an idiot (or their senile grandparent) for being Jewish.
Right now there's a pretty substantial movement, especially in Latin America of people creating culturally Catholic churches, unaffiliated with Rome, ever since the Catholic Church came down on liberation theology, and bizarrely, infertile people getting married, and with each new decision out of Rome, the membership in these churches grows.
Star Wars has the Force, but it's a Members Only sort of thing that you need to be born into.
Yes. In the expanded universe, a couple of other religions show up, but they're mostly portrayed as damaging cults.
nBSG featured religion at length, and I still see critiques over the inclusion of it.
This is doubly ironic, since according to my father, who is a former Mormon, the original BSG was pretty much Mormanism in space.
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Date: 2012-09-08 08:05 pm (UTC)Right now there's a pretty substantial movement, especially in Latin America of people creating culturally Catholic churches, unaffiliated with Rome, ever since the Catholic Church came down on liberation theology, and bizarrely, infertile people getting married, and with each new decision out of Rome, the membership in these churches grows.
Star Wars has the Force, but it's a Members Only sort of thing that you need to be born into.
Yes. In the expanded universe, a couple of other religions show up, but they're mostly portrayed as damaging cults.
nBSG featured religion at length, and I still see critiques over the inclusion of it.
This is doubly ironic, since according to my father, who is a former Mormon, the original BSG was pretty much Mormanism in space.