tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654189838885068678.post7961118286352370599..comments2022-10-23T06:31:13.143-07:00Comments on Religion and Science Fiction: How is religion looked at by RoddenberryJames F. McGrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654189838885068678.post-10418634244522631402010-01-31T04:04:41.861-08:002010-01-31T04:04:41.861-08:00Of course, Roddenbery was an Athiest/Humanist, but...Of course, Roddenbery was an Athiest/Humanist, but my understanding of what the story was illustrating is how we humans react to the unkown? <br />Some people react with fear and some people with curiosity. Those that react in fear want comfort and so rely on something that gives them comfort. Sometimes that is a belief in stories of deities or deity. Those that are curious tend to push to understand what is unknown and by understanding are comforted. The problem with relying on the deity stories is that our diety (deities) tend to be very ethnocentric. This creates problems when we encounter another group of people. If they don’t have the same culture references we do, then our tendency is to classify them as bad, less, or inferior. This is proved by our history with the First Nation Peoples.Torinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576677919620455458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654189838885068678.post-32397378238018617002010-01-30T11:28:11.485-08:002010-01-30T11:28:11.485-08:00Good post! I've always been offended by that ...Good post! I've always been offended by that TNG episode, even though I love the scene where the Vulcan-like woman says to Picard, "I am not afraid of you now."James Patehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247799389009268470noreply@blogger.com