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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 2747413" data-attributes="member: 508">I just want to point out an episode of the original Star Trek series, to refute the position that the show had no deities.&nbsp; I don't remember the name of the episode, but there was a planet where the Roman Empire hadn't fallen, but had lasted and progressed (technologically, anyway) into the equivalent of the 20th century.&nbsp; (I remember the &quot;Jupiter 8&quot; was a brand of car or something.)&nbsp; Anyway, there was a cult of &quot;sun worshipers&quot; that were being subjegated, and Uhura mentions at the end scene that the universal translator indicated it wasn't &quot;sun worshipers,&quot; but rather &quot;Son worshipers&quot; - and that most likely, Jesus would shortly be born onto that world as well.I'm not trying to get into a religious argument, and I don't think I've crossed over any religious lines (I'm just stating facts from a specific episode of the show), but despite the fact that Star Trek had Greek gods that were really just powerful aliens, and the serpent-god Vaal who was really just a powerful computer, it occasionally would pop in something like the above to reinforce the fact that Christianity had made it intact to the &quot;current&quot; Star Trek era.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 2747413, member: 508"] I just want to point out an episode of the original [i]Star Trek[/i] series, to refute the position that the show had no deities. I don't remember the name of the episode, but there was a planet where the Roman Empire hadn't fallen, but had lasted and progressed (technologically, anyway) into the equivalent of the 20th century. (I remember the "Jupiter 8" was a brand of car or something.) Anyway, there was a cult of "sun worshipers" that were being subjegated, and Uhura mentions at the end scene that the universal translator indicated it wasn't "sun worshipers," but rather "Son worshipers" - and that most likely, Jesus would shortly be born onto that world as well. I'm not trying to get into a religious argument, and I don't think I've crossed over any religious lines (I'm just stating facts from a specific episode of the show), but despite the fact that [i]Star Trek[/i] had Greek gods that were really just powerful aliens, and the serpent-god Vaal who was really just a powerful computer, it occasionally would pop in something like the above to reinforce the fact that Christianity had made it intact to the "current" Star Trek era. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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