Do you think people in the future are all atheists? I do......
2006-12-10 15:23:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Star Trek is atheistic. The Borg aren't spreading a religion, they're a commentary on totalitarian politics.
Gene Roddenbury was strictly agnostic; he HATED organized religion. Notice that in the Original Series, the crew kills God more than once, and in the episode "First Contact" (NOT the movie) from the Next Generation, the crew specifically refers to religion as backwards and outmoded on a planet that they're trying to make first contact with.
2006-12-10 15:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by Chris R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Borg in Star Trek are not spreading religion. Quite the opposite, they are attempting to repress religion along with every other expression of individuality. Most in the Star Trek future are not atheists. The Klingon's believe that Kayless, the founder of the Klingon religion, will one day return from the dead and lead them into a new era. The Bajorans believe in The Prophets and the Celestial Temple. They have a temple of worship on Deep Space Nine. The Vulcan religion forbids any displays of emotion. They have priests and elaborate ancient rituals. We have seen this when Spock underwent Pan Farr, and when Spock's soul was returned to his dead body at the end of Star Trek 2. The Betazoid religion requires them to ring a gong during meals to thank the gods for the food they are eating. The Farengi religion has The Rules of Acquisition as it's hloy scriptures, and they feel a religious obligation to follow them. When asked by Data, Captain Picard says that he believes that the soul continues to exist after the death of the body. According to Star Trek, no one in the future is atheist, except for the bad guys.
2006-12-10 23:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by barx613 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HUHHH???? The Borg aren't spreading any religion. No, people in the future are not all atheists, there are instinces in ST the original and STNG were the idea of an Ultimate Being was put forth. It is simply that, in the future, eveyone lets everyone else believe as they will...it's more like everyone in the future is a Unitarian Universalist! They "believe" that everyone has a right to believe whatever they wish and that no one person's path is right for anyone but themselves.
2006-12-10 23:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by harpertara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Borg are spreading a religion that worships perfection, specifically, they almost worship the Omega particle, a molecule that is "perfect", although highly unstable.
Picard actually addressed religion once, when Data asked him what he believed what would happen after death. (Picard had ordered a self destruct)
He said something along the lines of "We go to a higher plane of existance"
2006-12-10 23:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by Captain Moe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn’t it some advanced form of socialism? I think it’s the future. Everyone will be assimilated into atheism in the future take it to the bank.
And then the universe will be a peaceful place (except for a few sporadic religious wars here and there where barbarians and primitives insist their books are right, but those parts of the galaxy will easily be put into quarantine just as the earth is currently.)
2006-12-10 23:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some hmm I hate to say it it sounds like some kind of fanatical commisum. In a case of conform or die. And that the whole unit works was one with each having there own job in the hive to do but everyone takes on there own share.
2006-12-10 23:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Hex Vision 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all of them, the bajorins have a faith, as do the klingons(kind of) as well as the vulcans. EVEN THE FERENGI HAVE SOME KIND OF FAITH. It could be that the ones without a faith is the Borg. that or they have bits and pieces of faith from all who they have assimilated.
2006-12-10 23:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same as pink elephants.
I don't believe pink elephants are atheists? Can they be Christian?
Fiction is fiction. Revelation is quite another matter.
2006-12-10 23:28:14 · answer #8 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this wouldn't surprise me but not Borg! Beeam me up spock!
2006-12-10 23:26:20 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
athiests, by physical force. Sort of like a mix of athiest and Saudi Arabian muslim.
David
2006-12-10 23:27:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋