Was Spock a Mormon?
2007-05-29 09:10:01 · 13 answers · asked by Murazor 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Terk? lmao... Trek, of course.
2007-05-29 09:14:05 · update #1
hahahahahahahaha I didn't remember that line until i read this question! Brilliant!!!!
"What does god need with a starship?" (yeah i know, that's part V)
2007-05-29 09:12:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In what has become a famous and favorite line from the movie, Captain James T. Kirk (actor William Shatner, the main character) tells a 20th century zoologist that Spock (Leonard Nimoy) "did a little too much LDS" when he was at Berkeley in the 1960s. Captain Kirk was attempting to claim that Spock had used LSD, which damaged his brain: the cause of his erratic behavior. (LSD is an illegal drug used as a recreational narcotic.) Kirk's misuse of the word "LDS" (a common abbreviation for "Latter-day Saints," i.e., members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) displays his frequently inaccurate familiarity with this period of time. This line is typical of the abundant humor in the movie. These lines elicited enthusiastic laughter from audiences, particularly in Utah and other predominantly Latter-day Saint areas.
There's also a 'mormon outpost' in starship troopers, but I bet a lot of lds didn't see that one....
2007-05-29 09:16:46 · answer #2 · answered by phrog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the writers on star trex was suppose to be Jewish and the hand signal Spook always used for "live long and Proper" was a letter that represented God in the Jewish alphabet, or so I was told.
Also I loved the one about the roman episode about the Sun coming, it ended up being the SON of God coming not the SUN.
When I was a Mormon, the mormons liked Star Wars, they said the force was the godly nature they all possessed to become Gods. The force or priesthood in each of the men I guess or the potencial Goddess in all the women.
2007-05-29 15:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've thought of that myself when I heard the line... but of course, he was trying to come up with "LSD," and failing rather miserably ;-)
At the time the movie came out, there was a long-distance company called "LDS" (Long Distance Services or something like that), and I suspect I'll always think of that as a result!
2007-05-29 09:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was mistaken about a popular dug in the 60's called LSD, but because he was from the future, he misprounounced the exact position of the letters.
2007-05-29 09:14:27 · answer #5 · answered by Angelbaby7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he said anything, but he probably said something about Uhura and Spock kissing.
2016-05-21 00:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he meant that he did a little too much LSD, but got the letters mixed up. They probably don't have LSD in the future, and so history gets a little bass ackward.
2007-05-29 14:50:45 · answer #7 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have been surfing online more than three hours today seeking the answer to the same question, and I haven't found a more interesting debate like this. it's pretty worth enough for me.
2016-08-24 04:02:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He means to say LSD (as in the drug) but since he's from the future he messes the name up.
2007-05-29 09:14:14 · answer #9 · answered by plonit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like, he's been a mormon for a little too long...
2007-05-29 09:13:25 · answer #10 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋