How many of you knew that L. Ron Hubbard was the creator of the original TV show Battle Star Galactica?
I heard this tonight on the radio and I was surprised. I loved the show when it was on TV and I never made the connection before.
Has anyone else noticed the similarities between the power structure of humans in the show and the real life power structure of the LDS Church?
How much of the shows ideas are shared by Scientologist?
2007-09-27 00:42:37 · 14 answers · asked by DrMichael 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, It might be wrong but if it is, I am not the only person who heard it!
Thanks Aletheia!
2007-09-27 01:10:29 · update #1
Tmarie99
I DID NOT SAY LDS and Scientology was the same thing! Maybe you should take your own advice dear!
I asked 3 different question's
FYI: the LDS church has the Council of 12 and so did the Humans on the TV show!
2007-09-27 01:20:09 · update #2
I must of heard wrong, sorry. That explains why I had never made the connection!
In my defence the lady that said it did make a refference to "CYLONS". Were they in the book 'Battlefield Earth'?
2007-09-27 01:28:23 · update #3
I think that's wrong. Glen Larson was the creator of the original BSG, I *think*.
Hubbard wrote 'Battlefield Earth', a highly successful sci-fi novel that eventually became a flop of a movie.
EDIT : Tmarie99, the question specifically stated the ORIGINAL Battlestar series, not the current version. You called Zina Rae a fool, yet it is you who looks like a jackass with your comments.
2007-09-27 00:47:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Excerpted from Wikipedia:
Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy Award winning science fiction television program created by Ronald D. Moore that first aired on October 18, 2004 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky One, and January 14, 2005 in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel. Repeats of episodes have been shown in the United States on NBC, Bravo, and in high definition on Universal HD.
Excerpted from:
The Economist
7.4.1984
The author of Battlefield Earth (Quadrant Books, L8.95) intrigues more than the book. Mr L. Ron Hubbard invented the cult called Scientology, upon which was founded a hugely successful church, which at the last count claimed 200,000 adherents in Britain and millions elsewhere. He, however, is no longer associated with the Church of Scientology and has long been in Howard Hughes-like seclusion.
Before turning his hand to religion, he wrote 101 science-fiction novels. By his own admission, he was one of the great writers of the golden age of space romance and was recruited to the trade by John W. Campbell Jr, the editor of Astounding Science Fiction. Campbell is generally acknowledged as the founding father and chief inspiration of this golden age, which Mr Hubbard dates roughly from his own introduction to the genre (1938) to about the time he quit it, in 1950. (Kingsley Amis, the pioneer of science-fiction criticism, dates it from 1949 to 1962, which puts Mr Hubbard beyond the pale.) He returns now with this massive tome and invites comparison with the best.
2007-09-27 05:44:20 · answer #2 · answered by Bromeliad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glen Larson created the original Battlestar Galactica. You are misinformed.
Perhaps you are thinking of the movie, "Battlefield Earth" starring Scientologist John Travolta? That book was written by L Ron Hubbard.
2007-09-27 00:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
L Ron Hubbard actually wrote a book called Battle Earth (or something similar) but L Ron Hubbard had nothing to do with the TV show
2007-09-27 07:29:23 · answer #4 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-28 05:07:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The creator was Glenn Larson, who is LDS. There are so many LDS-like things, like they came from the planet Kobol (the star Kolob in the book of Abraham), their council of 12, their Egyptian looking helmets, there are more but I forget.
2007-09-27 07:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep. He was a pretty decent Sci-Fi writer. I've read several things that he wrote.
There has been a rumor in the Sci-Fi world for a long time that he created Scientology on a bet. I don't have good evidence to back that up, but is sounds right.
2007-09-27 00:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I heard it too - Coast to Coast, I think.
It is not true. The shows creator was Glen Larson
2007-09-27 00:48:37 · answer #8 · answered by Aletheia 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't it Glen Larson who wrote it? I maybe wrong!
2007-09-27 00:51:35 · answer #9 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I know is I was about ready to die from illness and a broken heart and I asked Jesus to come into my heart and I could not believe the peace and love Jesus gave me.It is true Zina Rae
2007-09-27 00:50:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋