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Originally Posted by Eric Paddon
The original series, I would think, already disproves that premise completely.
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I’m not sure it really disproves the premise as much as not treating the premise at all. Religion in TOS was never dealt with as subject, except perhaps marginally in
Lost Planet and
War of the Gods. And in those, what we saw was a reinforcement of the idea that much of the Colonial religion was more ancestor and ancient technology/astronaut worship than deity worship. With the exception of the occasional reference to God, we saw little that was faith-based. The religion was never “attacked” dramatically because it was a given, and not something that had to be taken on faith. It can be argued that TOS position on religion is VERY anti-religious.
There are hints that the ideas of religious strife in Colonial society did enter Larson’s thoughts early in the show’s creation, as indicated by the pilot. The subject never came up again, however, probably because it was a bit too extreme for television of the period.
Glad you re-opened the subject Dawg, and thanks for the policing.
JJR
