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Originally Posted by PingPongBallEye
It doesn't -- at least for me -- have anything to do with Mormon doctrine; it has to do with the overwhelmingly materialist and humanist bent of the show. Contrary to conventional Christian belief, the "gods" (or angels/devils if you prefer) are evolved, high-tech aliens, not supernatural beings. And the path to salvation for humanity lies in evolution and technology (what's the line? "As you are, we once were; as we are, you may become."), not through faith. This is a materialist (all things are explainable without recourse to the supernatural) and humanist (humanity is in charge of its own destiny) philosophy, not a "faith-based" one. A few invocations of an undefined deity by Adama hardly counter this, IMHO.
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PingPong,
These beings were referred to specifically, by Adama, as angels. If memory serves, Adama made this reference in the closing scene of WOTG, part 2, where Starbuck and Sheba, and to a lesser extent, Apollo, were recounting the visit to the Ship of Lights. This was right before the three of them provided the coordinates to Earth.
Only vague references were made to "God", in the show.
With respect to the present-day understanding of religion and its correlation to the Beings of Light, it may not be blasphemous to suggest that the Colonials could "evolve" into a Being of Light since not many of us, here on Earth, know the entrance requirements for becoming an angel. Perhaps some metamorphosis DOES occur.
