Star Trek Made Me an Atheist
- Kind
- Journal Article
- Date
- 2009/07
- Publisher
- The Humanist
- Volume / pages
- July / August 2009
- Retrieved
- Jan 5, 2013
2 memes from this reference
How Science Fiction Tackles Social Issues
Now science fiction movies are mostly just shoot-‘em-ups, but back in the day sci-fi was a medium to explore social issues. SF allowed us to examine the core elements of controversial issues without all the emotional baggage that went along with them. It’s easy to dismiss the genre when you have grown-up fans walking…
Star Trek is Atheist
On the subject of faith, Trek had a very clear position. Of everything in my past, it is this one show that I most credit for being able to identify myself as an atheist. There was a recurring plotline in so many episodes that it almost became a running theme—some all-powerful being would set itself up as God but…