In 1964, this guy called Gene Roddenberry created this just over an hour long sci-fi pilot for a series he hoped to make into a successful TV series.... Years later there are now over like 700 episodes, and 11 films of the legendary Star Trek!!!Now my question (No idea if this is the correct location to place the thread, my bad?)
Those that watch the show, do you see any connections to religion with it? I have my own ideas but, I'll keep that to myself for now, I was just curious to see if anyone had an opinion on this?
[FONT="]The Star Trek series did have a strong connection to religion and to spirituality. That connection was made explicit in the last line of the last episode of Star Trek, The Next Generation. One of the characters, Q, says that the true quest of human beings is not to explore space, not to develop scientific information, not to meet new species but rather to “chart the unknown possibilities of existence.”
The main purpose of religion and spirituality is to invite you to chart the unknown possibilities of your own existence using previously unknown aspects of your being. Religion and spirituality also provide new, non-linear tools for exploring those previously unknown possibilities of existence. The ultimate unknown possibility of anyone's existence is their infinite, ineffable, cosmic divinity, which, incidentally, happens to be the main message of the New Testament. [/FONT]