{"id":1754,"date":"2010-01-09T00:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/01\/star-trek-religion-and-ethics\/"},"modified":"2010-01-09T00:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T00:21:00","slug":"star-trek-religion-and-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/01\/star-trek-religion-and-ethics.html","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek, Religion and Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none;clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webpan.com\/dsinclair\/dax-worf-wedding.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webpan.com\/dsinclair\/dax-worf-wedding.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It would be possible to do a whole course just on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ex-astris-scientia.org\/inconsistencies\/religion.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">religion in Star Trek<\/a> (including, particularly in the original series, the <em>lack<\/em> of religion in places where we\u2019ve come to expect it). <\/p>\n<p>In addition to encounters with many beings that might be considered \u201cgods,\u201d Star Trek also tackles many difficult issues, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mind.ilstu.edu\/curriculum\/what_is_a_person\/what_is_a_person.php?modGUI=206&amp;compGUI=1882&amp;itemGUI=3284\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">the question whether Commander Data is a person<\/a>, or whether, if we let gays marry now, by the 24th century we\u2019ll have to allow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpan.com\/dsinclair\/ds9.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Klingons and Trills to marry<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8171447779956927717?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would be possible to do a whole course just on religion in Star Trek (including, particularly in the original series, the lack of religion in places where we\u2019ve come to expect it). 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