Perhaps most interesting, though, is the question of whether this in fact represents God<\/em> getting in touch with humanity. And so, for instance, when the U.S. president blurts out that a demand for disarmament is unreasonable, the representative of another nation asks whether God has to be reasonable! In the end, the religious aspects are left somewhat mysterious, but very poignant points are made about the root causes of warfare and international conflict.<\/p>\n I also just finished watching season 3 of The 4400 on DVD, and this too has religious overtones, as when one key leader of the returnees is resurrected and takes on a Messianic status as \u201cthe preacher\u201d (presumably also with a nod to Dune).<\/p>\n There was a time when people raised their eyebrows (in Spock-like fashion) if one mentioned \u201creligion\u201d and \u201cscience fiction\u201d in conjunction with one another. Now it is hard to think of a current series that completely lacks religious themes, overtones or symbols.<\/p>\n I watched Masters of Science Fiction on ABC for the first time this past weekend. Featuring not only Terry O\u2019Quinn (who plays John Locke on LOST) but also the cigarette-smoking man as the U.S. president and narration by Stephen Hawking, I was quickly hooked. The episode that aired this past Saturday, \u201cThe Awakening\u201d, was based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5753669435033604057?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")