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5. Contribute significantly to the expansion, coordination and social/political import and impact of humanism and freethought.
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Christian Sci-Fi: Rarer Than a Gay Black Republican.
Friday, January 30th, 2009One of the big differences between science fiction and fantasy is that authors of the latter have a greater tendency towards being religious. While both J.R.R Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were Christian, many of the most prominent names in science fiction – Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry, Robert A. Heinlein, J. M. Straczynski – are or were atheists.
Granted, Battlestar Galactica is based heavily upon creator Ronald Moore’s own Mormon faith… and Orson Scott Card is a right-wing conservative Mormon, but other than that, science fiction appears to be within the realm of secularism and really bad SciFi Channel Original Movies. And even if there are a few religious themes in some books or TV shows, until I found this episode of Space: Above and Beyond*. Let’s go through the checklist -
Anyways, enjoy -
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v505582YYEAqz8k
*It’s actually a pretty good show in general in my opinion that deals with serious issues that could arise in the future, but this episode was definitely a miss.
Tags: atheism, christianity, Science Fiction, Space: Above and Beyond
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