Chuck discusses a classic Star Trek episode where Kirk testifies to the power of "Son-worshipers" to transform a culture as Christians did ancient Rome.This in answer to the latest round of articles in the press complaining that our history would have been better without Christianity.
The writer of the "Bread and Circuses" episode of Star Trek was the late John Meredith Lucas, Lucas was a writer, producer and director on many TV shows, including on the Paulist Catholic TV Drama called Insight. The sub -plot about the Sun worshipers actually being followers of the Son-Of-God was probably, just a little bit of subtle evangelizing.
felpin 5 days ago
Ha, when I see this episode all I see is gay subtext. Can't decide if I detect more sexual tension between Kirk and Spock or Spock and McCoy in this.
madeleinethegreat 1 month ago
@TheRhinehart86 Advanced moralistic societies entail and objective moral law. If moral law is objective this entails a Moral Law Giver. God has created us in His image so you have a moral compass but in our separation and sin we can have a bad receiver that does not get a full signal. It is not racist to say that we all have innate knowledge of what we morally aught to do as a point of evidence for a personal God. Your thesis entails God so why object?
rusty2029 4 months ago in playlist Atheist Debate-o-Rama
the is no god
kevinkards1 6 months ago
This is a flawed thesis, Arab, Indian and Chinese cultures all developed advanced, moralistic societies with out christianity. This is racist
TheRhinehart86 8 months ago