Sci-fi fandoms: do sci-fi shows tend to present an atheistic or theistic universe? Discuss the differences.
One of the first shows to come to my mind with that question is Babylon 5... it's a show run and almost entirely written by an avowed atheist, who probably did the best job I've ever seen of handing the subject of faith (and I do mean faith itself rather than faith=sect/religion). Which I guess doesn't necessarily answer the theism question at all, but I enjoyed some of the ambiguities he was able to bring in, while still respecting the faith or lack thereof in the characters. There did seem to be something to it in that universe, but the way it was often presented, the lines between religion and science were actually quite blurred.
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Date: 2013-06-11 06:34 am (UTC)One of the first shows to come to my mind with that question is Babylon 5... it's a show run and almost entirely written by an avowed atheist, who probably did the best job I've ever seen of handing the subject of faith (and I do mean faith itself rather than faith=sect/religion). Which I guess doesn't necessarily answer the theism question at all, but I enjoyed some of the ambiguities he was able to bring in, while still respecting the faith or lack thereof in the characters. There did seem to be something to it in that universe, but the way it was often presented, the lines between religion and science were actually quite blurred.