Sci-fi and religion

Albino

Member

• Mar 29, 2005

• #1

Is there a correlation between liking science fiction and religion? If you went to a Star Trek convention, for instance, what religion do you think most people there would say they are?

If you went to a Church, do you think you would find any science fiction fans?

 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member

• Mar 29, 2005

• #2

Our UU church bears an uncanny resemblence to the Starship Enterprise. But other than I that, I have no idea how to answer your question.

 

michel

Administrator Emeritus

Staff member

• Mar 29, 2005

• #3

Albino said:

Is there a correlation between liking science fiction and religion? If you went to a Star Trek convention, for instance, what religion do you think most people there would say they are?

If you went to a Church, do you think you would find any science fiction fans?

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I think I can perhaps understand why you are asking the question, but I'm a sci-fi addict, and lots of people I know are. I don't think there is any indication that being a 'treckie' would in anyway dictate your religious inclination.

 

Feathers in Hair

World's Tallest Hobbit

• Mar 29, 2005

• #4

I'm a religion-junkie and a sci-fi/ fantasy junkie. Maybe the correlation stems from love of a good story?

 

No*s

Captain Obvious

• Mar 29, 2005

• #5

Most of my physical-world friends like sci-fi. Quite a few have gone to some Star Trek conventions. They are all religious. While a Baptist, I had plenty of leaders who watched sci-fi.

I don't think anyone would accuse me of being non-religious, and I think I qualify as a person who watches or reads sci-fi, and while not as much as a lot of people, it constitutes probably about 80% of my pop-culture .

Based on my experience, I don't see any reason to see a problem between them .

 

Runt

Well-Known Member

• Mar 29, 2005

• #6

I actually can't think of a single person I know who reads science fiction and fantasy who is NOT religious in some way or another. A lot of them belong to pagan or other "alternate" religions, but still, they're religious.

 

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Majikthise

Guest

• Mar 29, 2005

• #7

I really don't believe there is any predisposition.

 

No*s

Captain Obvious

• Mar 29, 2005

• #8

Majikthise said:

I really don't believe there is any predisposition.

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Feh, you're just biased by being an atheist and a sci-fi fan.

Everyone, please disregard everything he said

 

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Majikthise

Guest

• Mar 29, 2005

• #9

Though I have to admit, sci fi/religious makes for some great stories.

Dune
Star Wars
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Job
Childhood's End

 

No*s

Captain Obvious

• Mar 29, 2005

• #10

Majikthise said:

Though I have to admit, sci fi/religious makes for some great stories.

Dune
Star Wars
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Job
Childhood's End

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Good stories indeed.

"Mua'dib Mua'dib! Mua'dib!"

 

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Lightkeeper

Well-Known Member

• Mar 29, 2005

• #11

I think very religious people can love Sci-Fi. Sci-Fi is stretching your boundaries.

 

Mr Spinkles

Mr

• Mar 29, 2005

• #12

I have a hard time accepting that the religious person's love of fiction excludes the sci-fi genre.

 

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Lightkeeper

Well-Known Member

• Mar 29, 2005

• #13

A religious person may be able to think outside of the box moreso than a person who lives within the boundaries of science.

 

Dinogrrl

peeb!

• Mar 29, 2005

• #14

I actually wrote somewhere of three long posts in my LiveJournal recently about a sci-fi book I'm reading for class, Snow Crash, and religion.

I find that sci-fi actually gives me /lots/ of things to think about in terms of religion. In fact...that's one of my favorite tv channels XD stupid sci-fi movies and shows, yay!

But anyway, in reading Snow Crash, lots of things about the origin of Zionist religions became so clear to me. I was completely taken by surprise. Yup.

 

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Majikthise

Guest

• Mar 29, 2005

• #15

Lightkeeper said:

I think very religious people can love Sci-Fi. Sci-Fi is stretching your boundaries.

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You must spread karma.......

 

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Majikthise

Guest

• Mar 29, 2005

• #16

Lightkeeper said:

A religious person may be able to think outside of the box moreso than a person who lives within the boundaries of science.

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Even more spreading required!!!!

 

cardero

Citizen Mod

• Mar 30, 2005

• #17

This best blending of sci-fi and religion for me was a film that I recently showed mrscarrdero (she never saw it) but it is one of my favorites because it is not so unlikely-it was a movie called LOGAN'S RUN and it still holds up to this day. Catch it again and notice how seamless the relation is between the two.

 

Halcyon

Lord of the Badgers

• Mar 30, 2005

• #18

I reckon people who like sci-fi (myself included) are used to watching and trying to understand fantasic concepts and situations, so believing in deity comes easier to us then those who are totally involved with mundane real things. Just a theory though

 

Melody

Well-Known Member

• Mar 30, 2005

• #19

I love sci-fi. My husband and I have a collection of several thousand sci-fi books which we've collected over the years. All but a few boxes remain in storage and we switch them out every few months or so. I'm going to cry when they crumble to dust because most are out of print.

 

Vash

Member

• Mar 30, 2005

• #20

As a sci-fi/fantasy/anime fan I feel there is some sort of a correlation, other than that I can't say for sure.

The Jedi religion, spawned from Star Wars, could indicate a direct correlation. There are actually people out there who aspire to be jedi.

Gene Roddenberry had several episodes of Star Trek dealing with religious themes. He seemed to want to write 'God' out of the future of mankind.