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Post by advancedatheist on Mar 30, 2004 17:29:16 GMT -5
I'm rather fond of Stargate SG-1 because it presents a science-fictional alternative view of the origins of human religions. Indeed, it often seems deliberately Humanistic, especially in the first season episode "Engima," which showed an advanced human-offshoot civilization called the Tollans that was apparently atheistic. Has anyone else picked up on this?
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Post by nonny on Apr 1, 2004 9:50:39 GMT -5
I've seen the movie but that is all. I find it wierd that they named it stargate stargate 1, because that is what sg-1 stands for.
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Post by BaalShemRa on Apr 3, 2004 22:41:55 GMT -5
I catch it when I realise it's about to be on. I can't stand the big guy's acting though, if you can call it that.
I don't remember watching Enigma. One episode though, was pretty harsh on religion in the Middle-Ages.
Another episode was about a civilisation that had one explanation for their origin and when the SG-1 team came into their world and explained to them they were wrong, some people had a visceral reaction to the threat to the traditional explanation of their origin and tried to get rid of the contrary evidence so their could cling to their falsified myths.
Sound familiar? It made me think of creationnism.
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Post by advancedatheist on Apr 4, 2004 19:04:56 GMT -5
I think the series is hinting that the Old Testament "god" was a Goa'uld through the deliberate ambiguity of the name of the character Ba'al. Ba'al in Hebrew means "lord" or "master," and depending on the context was often applied to the Jewish deity. I catch it when I realise it's about to be on. I can't stand the big guy's acting though, if you can call it that. I don't remember watching Enigma. One episode though, was pretty harsh on religion in the Middle-Ages. Another episode was about a civilisation that had one explanation for their origin and when the SG-1 team came into their world and explained to them they were wrong, some people had a visceral reaction to the threat to the traditional explanation of their origin and tried to get rid of the contrary evidence so their could cling to their falsified myths. Sound familiar? It made me think of creationnism.
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Post by BaalShemRa on Apr 4, 2004 19:11:51 GMT -5
I had never thought of that.
In which movement were you raised?
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Post by jehovahdictator on Apr 7, 2004 21:53:32 GMT -5
adavancedatheist- I'm thrilled to meet another fan who has the same view of the show as I do. I've watched it regularly since midway through Season 6. I love the show and agree that it is humanistic. The Tollan are almost certainly atheistic, shown by the shock one of them shows when he is told earth believes in angels, as his society long ago stopped believing in them. If you (or anyone else) has seen the S7 finale and episodes dealing with the Ancients, then who or what Jesus was is indirectly examined. Great show.
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Post by ck on Apr 7, 2004 22:03:58 GMT -5
stargate is on sci fi cause i have watched it a few times and i have enjoyed it the few times i have watched it.
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Post by twobirds on Jul 29, 2005 12:45:57 GMT -5
adavancedatheist- I'm thrilled to meet another fan who has the same view of the show as I do. I've watched it regularly since midway through Season 6. I love the show and agree that it is humanistic. The Tollan are almost certainly atheistic, shown by the shock one of them shows when he is told earth believes in angels, as his society long ago stopped believing in them. If you (or anyone else) has seen the S7 finale and episodes dealing with the Ancients, then who or what Jesus was is indirectly examined. Great show. Thought I'd dig this up since the new season started acouple of weeks ago. Serious changes have happend at the SGC and to SG1. I like how the show is about "gods"(the Goa'uld). That make more sense to me than what most people think of. Of course it is tv,but it gives you something to ponder on. |
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Post by EclipsedSun on Aug 9, 2005 17:26:02 GMT -5
I, too, am a fan of SG-1, though I'm not usually a sci-fi fan. I haven't liked a science fiction series since Star Trek TNG. Well, Voyager was okay.
It's interesting how closely the new foes, the Auri (sp?), resemble the Truth religions. The way of the Auri is the only way. Turn or burn, literally.
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