Greg Cox wrote:
Er, as a matter of record, Roddenberry was only really involved with the first movie.
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And truth be told, Roddenberry hardly created the original series all by himself.
Jimi_James wrote:
Here's a question though. Where does this chaplain fall in the chain of command?
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If it were a full time assignment and a Starfleet career field, I would imagine it to be a staff position and it's own small department.
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How does one person handle the religions of 150 member worlds?
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How does one person handle the medical needs of 150 alien species? A chaplain wouldn't have to be an expert in all religions.
LtChange wrote:
... also introducing some controversial element in a Star Trek series
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Controversial matters are good. But it hard to see how a chaplain would in fact be controversial, Star Trek is usually keyed to an American audience, a deliberately generic Christian chaplain who ministers equally to all beliefs would be offensive how?
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Star Trek was never about religion
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There are religious characters in all the series, including the animated series.
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The federation is built upon diversity
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And right there is the prime reason to have a Starfleet chaplain.
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strict religious beliefs will not accept a universal chaplain
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If the alternative is absolutely nothing? I would say that acceptance would be positive.
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Just take Earths religious views. How can you "sync" them into a universal chaplain?
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Military chaplains do this every day.
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atheist will not like a chaplain aboard the ship
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Why not? The Federation is a diverse assemblage, why would a atheist aboard a Starship wish to deign their fellow crewmembers of something they themselves don't want to avail themselves of?
Would that be enough of a reason?
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A huge amount of religious beliefs caused a lot of wars.
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Historically about seven percent.
