Uniforms

[Captain of the USS Averof]

My personal favorite

I believe Mork wore something from the same collection! Not sure about Mindy's outfit though…

 

[The Wormhole]

considering Trek Earth is non religious

No, it isn't. Human religions are still being practiced in the 24th century, with direct references to Christianity and Hinduism still being practiced on TNG (and DS9, in regards to Christianity). Native Americans still practice their spiritual beliefs, according to TNG and Voyager.

 

[Mudd]

Kirk was quite the monotheist.

 

[sojourner]

Kirk was quite the monotheist.

I'm sure Bones had a hypospray that could clear that right up.

 

[Kor]

Kirk was quite the monotheist.

Kirk said, "Mankind has no need for gods. We find the one quite adequate."

...leading to occasional fan speculation over the years on what, exactly, this arcane philosophy of "The One" is actually all about.

Kor

 

[Mudd]

Allah, maybe.

 

[jaime]

Kirk said, "Mankind has no need for gods. We find the one quite adequate."

...leading to occasional fan speculation over the years on what, exactly, this arcane philosophy of "The One" is actually all about.

Kor

I believe he had seen The Matrix. But between that and the end of ST V, you get a picture of Kirk as something like a vaguely Christian Agnostic. More so when you look at Bread and Circuses, or the Enterpise chapel in Balance of Terror.

 

[fireproof78]

Kirk said, "Mankind has no need for gods. We find the one quite adequate."

...leading to occasional fan speculation over the years on what, exactly, this arcane philosophy of "The One" is actually all about.

Kor

That would involve a lot of different dissections and philosophy degrees to understand exactly what a 23rd century man thought of this "one god."

However, as is my nature, I did some quick research of people's comments for my own curiosity.

“In the age we’re living in, some people say that religion isn’t reasonable, that people who are afraid to think lean on faith,” Asay said. “When you see Spock, you see someone who sees the whole universe for what it is: It operates by a set of rules, but at the same time, he doesn’t shut out the possibility of remarkable things happening.”

It’s just one example of how Star Trek gives Christians a model to live by in an increasingly scientific, secular world.

“Spock’s mind is open to the amazing and when you approach life from a position of faith, that’s what’s required,” Asay said. “You don’t turn off your brain, but you remain open to the possibility of the miraculous.”

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Anyhow, one negative aspect of religion and one that was apparently essential to Roddenberry can be found more or less systematically encrypted in several TOS episodes. It is the classic and already stereotypical "false god" plot, where god-like entities are destroyed or are uncovered as what they really are. This happens in TOS: "Return of the Archons", "A Taste of Armageddon", "Catspaw", "The Apple", The Paradise Syndrome", "Who Mourns for Adonais", "And the Children Shall Lead", "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" and "Plato's Stepchildren", to name only the most obvious examples. Many of these stories closely resemble one another, and most of them fail to make a moral statement except for a sigh of relief that the "false god" has been overthrown and that his/her subjects have gained their freedom.

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In no small measure this disdain for faith stems from the mindset of its creators who envisioned a future that was based on belief in humanity's steady and inexorable advance from primitive beliefs to rational scientific thought. Doubts about faith in technology have crept into the show over time. The computers and devices that would define the "Trek" world could as easily be used for evil as for good. But it was for the most part a world in which the Supreme Being as understood by the Judeo-Christian worldview (as opposed to the understanding of the fictional Klingons, Romulans, Cardassianns and Bajorans) is absent. Gene Roddenberry (not Jewish despite the persistent rumors to that effect) saw the future in a basically optimistic way and for him that implied the absence of traditional Western religion.

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In all of this, I can only conclude that someone, somewhere, should be offended

 

[Kor]

That would involve a lot of different dissections and philosophy degrees to understand exactly what a 23rd century man thought of this "one god."

However, as is my nature, I did some quick research of people's comments for my own curiosity.

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In all of this, I can only conclude that someone, somewhere, should be offended

I can't remember where I read it, but I vaguely remember somebody hypothesizing that Kirk's reference to "The One" actually had nothing to do with a monotheistic god, but instead a 23rd-century humanist philosophy. Of course, this was just to rationalize things to be more in line with Roddenberry's thinking instead of the clearly obvious meaning of Kirk's line, which was likely just a bone thrown to the audience because a purely atheistic message wouldn't have flown at the time.

Kor

 

[cultcross]

However, as is my nature, I did some quick research of people's comments for my own curiosity.

That quote is interesting, it rather sums up the difference between the characters of "there are always possibilities" Spock and "the Vulcan science academy has concluded time travel is impossible" T'Pol.

 

[jamestyler]

The figure in the middle background

I spotted this one, but it looks to be a Klingon more than Starfleet.

It's blurry, but the cut of the skirt matches the chrome and gold outfits in the foreground, and the upper body is significantly darker. Plus the make up, the boots and it being a room full of Klingons.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

I spotted this one, but it looks to be a Klingon more than Starfleet.

It's blurry, but the cut of the skirt matches the chrome and gold outfits in the foreground, and the upper body is significantly darker. Plus the make up, the boots and it being a room full of Klingons.

Yeah, that's not a male redshirt or a female "redskirt" but another Klingon uniform. The cut of the skirt is a clear giveaway.