I like Star Trek as much as the next guy, but I think that this is going a little bit too far, don’t you?
update/clarification: Several astute readers have noted below that it’s a hoax. I guess I won’t have to make a pilgrimage out to Lynchburg, after all.
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October 26, 2006 at 08:03
http://www.aalgar.com OK – it was TOO far out not to Google ! It is a moderately well done spoof in homage to Star Trek and if you check out the Legal page – the author is anti-church. Again – other than to pray for the author – we have to chuckle (wasn’t funny enough for a real laugh) about people who have enough time to do an elaborate spoof. Surely wish there was a convertor that worked – and could be used to transform the hours/dollars spent in attacks on”religion” to feeding children in Darfur or giving a bicycle to a missionary in India. Oh wait – there is such a mechanism – it is called the Body Of Christ – WE are given that power – by being Salt and Light! Anyhooo -Andy – once again you bring something to the mix I NEVER would have found on my own.
October 26, 2006 at 09:28
Discussion on the Purgatorio site indicates it’s a hoax. Still, to have that kind of time to “follow the trip through,” as my wife and I say. Very funny but also very wacky.
October 26, 2006 at 09:29
Boy, these people sound like they are truly tribbled…er, that is “TROUBLED…”
October 26, 2006 at 09:45
Hi Andy!
As a certified (or certifiable?) card carrying, occasionally Starfleet uniformed Trekkie Christian, I did some further digging on this and discovered that it was a hoax. That’s not to say that there aren’t really some Trekkies who check out of reality and treat our favorite show as a religion, but they’re actually a small minority of the fan base. I do remember reading some time ago though about a “Church of Star Wars” that actually existed. Now THAT’S truly out in left field!
Regards,
Michael
October 26, 2006 at 17:16
I remember years ago, Winky Pratney did a book talking about the gospel message in Star Trek, Star Wars and other things. I think it was his attempt to use the vehicle of sci-fi to communicate the gospel.
Having seen the book, I remember seeing an episode of Star Trek, that showed a world that had imitated the early Roman empire, who enslaved people who worshipped the “Son”. It only implied that Christ taught a philosophy of love, though. Nothing so bold as to say He was God’s only begotten Son, who died a redemptive, substitutionary death for a world of sinners. That would be going too far!
Gene Roddenberry, if I remember correctly was brought up in the Baptist tradition, but later renounced it for agnosticism, and humanism.
So much for “enlightened thinking”.
I for one, don’t think that jesting about a church built around a anti-christian philosophy is very funny.
On the other hand, there are lots of churches out there who are doing that already, and then Christian satire sites like The Door are constantly bringing them to our attention. LOL.
“Peace. Live Forever and Prosper!”
October 26, 2006 at 18:16
Skip—
I know the book you’re talking about! It’s available online here:
http://www.moh.org/WinkPrat/StarWars/StarWarsTOC.htm
Kinda goofy in retrospect, but fun and interesting at the same time.