You know, for a society that claims to be non-religious, there is an awful lot of religion in its media. We're a society spiraling toward secularism and "freedom from religion," but it's incredibly ironic that Christian themes continue to pervade popular programming.
Case in point, the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. The show didn't interest me very much due to the uninteresting plot and unnecessary amount of sexual content, but what I gauged from the later episodes is that one of the characters, a Cylon, ended up speaking a lot about God and things of that nature. All while being an atheist's sex buddy. At least a dozen episodes of that series have titles which draw their meaning from Christianity.
Also consider the video game Halo. The chief enemy is an alliance of alien races called the Covenant. The leaders of this alien race are called High Prophets.
I'm watching the 2002 sci-fi series Firefly, and one of the characters is a pastor. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, religion ends up playing a significant role in the plot, with the show's main character being a sort of messianic figure.
What's going on here? Even in shows set in the future where secular media likes to think we've evolved past needing religion, it's still very present. If it's disliked so much, why keep bringing it up? You're not going to get rid of religion if it's in your media. I see a strong irony in all of this.
Case in point, the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. The show didn't interest me very much due to the uninteresting plot and unnecessary amount of sexual content, but what I gauged from the later episodes is that one of the characters, a Cylon, ended up speaking a lot about God and things of that nature. All while being an atheist's sex buddy. At least a dozen episodes of that series have titles which draw their meaning from Christianity.
Also consider the video game Halo. The chief enemy is an alliance of alien races called the Covenant. The leaders of this alien race are called High Prophets.
I'm watching the 2002 sci-fi series Firefly, and one of the characters is a pastor. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, religion ends up playing a significant role in the plot, with the show's main character being a sort of messianic figure.
What's going on here? Even in shows set in the future where secular media likes to think we've evolved past needing religion, it's still very present. If it's disliked so much, why keep bringing it up? You're not going to get rid of religion if it's in your media. I see a strong irony in all of this.