I am... how shall I put it. I'm not anti-religion, but I am anti-organized religion, if that makes sense. Like, I got nothing against the Catholic faith, but I have HUGE issues with the Catholic church as an institution. And for BSG, that's interesting, as they start to play with religion vs. organized religion at some point.
As for the Christian god mold - do wait until S4, they do some interesting stuff with that. Which pissed off a lot of Christians on various forums, etc, I've seen, so they definitely went against (American) conventions. It's just so fascinating - as an American show, I feel like I am outside of some of the stuff they're doing, as I'm not American. And some of the things did tick me off (oh, the finale!) But at the same time, they managed to piss off a lot of American Christians, so they definitely did do something right by questioning the predominant faith of the culture within which the show was produced.
As for the fanaticism - care to point out some specific things? I have only seen all the eps once and, as far as I recall, the most fanatic characters were the Cylons at first. So would love to hear some examples from you ;) Like, Leoben in F&B is super religious, but he never came across as fanatical to me. The real fanaticism of the show I have issues with comes with the militaristic stuff later on.
Looking fwd to your posts as you watch the show ;)
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Date: 2010-03-22 09:59 pm (UTC)As for the Christian god mold - do wait until S4, they do some interesting stuff with that. Which pissed off a lot of Christians on various forums, etc, I've seen, so they definitely went against (American) conventions.
It's just so fascinating - as an American show, I feel like I am outside of some of the stuff they're doing, as I'm not American. And some of the things did tick me off (oh, the finale!) But at the same time, they managed to piss off a lot of American Christians, so they definitely did do something right by questioning the predominant faith of the culture within which the show was produced.
As for the fanaticism - care to point out some specific things? I have only seen all the eps once and, as far as I recall, the most fanatic characters were the Cylons at first. So would love to hear some examples from you ;)
Like, Leoben in F&B is super religious, but he never came across as fanatical to me.
The real fanaticism of the show I have issues with comes with the militaristic stuff later on.
Looking fwd to your posts as you watch the show ;)