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Revision as of 22:55, January 8, 2008
, 22:55, January 8, 2008→Religion: Q running the universe, and more generic wording
:: Having not watched TNG in quite some time and never having the fondness for it that I did for the original, I've been reluctant to access that area of my brain, but a couple of thoughts do come to mind. When was it ever stated that Q ran the universe? He was an observer of the universe, and he would play with various parts of it, but I never picked up the idea that he was in any way responsible for running it or in charge of it. Also, there is an episode where the Enterprise is trapped in a section of space with an entity that is going to experiment on them to see what different forms of death are like; it would take about half the crew. There is a discussion between the captain and 'Ryker' and 'Troi' (actually the alien) about whether or not Piccard believes in God, and he states something to the effect that he does because the universe is just a bit too orderly otherwise. TNG accepts the existence of God, but it's the concept of a personal God where He has revealed Himself that is harshly denigrated in other episodes. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:42, 8 January 2008 (EST)
:: Having not watched TNG in quite some time and never having the fondness for it that I did for the original, I've been reluctant to access that area of my brain, but a couple of thoughts do come to mind. When was it ever stated that Q ran the universe? He was an observer of the universe, and he would play with various parts of it, but I never picked up the idea that he was in any way responsible for running it or in charge of it. Also, there is an episode where the Enterprise is trapped in a section of space with an entity that is going to experiment on them to see what different forms of death are like; it would take about half the crew. There is a discussion between the captain and 'Ryker' and 'Troi' (actually the alien) about whether or not Piccard believes in God, and he states something to the effect that he does because the universe is just a bit too orderly otherwise. TNG accepts the existence of God, but it's the concept of a personal God where He has revealed Himself that is harshly denigrated in other episodes. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:42, 8 January 2008 (EST)
::: I don't recall the Q episode very well, but the article says that Q ''implied'' that he ran the universe. It would be typical of Q to claim or imply something like that, simply because Q was loose with the truth like that. The "statement" was probably nothing more than Q grandstanding. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 17:55, 8 January 2008 (EST)
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:I have no personal knowledge. To be safe we could remove the mention to Roddenberry specifically and replace it with more generic wording. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:42, 8 January 2008 (EST)
:I have no personal knowledge. To be safe we could remove the mention to Roddenberry specifically and replace it with more generic wording. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:42, 8 January 2008 (EST)
:: I've made the wording more generic. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 17:55, 8 January 2008 (EST)