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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] I'm not saying there is no religion in the future, ,at least as far as Trek is concerned I'm sure there is. In fact I'm almost certain the Sisko quoted the bible at least once. What I am saying is that I don't think that it's practical for Starfleet to have a service dedicated to providing Religious services. There are literally hundreds of Earth Religions and over 150 Federation worlds, assuming that most worlds have more or less the same number of belief systems that means there would be several thousand, or even tens of thousands of Religions out there. Imagine what it would be like if even a fraction of those religions would have to be represented at a Starbase, or even worse onboard a starship? It's far more likely that it's up to the individual churches, movements, temples, whathaveyou to set up and provide their services wherever they can or wish (within reason) while remaining autonomous from any military or governmental institutions. To support this I think there is a line in TNG -- I forget the episode but it was on of the "Worf has a crisis of faith" ones -- He basically says that if a person's beliefs interfere with their duty then they have no business being in Starfleet. That can be interpreted in several ways but to me it says that there is a clear separation between organised Religion and the Military. Personally I couldn't give a monkey's right nut about being politically correct but I do think that it is important to stay true to the ideals of ethnic an cultural diversity that Gene laid down from the start. But like I said if you are dead set on having some religions represented in the services then the least you should do is represent a fair cross-section. You are on the internet and it shouldn't be too difficult to find some appropriate reference materials, even a uniform styled in a similar fashion to one of the various Vulcan priestesses' costumes seen over the years would at least help. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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