A Trekkie's reflexive reaction is religion is antiquated in Trek's future. But there are religious officers in canonhttps://twitter.com/saladinahmed/status/697133645111410688 …
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@andykhouri honest to goodness I'm still shocked we snuck chakotay in there
@andykhouri yeah but no one likes the Bajorans and they aren't even part of the federation
@shame_y Yes they are, by the end. Or at least it's heavily implied, and the Federation definitely wants Bajor.
What the Federation explicitly objects to is sectarian conflict, ethnic and economic inequality, anything that divides a world's population.
So if Earth is a federation standard-bearer, all religions and people should be living in total harmony. Hence, Muslim Starfleet officers.
@andykhouri Raised in a die-hard ST house TNG->DS9 here, Voyager got banned the 2nd/3rd time Chakotay got spiritual, because Christianity
@andykhouri I remember Ro Laren being allowed to wear her earring on duty being a big plot point in her debut.
@andykhouri They definitely tend to avoid humans being religious, outside of Chakotay, but it seems weird to cling to that when others are
@andykhouri Chakotay wasn't religious in any formal sense. His spirituality was fabricated for the show- no trad. Native beliefs in it.
@andykhouri And entire Kahless arc was meant to debunk the Klingon organized religion. "Perhaps the words are more important than the man."
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