Thursday, November 30, 2006
As others see us
A few posts back I asked “Can you write a definition of “religion” that would include the UUA as presently constituted, and not also include a Star Trek club with a socially conscious membership?”. Well, it appears that I was not the first to see an analogy between the UUA and Star Trek- the truly hilarious web comic strip Oh my Gods! likens us to the Borg- the race that was trying to conquer the Universe by absorbing all cultures into their own. Like most humor, it’s funny because it’s so close to true- we have discussed the UU throw-all-theologies-into-the-cuisanart system of spirituality before. CC might want to pay special attention to this episode within the “Borg” sequence, as it confirms her worst fears about how the world sees us.
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It's nice to know I'm not the only UU trekkie. I belong to a writing group for trek fiction and the topic of religion as it relates to star trek does come up often.
Veronica
http://hosking.mindsay.com
Like most humor, it’s funny because it’s so close to true. . .
Well I am glad you enjoy the strip and that I captured the UU's in a way that is not only true for me, but for others as well ;-) thanks for writing and sharing!
-- Shivian Balaris
http://ohmygods.timerift.net
I not only enjoy it, I reccomend it to all my friends- it's the best strip on the web!
Well, thanks to CUC Executive Director Mary Bennett's starry-eyed Christmas present of an all-inclusive asterisk to the UU community in 2003, I guess we can fairly say that anyone who joins what is now known as the U*U religious community will indeed be ass*imilated as a U*U. . . ;-)
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