Battlestar Galactica Theology

[qos]

I've only watched the miniseries and the first two eps of season one ("33" and "Water") but one topic is becoming increasingly prominent to me.

I might not have even noticed fully if athenian_abroad hadn't raised the subject of the Cylons' monotheism: but it's fascinating to me how the representative of the mechanical race speaks so frequently of "God," and what a clear distinction she makes between those who created her race and the being she calls "God."

Unless I'm mis-remembering my classwork, it's almost gnostic: the separation of the Divine One from the fallen 'demiurge' who is the creator of the material world.

And unfortunately, that's all the mental horsepower I can muster on this topic tonight.

Comments

[bbovenguy.livejournal.com]

There's more to come. Ron Moore has said in a number of interviews that he wants to explore the Cylons' belief system and their motivations behind what they're doing. But the gnostic aspects don't really hold up, or at least it didn't look that way to me.

You'll get to see a lot more of the humans' religious beliefs, too.

[qos.livejournal.com]

But the gnostic aspects don't really hold up.

On further reflection, I think you're probably right. As princesca pointed out, Cylons consider humanity their 'parents' not divinity. So my initial observation doesn't work as well as I first thought.

I'm looking forward to finding out more about the religious beliefs, and about whether or not there is any diversity in human religiosity. I'd be disappointed if it turned out to be Kobol or atheism (which is what I've seen so far).