A Matter of Faith
Title: A Matter of Faith
Author: twilight_sad
Rating: K+
Word Count: 200
It wasn't that Willie Adama stopped saying his night-time prayers because he did not want to believe any longer. He just couldn't. Could not accept that he had lost his mother and sister to fate, that fate would be so cruel. His rational eleven-year old mind could process the cause-and-effect of bombs and terror: you blow up a train, people die. But try as he might, he could not find solace or reason or sense in faith anymore. So he stopped believing, because he did not know how to continue.
When Zak died, William Adama almost wished he had faith. He wanted to blame religion, scorn the Gods, burn the scriptures and resurrect his son out of the ashes. Parents are not supposed to outlive their children. But Zak remained dead, and again there was nothing to believe in.
She comes to him in the late hours of the evening, like his own personal annunciation. She defied death, and it almost restores his faith in the Gods. But Bill Adama knows the true source for her resurrection lies in humanity's own creation, not in humanity's creators. So he relies on the only faith he needs, and starts believing in her.
Author: twilight_sad
Rating: K+
Word Count: 200
It wasn't that Willie Adama stopped saying his night-time prayers because he did not want to believe any longer. He just couldn't. Could not accept that he had lost his mother and sister to fate, that fate would be so cruel. His rational eleven-year old mind could process the cause-and-effect of bombs and terror: you blow up a train, people die. But try as he might, he could not find solace or reason or sense in faith anymore. So he stopped believing, because he did not know how to continue.
When Zak died, William Adama almost wished he had faith. He wanted to blame religion, scorn the Gods, burn the scriptures and resurrect his son out of the ashes. Parents are not supposed to outlive their children. But Zak remained dead, and again there was nothing to believe in.
She comes to him in the late hours of the evening, like his own personal annunciation. She defied death, and it almost restores his faith in the Gods. But Bill Adama knows the true source for her resurrection lies in humanity's own creation, not in humanity's creators. So he relies on the only faith he needs, and starts believing in her.