Oh my, this topic really touches me. Especially from the angle of Lee's belief in Kara. When he gets that "You are my guiding star" look in his eyes about her and she gives him that terrified "No no no! It's too much pressure" face and I can't handle it and I just crumble
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I really like the idea that Kara finds religion as a place to put her trust because the people closest to her let her down early in her life. I also tend to believe that her views of religion and spirituality are very personal and maybe don't entirely line up with any particular sect.
I definitely see Lee as the sort who went through the motions of religion, likely following the motions of the mother who went to temple services because she ought to not because of any driving belief, but who stopped going unless forced once he wasn't living under his mother's roof. I like the idea that Zak was his beacon and once Zak dies Lee doesn't have much to guide him (likely creating his dependence of sorts on the military).
But I see both her belief and his reluctance to believe as being driven by extreme loneliness, and that their individual circumstances in the world just make them internalize that loneliness in different ways
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I also tend to believe that her views of religion and spirituality are very personal and maybe don't entirely line up with any particular sect.
Yeah, I think her solo prayer sessions as well as her immediate defensiveness towards Roslin when she questioned her beliefs were signs of this. Her spirituality wasn't something she could share with other spiritual people, it was just for her. And it was very much a individual spirituality rather than a specific dogma.
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I definitely see Lee as the sort who went through the motions of religion, likely following the motions of the mother who went to temple services because she ought to not because of any driving belief, but who stopped going unless forced once he wasn't living under his mother's roof. I like the idea that Zak was his beacon and once Zak dies Lee doesn't have much to guide him (likely creating his dependence of sorts on the military).
But I see both her belief and his reluctance to believe as being driven by extreme loneliness, and that their individual circumstances in the world just make them internalize that loneliness in different ways ( ... )
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Yeah, I think her solo prayer sessions as well as her immediate defensiveness towards Roslin when she questioned her beliefs were signs of this. Her spirituality wasn't something she could share with other spiritual people, it was just for her. And it was very much a individual spirituality rather than a specific dogma.
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