star trek as a formative device
I just finished watching season one of Deep Space 9, and it left me with two powerful thoughts.
1. I wonder how much of a role star trek played in making me into such a hard core atheist?
Seriously, even when "god/s" do exist in the star trek universe, they can still be explained away by science.
2. I wish growing up didn't mean losing idealism.
Is it possible to mature as a person, and instead of becoming jaded and cynical, to become more open minded, more loving, and more optimistic? I really want those things to be true, but all the evidence from my life experience shows that the older I get, the less trusting I become and more proof I have that other people are less deserving of my trust.
1. I wonder how much of a role star trek played in making me into such a hard core atheist?
Seriously, even when "god/s" do exist in the star trek universe, they can still be explained away by science.
2. I wish growing up didn't mean losing idealism.
Is it possible to mature as a person, and instead of becoming jaded and cynical, to become more open minded, more loving, and more optimistic? I really want those things to be true, but all the evidence from my life experience shows that the older I get, the less trusting I become and more proof I have that other people are less deserving of my trust.