Of Gods and Men

[astreamofstars]

Today's bunny:

More exploration of Colonial polytheistic religion. What gods did the different fleet members worship, and how did they do it? What festivals did they celebrate onboard ship? What about back home in the Twelve Colonies? What tensions does it cause?

Comments

[scifi_mel]

I'm thinking that as they were based on the polytheistic society of Greece and Rome they really shouldn't have problems with other religions. The think that was particularly good about the Romans was taking and incorporating other religions into their own. So their should be very little tension between them. The only people they did have trouble with were the ones who said "it's our way or no way and you're all wrong" which of course was the christians (or Baltar in BSG)

I was thinking just yesterday about Pythia and the original Pythia(s) and how that would be a totally interesting thing to explroe.

[astreamofstars]

I wish we'd seen more of the civilians too, and I'd love to have seen more of the polytheism shown. The whole idea fascinates me.

[scifi_mel]

Well the problem with both of the relgions that you mention are like the ones I brought up with Baltar, they were splinter groups (who were seen as fanatics) that think they have the one and true way and go around telling others that there way is wrong. I think the way it should work is that whatever you want is fine as long as you don't insist your way is the right way.

I wish they'd done more with the polythestic side of things too.

[korenap]

I was thinking that since the colonies are gender equal their religious practices should be closer to celtic and many of the first nations tribes. Generally the show treated polytheism as someone who is monotheistic would veiw it rather than through the eyes of someone who practices polytheism.

There is a huge connection between monotheism and fighting over religion and an even bigger one between monotheism and genocidal acts. So I'd like to see something about monotheism splinttering (cylon)/ the rise of monotheism as the world is ending but your alright thing (Colonial fleet/collapse of the Roman Empire) and the polytheistic society and it's way less simple and more demanding religious beliefs watching people bail.

[astreamofstars]

It'd be fascinating to read a fic like this from someone who knows more about polytheism than I do.