26 Mar
2001
26 Mar
'01
3:16 p.m.
Tavia said:
Ob B7: well, I've often wondered why the Federation abolished religion
when
it would be so easy to institutionalise it to keep people in their place.
Really, all we have is one throw-away line in Pressure Point about places of religious assembly being banned. In Cygnus Alpha, everyone seems conversant with the idea of structured worship, and Vila approves of God's taste in servants without needing an explanation of what God is meant to be. Perhaps it's the assembly that's the problem--perhaps everyone is required to watch the broadcast services of the Established Church on their home viewerscreens.
-(Y)