when star trek isn’t in its “religion is bad and shouldn’t exist mood” I love that it’s complete opposite is “all space religions are real and sometimes those gods are aliens what about it.”
Like it’s definitely because it’s a series with many writers over different times and it probably should have more middle ground- but like. Literally love the idea of all the religions existing and also real.
The third option btw is also “star fleet captain straight up kills a god.”
I like DS9 for the bizarre religious discourse of: “yes we all agree that these powerful beings exist inside the wormhole! Yes we also agree that they can do all the things they supposedly do! So what’s the difference between a believer and an infidel? Well mainly it’s whether you call them ‘prophets’ or 'wormhole aliens’”