I am struck by the religious aspect of the television series, Battlestar Galactica. After viewing episode 8 of season 1 from the series, what has stuck with me is the way the cylon approached the topic of religion during his interrogation. The cylon said to his interrogator, “to know the face of God is to know madness,” before explaining that God created cylons to punish man. His idea presented an interesting theory about man’s use of technology – that man’s role in the development of technological advances is but a role, a predestined task to influence a predetermined demise. And the man pulling the puppet strings is none other than God, the creator. Continue reading →