We are sadly witnessing the last season of the most daring and complicated Space Opera to ever hit the small screen. Like any good science fiction, Battlestar Gallactica is little more that a thin veneer of sci-fi, used to address complex social issues. They’ve taken on war, racism, suicide, terrorism, and the threats of theocratic goverments.
Most recently, Battlestar took a bite into the most debated question in all religion: Theodicy. The evil robot leader John Cavil confronts his designer Ellen. He has abandoned the innocence and the purpose for which he was created. He has turned against his creators, and set on a path that could destroy all intelligent life.
His reason? A desire to become greater, limitless in his power. A desire to achieve the perfection he believes his unfair creator kept him from attaining. In many ways, it’s a retelling of the garden. The created rebels against the creator because of his desire to become greater than the creator.
When his designer calls him out, Ellen responds by saying, “If I’m evil, you made me this way.” It’s really the great question of all theology: Can a good God be blamed for the evil within his creation?
Battlestar has posed the question, but has yet to give their answer. What to you think?
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If I’m Evil, You Made Me This Way
Most recently, Battlestar took a bite into the most debated question in all religion: Theodicy. The evil robot leader John Cavil confronts his designer Ellen. He has abandoned the innocence and the purpose for which he was created. He has turned against his creators, and set on a path that could destroy all intelligent life.
His reason? A desire to become greater, limitless in his power. A desire to achieve the perfection he believes his unfair creator kept him from attaining. In many ways, it’s a retelling of the garden. The created rebels against the creator because of his desire to become greater than the creator.
When his designer calls him out, Ellen responds by saying, “If I’m evil, you made me this way.” It’s really the great question of all theology: Can a good God be blamed for the evil within his creation?
Battlestar has posed the question, but has yet to give their answer. What to you think?
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