No Such Thing as Space Jesus: Difference between revisions

== Film ==

* Averted in ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'', in what could have been a very interesting moment had [[Ed Wood (creator)|Ed Wood]] not [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|glossed right over it]].

'''Eros''': Is it so hard to believe that ''[[Not So Different|we]]'' might also think of God? }}

* Inverted in the anti-Mormonism film ''[[The God Makers]]'', which has an [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|odd animation]] describing how Mormons believe God and His followers come from a planet called [[Battlestar Galactica|Kolob]]. This, like much of the information in the film, is a bit of [[Did Not Do the Research]]; while initially the Kolob belief was part of Mormon doctrine, it's since fallen out of favor with modern Mormons, who have since revamped most of the teachings associated with it without the extraterrestrial connotations, and any talk of the doctrine in its original form is done purely as quaint non-religious speculation.

** He wasn't skeptical of its existence so much as the idea that it was a controlling force that set his fate. Thus, this trope. (Well, technically he was also skeptical about it being _useful_, at least in context of the fact that he had a functional plasma pistol and his own awesome starship.)

* In ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', as Captain America prepares to dive into a battle involving [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] and [[Loki]]:

'''[[Captain America]]:''' There's only one God, ma'am. And I'm pretty sure He doesn't dress like that. }}

 

*** "Code of Honor" from [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|ST:TNG's]] first season could give it a run for its money.

** In the episode "Tapestry", Captain Picard "dies" and encounters Q:

'''Picard:''' No, I am not dead. Because I refuse to believe that the afterlife is run by you. The universe is not so badly designed. }}

** Before his departure, the Klingon prophet Kahless pointed to a star and said that would be where he would someday return. After they developed interstellar travel, Klingons went to that star and built temples on a habitable planet in that system to wait for his return. [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Worf]] was there fasting and praying when he showed up. {{spoiler|And then he turned out to be a [[Clone Jesus|clone]].}}