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Old 05-06-2006, 11:00 PM   #99
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Originally Posted by Cowperson

And Beliefnet.com with an in-depth look at the religious overtones of Galactica

“I think that the clash between a polytheistic culture and a monotheistic enemy helps to moderate somewhat the parallel that the show seems to draw with the current conflict between the Western world and Islamic fundamentalism,” says a reader on Televisionwithoutpity.com’s message boards. “By giving the Cylons the 'good' kind of religion and the humans the 'backward' kind, it makes the parallel less clunky and simplistic.”

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You forgot to quote the part about the Mormons. I personally find the South Park Mormons episode to be a much better Church of LDS primer than BSG.
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