[aruanan]

Let's step back a bit and realize that in the Star Trek universe at this point Earth is just emerging from a hard 100+ years of recovering from nuclear war. If there were ever a time for people to turn to God, perhaps it would have been in the aftermath of that holocaust. However, not so for the boys at Star Fleet.

You're arguing about what would have or should have happened in an imaginary world?

[corkoman]

Earth is just emerging from a hard 100+ years of recovering from nuclear war. If there were ever a time for people to turn to God, perhaps it would have been in the aftermath of that holocaust

Perhaps it was a nuclear war based on religious conflict...not altogether unthinkable given today's situation.