A sacrilegious thought

Television, Movies Games and Books BSG-2003
#1

Okay, if you’re easily offended along religious lines, please don’t read this post. I don’t mean to offend anybody, it’s just a thought I had.

Let’s say the series ends with the remnants of humanity and cylonity (only the few left alive after the final battle) discovering the real Earth (as opposed to Erf), in prehistoric times. They crash-land on the planet and all of their equipment is destroyed, reducing them to a primordial, pre-technological existence.

Perhaps the cylons and humans can’t interbreed very successfully, but they can breed with the hybrid(s), Hera (and Starbuck?) and their descendents. Maybe Hera is the Mitochondrial Eve.

Thousands of years pass, and Earth becomes slowly populated with descendents of cylons and humans. But their human side prevails in the case of religion, causing a preponderance of polytheistic mythologies… except for one tribe on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, who perhaps retain a racial memory of their Cylon antecedents.

Then, about 2000 years before the present day, a member of that tribe (named Yeshua, whom the Greeks would later change to Jesus) discovers a cache of Cylon technology, and is able to resurrect after his crucifixion. His example is later used to revolutionize religion along Cylon lines, and monotheism takes over civilization… Western, anyway, but heck, Galactica is an occidentalocentric show.

I know, I’m sure that’s not what the show’s creators have in mind, but it sort of flows logically, eh?

Now I’m not a Christian, but I have nothing but the utmost respect for Christians. I don’t mean to advocate a Jesus-is-Cylon idea, I’m just thinking out loud and perhaps reductio-ad-absurduming.

#2

I think this is a good theory. It does flow well. I am a Christian BTW

#3

I know for a fact (and when I say “I know for a fact” I mean “I have no friggin’ idea”) that Jesus was, indeed, a cylon. Told me so himself.

Or maybe that was a hallucination… :wink:

…anyway, it’s a cool theory, but that would have to be one long ass finale to fit all of that AND the end of the main story in.

Maybe for the sequel series…

#4

Yes and if it were a cutaway to the future and C6’s name were indeed SARAH then we’d have a different story as Abraham’s wife was named Sarah. I suppose we’d have to change Boomers name to Hagar. That would mean that Baltar is probably Abraham.

#5

I’m Christian too, but I think it’s a fun thought experiment.

And more importantly, we need Jesus-is-a-Cylon buttons ASAP :wink:

#6

Me three and that’s a highly plausible idea within the show. It would also harken back to the original series Chariots of the Gods mythos.

#7

ya’ll are all gonna burn in hell!!!

Lol! Just kidding!

#8

OMG I want one!!! Except I could never where it in public because in Oklahoma people would beat me with sticks…

#9

Jesus is a Cylon, er is the Cylon! I am utterly un-offended!

Is that why the old school Cylons flew in threes (Not Deannas :p)

While I subscribe to the idea Erf = Earth, life bagan on Earth and moved to Kobol idea, I respect your opinion that Jesus is a Cylon :wink: as far as the show goes:

Jesus: (to a sinner) Go, and sin no more!

Sinner: By your Command!

Personally, on the new show, Jesus = Baltart

I’m going to hell for this post :stuck_out_tongue:

#10

When can I put in an order for the Jesus is a Cylon t-shirt?

#11

well I don’t claim to be all knowing, but if there is a God or Jesus… I think they are really busy with troops in Iraq, and hungry orphans in calcuta, keeping the astroids from hitting the earth and not losseing too much sleep about this thread. So that being said… Jesus is not only a Cylon… but he after he is crucified he is put into the goobath as a hybrid ( like anders) and he is wired in at a secret location beneth the temple mount and spouts crazyness which the disiples write down which later becomes the bible…

The vatican later gets rid of the passages that read things like “Paul is the harbinger of death, he will lead them all to their end” and replace it with things like “women are to be killed for adultry”, and “don’t eat shrimp”

#12

That’s hilarious!

I’ll add, since I’m going to hell anyway (some people have been kind enough to give me directions when they tell me that :D):

Remember, there were Roman Centurions at the Crucifixion; one even converted. So, there’s another connection for this thread.

(another Christian checking in)

#13

Now THERE’S the t-shirt I want.

#14

I think it’s a really cool idea. I agree with you that they will not be using it for the show. I think this is simply for 2 reasons, first they would have had to start that story arc a while ago in order to do it properly & they’ve tried really hard to do storlines properly. (for the most part) Secondly, I don’t think RDM wants to get that close to the actual Christian stories. He seems content to just hint at them instead of doing them outright.

Again, though, it’s a really cool concept.

#15

I am not sure which is more brilliant:
[ul]
[li]Jesus is a Cylon[/li][li]Baltart[/li][/ul]:smiley:

#16

I’ll bring the marshmallows. :eek:

#17

That explains the very strange, and little quoted passage in the gospel of Matthew that reads, “And Jesus said, ‘hydraulic pressure loss in quadrant 9. The lost dog is the thread that connects all swamps. End of line,’ and all who heard were sore afraid.”

#18

Could explain the whole walking on water thing, if the water was just thick goo…

#19

His name wouldn’t have been Larry, by chance?

#20

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