organized religion theme

A doctrine or practice of an institutionalized religion is featured.

44 total · 3 choice · 17 major · 24 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
bbf1x05 choice Religious festival celebrating toleration held on Babylon 5.
bbf3x20 choice there were various religious leaders advising Sheridan
voy4x21 choice Seven of Nine, and the Borg more generally, believed the Omega molecule to be “perfect” in every way, and revered it as one might a god.
bbf1x12 major G'Kar needed a flower from Londo's room to perform a pagan prayer ritual but Londo was reluctant to give it up because he looked down on paganism.
bbf3x02 major monks came from earth to study alien faiths
bbf3x19 major Garibaldi was debating something with a mystic crackpot
movie: Alien 3 (1992) major The penal colonists self-organized a little religious community for themselves.
movie: Avatar (2009) major The religious practices of the Na'vi were much explored. They worshiped a mother goddess name Eywa, practiced a form of ancestor veneration, held all live sacred, etc.
movie: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) major The mutants worshiped an atomic bomb. Religion was also integral to the apes way of life.
movie: Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) major Central to the plot was Metphies' fanatical devotion to the god of the Exif people, the giant three-headed dragon-like creature Ghidorah. It turned out that the Houtua worshiped the giant moth Mothra.