Chaplains in Starfleet?

[Dan Gurden]

Which begs the questions what about whether Hedonists, Vulcan spiritualists, Klingon Kahless worshipers, will they all have to reserve time in the same space?

Really. All three of those are bad examples... Most Hedonists are likely to reserve time in the holosuite or stay in shared quarters, surely. Its clearly established that Vulcans couldn't care less about the location as long as its quiet meditation... And Worf seems to manage just fine with the Holodeck...

Speaking of which... "reserve time in the hiolodeck"... Seems to answer the queswtion in its entirity, any temple you like to any faith, at any time.

And who says that many of them will all require access all at the same time. I am sure that other planets religious festivals are not going to be based on SOL III's orbital rotation?

Equally true, we are always being told that humanity has evolved past many petty concerns amd that may mean that many people of faith are somewhat more relaxed about scripture... Its not like religious doctrine doesn't evolve and change over time (just slower than other things)

[BaronVonStevie]

my own personal views aside, Roddenberry himself was asked by CBS to put a chaplain on the Enterprise and many people wondered when he would eventually do so. Roddenberry once reasoned that no one person could do that duty with the diversity in Starfleet. You'd have cultures with different faiths serving aboard ships. Usually you'd just get a "No" from Gene as he wasn't a big fan of organized religion.

[Dan Gurden]

my own personal views aside, Roddenberry himself was asked by CBS to put a chaplain on the Enterprise and many people wondered when he would eventually do so. Roddenberry once reasoned that no one person could do that duty with the diversity in Starfleet. You'd have cultures with different faiths serving aboard ships. Usually you'd just get a "No" from Gene as he wasn't a big fan of organized religion.

But. They did put a chapel in the USS Enterprise... (and no, not Christine Chapel), the episode Balance of Terror opens with Kirk officiating over a wedding in it...

[BaronVonStevie]

(Netflix is so awesome for having all Treks streaming btw) again, it was a room meant for nonspecific ceremony. In this case it was a wedding, but there is no mention of a specific (or indeed any) God. Kirk acts as master of ceremonies, not any special Chaplain (Yeoman Rand lights a candle, but this is no indication of denomination). I think it would be wise to assume that Gene didn't want to start getting into religion aboard the Enterprise.

here's a revealing interview with Gene on this very subject.
http://67.104.146.36/english/STAR_TR.../humanist.html

[The Tatterdemalion King]

How old does a thread have to be to warrant the Thread Necromancer post? : P

[Phoenix]

6 months give or take.

[Dan Gurden]

Well this resurrection is only 4 months old... But we most certainly qualify for the previous incarnation (between 2001 to 2011)

But that the trick innit. No priests available to turn these undead!