Was thinking more like "I am a jealous god", and the friendly PTA meetings with the Amalekites.

Really?
Egypt, enslaves over 2 million Israelites, kills them at will, worships many gods.
Single God of Israel tell Egypt Let my People go!

You refuse to free my people and doubt me, then I finclict a plague. you still doubt me, how about another, until the last plague.

Egypt releases people, then changes their minds traps them at red sea to KILL THEM and Enslave the women.

God parts red sea Israel escapes, God closes sea on Egypt's armies.

If you look in Context even I the Old testament THAT was pretty much the theme. Opposers given many opportunities do NOT be EVIL.

Remember even in the land of Caanan, the people there were sacrificing children to Moloc. But hey, lets not call that bad...

Also my point had NOTHING at all to do with the "God" theme, only the subtle reference to needing their pain and bad side to be their complete person. Not sure why you turned it into a God discussion, or why I was STUPID enough to fall for the "change the topic/dialog" thing liberals do.

Thank you for hat link. I will have to watch all of those.

I did like the nod to the episode " Galileo Seven" in the method of exile.

Yeah, there are s good number of o's, too, like Salvo's, but I still heard more ies than o's. Here are a few:

Barbie Barbeque
Brekkie breakfast
Footy football (rugby)
Westie Sydney-westsider
Bikie motorcylist
Sunnies sunglasses
Mozzies Mosquitoes
Pokies Poker Machines
Greenie tree hugger
Waxy surfer
Middy glass of beer
Tinnie can of beer
Coldie cold beer
Lollies candy/sweets
Esky cooler (from eskimo)
Pollie politician
Bluey Aussie Blue healer dog
Brizzie Brisbane
Bundy Bundaberg (city and rum)
Furphy rumor
There are heaps more, too, but I'd have to be there to think of em.

Been hooked on all of the Trek since the franchise started. Have seen all TV fair many times as well as all of the movies many times. But I do love ALL Science Fiction. But good is hard to come by!!

Treker does sound more like someone doing something, rather than a groupie. I'll take either and wear it proudly!

Just a little old testament god, before he got religion.

In my opinion, trekker is a term for all those who long 'to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before." I conclude the structure of the word does infer more than being a fan of a tv show, but again that is my opinion and I did not invent the terms.

Never saw this. Thanks. I have two of the Sword/earth pins from Mirror Mirror. Bought them due to an office friend who referenced the episode to urge me to "take" more initiative in a particular large program we were working on.

I am shocked at how well Zachery Quinto does at Spock, and even more surprise at how well Karl Urban (big guy in RoboCop and Riddick) does a diminutive McCoy. They are really on target.
Nichelle Nichols vs Zoe could turn into an interesting argument.

Would just love to see what the 14th centruy church would have done with a visitation from benign aliens ~200 yrs before heliocentric theory was accepted.
We sure didn't use the Prime Directive when we came to North America and wiped out the Indians.
Like the "ask first" policy; although I am now living in the comfort created by ignoring it.

Great rational dialogue from that movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkT1-N0V...

Kirk: What does God need with a starship?

McCoy: Jim, what are you doing?

Kirk: I'm asking a question.

"God": Who is this creature?

Kirk: Who am I? Don't you know? Aren't you God?

Sybok: He has his doubts.

"God": You doubt me?

Kirk: I seek proof.

McCoy: Jim! You don't ask the Almighty for his ID!

"God": Then here is the proof you seek.

[Shoots Kirk with lightning]

Kirk: Why is God angry?

Sybok: Why? Why have you done this to my friend?

"God": He doubts me.

Spock: You have not answered his question. What does God need with a starship?

"God": [shoots Spock with lightning; then addresses McCoy] Do you doubt me?

McCoy: I doubt any God who inflicts pain for his own pleasure.

I like the Monkeys too. Went to see them in ~1985. Mickey walked on stage playing a guitar. Peter Tork asked him what he was doing. He responded just playing my guitar. Peter said, but don't you know the Monkey's don't play their own instruments? Peter proceeded to rip into a virtuoso piece on the piano. Very cool. Too bad for Davy!

One of my favorites, too. It should have been the subject for a movie sequel imo.
Did you see the sequel episode from Star Trek Continues? (Episode 3 "Fairest of them All")
http://www.startrekcontinues.com/episode...

My daughter picks up on the thinly disguised message, because she doesn't get them. "Let that be Your Last Battlefield" made her wonder what in the world was going on.
She of course has no conception of racism, like most of us wouldn't if Al Sharpton didn't keep throwing it in our face.

Agree. I think "Treker" is a response from "Trekies" that are self-conscious of the negative context coming from the sneering "peaked in high school" people who show up to deliver pizza when you are celebrating your first promotion as an engineer.

Yeah. the others were a little reaching.

I did like the one about the devil though "For Love of Evil". In the end, after all the other incarnations have been plagued by all the powerful and mischievous stuff the devil has done, as the human prepares to take over for the outgoing devil, the outgoing devil tells the new devil the secret to being the devil. "You just have the ability to lie".

Been a Trekkie since the show's premiere in 1966.

The prime directive stated that there will be no interference in the lives of another culture. Should an alien race make the first contact then the prime directive holds.

I want to read them again, but the whole set was on loan to someone, and then lost a basement flood...

'Kinda' want to read'em again,
don't want to 'hafta' buy'em again.

"Looks like I'm going to have to but the White Album again." -- Agent K, 'Men in Black'

I didn't really like the basic premise of that movie. So, you don't control people. You free their minds of regret/pain, and they turn on their friends? Really?
Of course, any Gulcher would expect me to love the idea of shooting a "god" with phasers!

This new group of the Star Ship cast does a very good job of copying the characteristics of the original crew.

Good job! The parents trying to keep us in the dark again!

Like Robert Asprin, author of the "Myth..." series right? I read a bunch of those. Very entertaining. I liked a few of the Jim Butcher - Harry Dresden books, but they got pretty formulaic. Haven't ready any other series from those guys.

Which Anthony did you read? If you liked the Myth books, his first couple of Xanth novels, beginning with Spell for Chameleon might appeal to you. They are just loaded with puns about Florida ... I mean Xanth. I read all his stuff from 15-20 yrs old. It might not appeal to me as much anymore either.
He is a cool guy. My son wanted to be an author, and also read all Anthony's stuff. He wrote him, and Anthony responded right back, with some encouraging words about becoming an author. I think he may have offered to read a draft.

Gotta discredit the "No True Scottsman..." argument. In the beginning we were 'Trekkies'.

One day back in the '70's, someone who 'conflicted' by his fandom, and probably tired of being referred to with a 'friendly diminutive' as such, in a derogatory manner by some contemptible non-trekkie, decided to coin a 'new' term that lacked the diminutive aspect; and 'Trekkers' emerged.

To me 'Trekkers' are a little bit insecure in their fandom, and lack the essence of the 'original and pure faith of us old-fashioned 'Trekkies'.

Do not grieve, I am and forever will be a Trekkie!