The value of science fiction.

This is me:

It is, I suppose, not at all relevant. But at the moment I have fallen off any wagon or diet. Chocolate, alcohol and diet coke. Not that it matters. Just saying, to relate to my other spiritual seekers out there. 

I had health issues due to personal error over the last few days, to the extent I felt a lot of psychological pressure and it pushed a kind of 'hell like' reality within me. I am only now recovering and against that, alcohol doesn't seem that important. 

Anyway, what I am doing at the moment is something amazing. I am binge watching Stargate SG-1 and I am extremely happy with that.

I recall when talking with a person on twitter about the fictional serial killer Red John, who used to put a smiley face in the victims blood in the tv series the Mentalist:

 

Then I saw this on Christmas day:

The discussion was about having main characters with high IQ's. I don't have a lot to say about that at the moment. 

But I have been watching Stargate Sg-1, Seasons 9 and 10.

In Seasons 9 and 10, The SG-1 team come into contact with an incredibly powerful foe. They are very similar in a lot of ways to the worst of mainstream Christianity. Not only are they incredibly fanatical though. They have supernatural powers. 

Those blue staffs light up and people are brought back from the dead, diseases are created, telekinesis, zombies etc and planets wiped out. Those that do not follow the religious practices of this cult. 

I imagine this is partly based on the Law of One. Either that or it is a spectacular coincidence. In the Law of One, the most negative group is called the "Orion" group. This negative group of zealots are called the Ori. This suggests to me only that someone in the writing staff has read the Law of One. No deep connected intelligence.

What is interesting about this, and what I think is interesting about the entire subject of science fiction. Is that it allows us to explore questions that we would not be otherwise able to. 

Was it Aristotle that asked "Do you love god because he is more moral, or because he is more powerful?" This is a relevant question here. Jesus is said to prove his connection to god because he could heal the sick, walk on water, and raise the dead. 
 
But what if someone appears who can do those things, but has a negative intent? That demands concessions you are not willing to give?

It's an absolutely amazing medium I think, to potentially, explore philosophical and theological issues. 

This was not done in the show to a great deal. But even the small amount that was done was interesting. There was a scene in season 9 where Daniel is facing a Prior in debate. Where his positive ideas are up against the Priors more negative dogmatic interpretation, and he loses. 

There was also other little things. Daniels interpretation follows on from the Ancients. The Ancients follow the Law of Free Will in a fastidious way. As such they seem kind of annoying and passive. But even having the Law of Free Will acknowledged like that is interesting. Because it is extremely important to the higher positive entities as we learn from the Law of One. 

One of the things said is that the Ori promise their followers ascension. But in the show we learn they don't offer ascension. They want to be worshipped in prayer rituals, very similar to Christianity. Or I suppose potentially Islam. They want people to pray to them for six hours a day. 

In the discussion of this, because the Ori don't ascend their followers. One of the 'Ancient' characters makes the comment that the surrendering of the followers will to the Ori "only leads to death of the most meaningless kind". Daniel finishes his sentence here: "Because there is no conscious effort to reach ascension".

This is a powerful and interesting line. I don't know if it is true, from what I have read. I have read both a lot of fairly positive NDE accounts and also some lines in the Law of One and Human Design that suggest people deeply regret missed opportunities. But it is interesting. Since I believe in salvation of works, not by faith. The things we actually do will save us. Not the words we say.

It also correlates with this, a short by Aaron Abke:

Youtube: Aaron Abke: The hidden cost of certainty. Posted December 26th 2025:

https://youtube.com/shorts/2DqKig_H0K0?si=vpsVTIeWCSGMXs39

"I've seen this ever since leaving religion is just the kind of brain rot it causes in people. To be fed certainties non stop. We're just gonna dish out to you everything that's true and whatever we don't say it is all false and wrong".