Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

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Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by 2bizE » Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:12 pm

The whole Battle Star Galactica saga has been playing on Syfi tv. One of the places they talk about is Kobol or the Gods of Kobol.
Sounds eerily similar to Kolob. What day ye BSG fans?
https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Kobol
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by Jeffret » Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:35 pm

Desert News: Mormon creator of 'Battlestar Galactica' dared to produce something profound
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by moksha » Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:48 pm

It was clever how the Battle Star Galactica creator disguised the Brethren as the Cylons, letting only their actions be the giveaway.
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by 2bizE » Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:11 pm

Well, Frack me! Who would have known?
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by Hagoth » Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:18 pm

There's an episode where some white-robed aliens in a crystalline temple-like spaceship perform an eternal marriage for two of the characters. When asked who they are they reply, "As you are we once were. As we are you may become."

And the Mormon nerds are bouncing off the walls.
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by blazerb » Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:17 pm

Is this original series Kobol or new Kobol?

Kobol, Council of 12, Cain, Lucifer, 12 tribes, lost tribe, promised lands. Oh yeah, this creator was Mormon.
Hagoth wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:18 pm
 There's an episode where some white-robed aliens in a crystalline temple-like spaceship perform an eternal marriage for two of the characters. When asked who they are they reply, "As you are we once were. As we are you may become."

And the Mormon nerds are bouncing off the walls.
I remember watching that scene as a kid. I Mormed all over the place.
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by RubinHighlander » Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:59 pm

I can't remember, but did the original series present the humans as polytheists or monotheists? The latest version had the Cylons as the monotheists, and the humans worshiping multiple Egyptian style gods. Frack on that mormons!
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by Just This Guy » Tue Apr 21, 2020 2:32 pm

Watch the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica series. There is TONS of Mormon references in it. Everything from Kobol/Kolob, The leadership is the Quorum of 12, and one episode even flat out quotes the King Follet Discourse.
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by wtfluff » Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:06 pm

Are we sure the creator is just not a computer geek who likes old-school programming languages?
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by Reuben » Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:39 am

blazerb wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:17 pm
Hagoth wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:18 pm
 There's an episode where some white-robed aliens in a crystalline temple-like spaceship perform an eternal marriage for two of the characters. When asked who they are they reply, "As you are we once were. As we are you may become."

And the Mormon nerds are bouncing off the walls.
I remember watching that scene as a kid. I Mormed all over the place.
Ew.
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by Corsair » Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:15 pm

That early Battlestar Galactica was one of the signs that we were the One True Church. What other denomination had a cool sci-fi TV show? Not the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Catholics!
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by Reuben » Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:20 pm

Corsair wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:15 pm
 That early Battlestar Galactica was one of the signs that we were the One True Church. What other denomination had a cool sci-fi TV show? Not the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Catholics!
Those lame-o Scientologists didn't get one until Battlefield Earth. Ha!
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Re: Battle Star Galactica - Kobol.

Post by blazerb » Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:04 pm

Reuben wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:39 am
Ew.
I feel I should defend myself, but I have no idea how. Oh well. :roll:
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