Star Trek - A Better Bible

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the premier of the first episode of Star Trek. When I was a wee atheist, sometimes people would ask me "Without religion, how will you teach your children morals?" My answer was (and still is) Star Trek. This show (particularly TNG, I didn't watch much TOS) demonstrates everything that is noble about humanity, and acts as an incredible guide to living as a good person. Far, FAR more than that book of atrocities. And it has much better narratives, characters, and poetry along the way. (I'm sorry Songs of Solomon, but comparing a women's breasts to fortress towers just doesn't do it for me).

There is nothing in those 2000+ year old myths that isn't fantastically outclassed by our modern myths. I don't blame those people for the time they lived in, we've come far. But I would never use it as a guide for morality when we have such better sources nowadays. May the Trek ethos live long and prosper.