List of Religious Ideas in Science Fiction - God or Gods

God or Gods

• Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds.
• In the film Avatar, the Na'vi, an alien race, worship a goddess named Eywa.
• In "For I Am a Jealous People" (1954) by Lester del Rey, Jehovah abandons humanity and sponsors an alien race in an invasion of Earth.
• The video game Homeworld features a single god called Sajuuk.
• In Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, a nobleman re-creates a rival religious movement to dethrone a false pantheon of Hindu-inspired "Gods" on a world where magic and science coexist.
• The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) by G. K. Chesterton.
• Neverness (1988) by David Zindell.
• Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler features a religion called Earthseed, where "God is change".
• In the TV series Stargate SG-1, and the 1994 Stargate film, the supposed ancient gods are revealed to be powerful, parasitic aliens posing as supernatural beings to exploit mankind.
• In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, an alien force of incredible, God-like power enters Federation space, forcing the Enterprise crew to discover the meaning and purpose of its arrival.
• In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Who Watches the Watchers", a serious accident with a hidden scientific observation post starts a chain of events that leads to a primitive civilization becoming convinced that the Starfleet personnel are divine beings with Capt. Jean-Luc Picard being the supreme one. The crew of the Enterprise struggle to prevent the reestablishment of religion in the civilization.
• In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?", the Enterprise crew encounters an alien figure reminiscent of the ancient Greek god Apollo.
• In Philip K. Dick's novel "VALIS", the protagonist faces an all-powerful God who subtly manipulates the actions and thoughts of humans in an effort to redeem humanity.
• The protagonist of "The Worthing Saga" by Orson Scott Card keeps himself in hidden stasis over the years, and becomes the target of worship by the descendants of the very settlers that he delivered to a new world.