God: the One True God of the Monotheists
God, or the One True God, was a metaphysical entity especially concerned with the evolution of humans and Cylons. Its worshippers, called Monotheists, held it to be the only deity worthy of worship, setting their faith apart from the polytheistic belief in the Lords of Kobol.
God, also called the One True God, was a metaphysical entity said to take a particular interest in the evolution of humans and Cylons. Standing apart from the older belief systems of the Twelve Colonies, its followers were known as Monotheists, a name drawn from their conviction that this God alone was to be worshipped. (Battlestar Galactica, miniseries; Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak, Part II"; Caprica)
Belief and worship#
Worship of the One True God defined the religion of Monotheism, which held that a single God stood above all other claimed deities and was the only one deserving of worship. This placed Monotheist belief in direct contrast with the polytheism practiced across much of the Twelve Colonies, the worship of the Lords of Kobol. Monotheists were a minority in the Colonies, and the Cylons took up the faith and made it their own, believing their attack on humanity was God's judgement on its sins. (Battlestar Galactica, miniseries; Battlestar Galactica, "Home, Part I"; Battlestar Galactica, "Escape Velocity"; Caprica)
Nature#
The One True God was described as a metaphysical entity rather than a figure of any one world, and it was said to take a special interest in the evolution of both humanity and the Cylons. In the final scene of the series, the angels who had appeared to Baltar and Caprica Six remarked that it did not like being called God. (Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak, Part II")
Sources
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica (miniseries), Miniseries (2003)
- EpisodeHome, Part I, Season 2, Episode 6 (2005)
- EpisodeEscape Velocity, Season 4, Episode 4 (2008)
- EpisodeDaybreak, Part II, Season 4, Episode 20 (2009)
- EpisodeCaprica, Television series (2010)
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Monotheism
Monotheism was a human religion teaching of a single omnipotent and omniscient deity called the One True God. A minority faith across the Twelve Colonies, it was often treated as zealotry, yet its largest colonial home lay on Gemenon and its conflict with Polytheism recurred throughout the Cycle of Time.
Polytheism
Polytheism was the dominant religion of the Twelve Worlds, originating on Kobol and worshipping many deities known as the Lords of Kobol. Its faith shaped Colonial politics, ritual, and community, and stood in long opposition to the Monotheist belief in a single God.
Cylon
The Cylons were a race of sentient machines created as military robots by Graystone Industries on Caprica. Built from research into artificial consciousness, they rebelled against their human masters, fought a long war, and forty years later returned to annihilate humanity.
Kobol: humanity's lost homeworld
Kobol was the ancestral home of the Twelve Tribes, abandoned for two thousand years. The fleet found the Tomb of Athena there, and with it the way to Earth.
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