# Star Trek V's God Who Needs A Spaceship (spoiler alert?)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 6, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-god-who-needs-a-spaceship-spoiler-alert/495554 "2009-05-06T16:33:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-god-who-needs-a-spaceship-spoiler-alert/495554/21 "2009-05-07T13:13:01Z")

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> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> I actually resent the movie for the sight gag with Scotty knocking himself out on a girder, more than any other thing.

I particularly liked his role in [Friday’s Child.](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Friday%27s_Child_(episode)) Scotty in command, standing next to the Captain’s chair. Facing off the Klingon ship, “Let’s see if he has the belly for it.”

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-god-who-needs-a-spaceship-spoiler-alert/495554/22 "2009-05-07T13:26:05Z")

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> [@Mr\_Shine](#):
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> That’s the way I always interpreted it. The creature on the planet is the one responsible for all the Abrahamic myths on Earth, and Spock kills him. 😛

“Any God who can be killed should be.” --Paul Tillich or somebody

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-god-who-needs-a-spaceship-spoiler-alert/495554/23 "2009-05-07T13:35:31Z")

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That reminds me. I seem to recall a Star Wars movie where there was a

trap  
because what they thought was under construction was really a

fully operational battle station

What was up with that?  
That wacky

Rick AstleyAlways knowing what’s a trap!

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**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-god-who-needs-a-spaceship-spoiler-alert/495554/24 "2009-05-07T17:30:40Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> What’s this Star Trek V you’re talking about? There was no such movie.

Then what movie [made such an awesome Rifftrax](http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/star-trek-v-final-frontier)?

(Seriously, it’s the only way to watch it.)

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