{"id":5221,"date":"2016-11-10T07:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T07:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/120-In-the-Hands-of-the-Prophets"},"modified":"2016-11-10T07:21:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T07:21:03","slug":"120-in-the-hands-of-the-prophets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/10\/120-in-the-hands-of-the-prophets\/","title":{"rendered":"1.20 &#8212; \u201cIn the Hands of the Prophets\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.20 &#8212; \u201cIn the Hands of the Prophets\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Plot:<\/strong> A Bajoran religious leader, Vedek Winn, comes to the station and objects to the teaching of science in Keiko O\u2019Brien\u2019s classroom without religious context. This conflict divides the station and threatens to escalate into terrorism, fanaticism, and factional conflict. Meanwhile, O\u2019Brien, Odo, and Bashir investigate the possible murder of a station technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> The construction of the conflict over school curriculum is too simplistic for me. In U.S.A. schools, curriculum conflicts stem from prohibition in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment against government promotion of religion. What\u2019s the governing law on DS9? Is choice of curriculum just up to the teacher\u2019s whim? If so, what&#8217;s the problem? Are there mandatory attendance laws?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For much of the episode, Keiko seems to be the one coming off as unreasonable. Surely the kids can be told about Bajoran religious beliefs? It could be a moment to teach about the differences between religion and science, what different conclusions they come to, and why. Surely there is at least a discussion to be had, but Keiko cuts it off at &#8220;no&#8221; without hearing out the religious leader, which is only partially justified when she turns out to be a conniving villain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keiko and Miles still have the most irritatingly heteronormative relationship in the galaxy. Jealous because your husband has a female coworker? Really? This is too quaint for the 21st century, let alone the 24th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is nice to return to some of the themes of the pilot, &#8220;Emissary.&#8221; I understand that the characters of Vedek Winn and Vedek Bareil will return, as will themes of religious politics and spiritual conflict between Bajor and the Federation. This episode is dull, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, you can\u2019t tell that someone was shot by a phaser on kill setting by sequencing their DNA from a biological sample. Apparently the budget for science consulting has been cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.5 of 5 missing tools. O&#8217;Brien is such a man&#8217;s man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">End of Season One!<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/In_the_Hands_of_the_Prophets\" class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-recommend=\"0\" data-card-width=\"100%\">http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/In_the_Hands_of_the_Prophets<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        1.20 &#8212; \u201cIn the Hands of the Prophets\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-5221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek-relive-the-majesty-ds9-episode-threads","tag-kevin-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}