Quote by: Gene Roddenberry

I handed them a script and they turned it down. It was too controversial. It talked about concepts like, 'Who is God?' The Enterprise meets God in space; God is a life form, and I wanted to suggest that there may have been, at one time in the human beginning, an alien entity that early man believed was God, and kept those legends. But I also wanted to suggest that it might have been as much the Devil as it was God. After all, what kind of god would throw humans out of Paradise for eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One of the Vulcans on board, in a very logical way, says, ' .


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Author Bio


  • NameGene Roddenberry
  • DescriptionAmerican television screenwriter and producer
  • AliasesEugene Wesley Roddenberry
  • BornAugust 19, 1921
  • DiedOctober 24, 1991
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Television Producer; Film Producer; Aviator; Writer
  • WorksStar Trek; Jean-Luc Picard; Dylan Hunt
  • AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal