XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: ar015h3974@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   "ASDR"  wrote in message   
   news:XLjXb.308649$xy6.1503869@attbi_s02...   
   > LOL!  "Ferengi Popes".  Sounds like a great name for an industrial techno   
   > band!   
      
   He was obviously referring to the way the Bajoran religion was organised,   
   but got a bit confused referring to *Ferengi* Popes. There were no Bajoran   
   Nuns, but  there were Bajoran Cardinals and Popes. It seems to me that Bajor   
   was based on Poland after the Soviet occupation ended. In both Poland and on   
   Bajor almost everyone was of the same religion, their religion was very   
   important during the occupation and helped unite them against the occupiers.   
   The office of Kai is obviously based on the office of Pope, while the Vedeks   
   are obviously equivalent to Cardinals. I don't remember a lower rank than   
   Vedek, though. Some or all of the Vedeks are members of an electoral   
   college, like the College of Cardinals, who elect a new Kai when needed. Kai   
   Winn was obviously corrupt right from the beginning, like the Borgias, a   
   family which included at least one Pope. One big difference is that the   
   Bajorans have a caste system like under Hinduism, but this is no longer   
   enforced. Another difference is that Vedeks and Kais can have relationships   
   and sex, but that was also the case in the Catholic Church until about the   
   12th Century.   
      
   >   
   > "Eric Newman"  wrote in message   
   > news:oq8r20hv7p23kc5pi12e7if4k7qdr9aune@4ax.com...   
   > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:46:15 -0600, The Merry Piper   
   > >  had this to say:   
   > >   
   > > >On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:51:20 +1100, ®Matthew-The Resurrected©   
   > > > wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > >>If all the little geeks stop their crying the show will last.   
   > > >>It's far better than the Next Retardation and Deep Sleep Nine.   
   > > >   
   > > >I was a lukewarm fan of TNG but I thought DS9 was a fine show.   
   > >   
   > > I thought DS9 was dreary. Klingon politics, Bajoran nuns, Ferengi   
   > > popes... not interesting.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I think people should have faith and stop saying that Star Trek: Enterprise   
   will be cancelled in the near future. TOS was usually in trouble and look   
   what happened to that! I'd like to point out to Paramount Pictures, UPN and   
   anyone with influence who may be reading this that like TOS and ST:TNG, Star   
   Trek: Enterprise will flourish at some time in the future, then new viewers   
   will be interested in watching the earlier episodes, so your investment will   
   pay off. It doesn't really matter what day of the week it's on, or what   
   people are doing on that day of the week, because of DVD recorders or even   
   VHS VCR's. On Sky Digital in Britain it's shown on Mondays at 8PM, then   
   repeated on Sundays at 9PM. On Channel 4 it's shown on Sundays at 4:40PM and   
   repeated on Wednesday mornings at 1:55AM, but this is Season 2 for people   
   who can't be bothered to subscribe to Sky Digital, because they "don't watch   
   much TV". It's not currently showing on Germany's SAT.1, but I think Friday   
   evenings at 7:15PM has been a traditional new Star Trek slot for them.   
      
   I think Star Trek: Enterprise season 3 is getting more like a serial or a   
   soap. Every episode has something to do with the Xindi, and clips from   
   various recent episodes have been shown at the beginning of at least one of   
   the episodes. This is a similar technique to the doomed British soap   
   "Brookside" which finished a 21 year run in November 2003, but they only   
   started doing that after the decision to cancel was made. If  they'd made   
   some of the changes *before* being cancelled, then it may still be running.   
   --   
   "Steve Smith"   
      
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