“I do not belong to any church, but I do consider myself a religious man…part of the creative and intelligence behind life. Therefore, if we are part of God than our lives are not brief meaningless things, but rather have a great importance and significance.”

— Gene Roddenberry

Ibdb p.61. as quoted in Alexander, 1994:423

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