In movies and TV, that is. Beliefnet's got a top ten list. I'm not all that familiar with the TV characters, but that's because I don't watch TV.
I am, however, going to get caught up with this new Doctor Who series everyone's been talking about. Soon.
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And I just discovered a review of A Case of Conscience. One of the comments is interesting, because it is long and almost impossible to follow and with no full stops. Most of the other comments were more of the usual and predictable kind (several recommendations of The Sparrow...), and a couple had more substance.
I need to re-watch A.I.
I've only seen bits and pieces of the Terminator series, but I think its more than a bit of a stretch to call John Connor a "spiritual character."
Same goes for Kara Thrace - if they're going to call *her* a spiritual character then so is every other person on the show. I'd have said that President Roslyn was the *most* spiritual, if anyone. She has religious visions, believes very strongly in the gods, etc.
Dana Scully - yeah, definitely. But they should have mentioned that her faith is specifically Catholic.
I think by 'spiritual character' they don't mean the person is of a spiritual mindset, but rather that they are represented using religious or spiritual symbols, or play a quasi-religious role in the lives of other characters.
Bah! Then any "hero" character could be construed as "religious" because they're a "savior"! That's kind of boring.
Sci-fi and faith often intertwine in movies and TV shows even though it seems like most of the time it's not on purpose. Yet somehow, unknowingly even non-believers create this characters, these situations that point towards God. Creation cries out to God even when people try to prove otherwise. There is something deeply spiritual about the stars, the universe and the unknown. And nothing that someone says or writes or produces can take that away.
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