Star Trek's Prime Directive vs Jesus' Great Commission

[TonyChanYT]

Star Trek's Prime Directive:

No Starfleet personnel may interfere with the normal development of any alien life or society.

Jesus declared the Great Commission in Mat 28:

18 Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

From the Great Commission's point of view, it is moral to tell any alien society of the gospel.

Within the Star Trek universe, Starfleet officers sometimes were confronted with the difficult decision of whether to violate the Prime Directive or not based on their sense of morality and the given existential situation. It was a running theme of internal conflict in the TV series.

 

[Randy Kluth]

Star Trek's Prime Directive:


Jesus declared the Great Commission in Mat 28:


From the Great Commission's point of view, it is moral to tell any alien society of the gospel.

Within the Star Trek universe, Starfleet officers sometimes were confronted with the difficult decision of whether to violate the Prime Directive or not based on their sense of morality and the given existential situation. It was a running theme of internal conflict in the TV series.

Interesting! God, of course, may "interfere" at any time with His own creation. But He has determined to limit Himself as to His degree of involvement in human choice. And so people are allowed to do evil in order to display their choices. This is not allowed, however, to interfere with God's overall plan for the development of His Kingdom on earth.