BSG was always "Mormons in space." With recycled props from Buck Rogers back in the 80s. Buck Rogers was not religious. It was pure episodic adventure. The TV

BSG was always "Mormons in space." With recycled props from Buck Rogers back in the 80s. Buck Rogers was not religious. It was pure episodic adventure. The TV series has nothing on the (or any) Buster Crabbe serial from the 30s.