> I think I’m in a similar camp, right down to being raised Christian (though I’m now agnostic) and having watched TNG as a kid. FWIW, I ended up having a cris

> I think I’m in a similar camp, right down to being raised Christian (though I’m now agnostic) and having watched TNG as a kid. FWIW, I ended up having a crisis of faith - part of which was realizing that the value alignment of TNG and Christianity was only superficial (tl;dr: instrumental vs. terminal goals - being non-violent and compassionate because it's right, vs. being such because God will reward it and because it's good marketing for God (and His Chosen Faith)). At this point, I'm more of an atheist - I stopped being agnostic after I realized my hedging isn't coming from my own reasoning, but is just deeply ingrained fear instilled by religious beliefs I grew up with.