From: Judygran Subject: [ASCEML] And more blasphemy! Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 8:12 AM Well, I wasn't going to do this, but since Davy Erskinstill has paved the way, so to speak, I thought I would contribute some blasphemy of my own. Apologies to the fathers and mothers of Nicaea. Trekker's Credo by Judith Gran Disclaimer: This is meant as satire, i.e. fair use in its most primal form, so whatever this is (and I can think of several nasty things you might call it), I don't think it infringes any intellectual property rights in Star Trek. The Nicene Creed is in the public domain. ************************* I believe in one Roddenberry The Great Bird of the Galaxy Maker of the Star Trek universe And of all life forms, visible and invisible. And in one Captain James T. Kirk, The only true commander of the Enterprise Begotten of Gene before all Class M planets, Captain of Captains, Admiral of Admirals, Space stud of the starlanes, Being the alter ego of the Great Bird, By whom all Star Trek was made. And I believe in Spock Who for us fen and for our adulation Came down from Vulcan And was incarnate by Gene of Sarek and Amanda And was made half-Vulcan and half-Human [here the congregation genuflects]. Who for our angst was sacrified in the engine room He suffered and was buried in a photon torpedo tube On the third day he rose again, according to the Script-writers He ascended unto Mount Seleya And sitteth at the right hand of Kirk, From whence he shall come again, with glory [no pun intended] in eternal fan fic, Whose fandom shall have no end. I believe in McCoy The Healer, the restorer of life, Who proceedeth to the transporter with misgivings, Who with Kirk and Spock is worshipped and glorified, Who spake with sarcasm. I believe in one United Federation of Planets, I acknowledge one Starfleet for the policing of the galaxy, And I look for the endless resurrection of the series And the life of the zines to come. - - - - To which the congregation adds: Ah, Men!