Raised by Wolves is a remarkable work of symbolic science fiction...for exactly 2 episodes. As soon as master storyteller Ridley Scott departs the show crashes harder a nosediving colony vessel into absurdity. Let's hope season 2 can do better. But in those early episodes Raised by Wolves sets up a symbolic narrative exploring the conflict of Faith vs. Atheism. And asks the important question...is atheism just another system of belief?

00:00 The angel of Atheism

00:56 Intro to the Science Fiction podcast

06:42 Terms of discussion - steelman the argument

07:58 The Dialectic vs. the Didactic

11:21 Symbolic storytelling in science fiction

16:07 Ridley Scott's Repli-verse

23:00 The symbolism of Raised by Wolves

31:28 So...why ARE atheists angry?

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