Starfleet Chaplain

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What role is there for a spiritual leader in the futuristic and secular society of the Federation? Good question.
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@odinlindeberg4624 Ай бұрын

Fun fact: the Norwegian army has a few atheistic chaplains. Their responsibility is to help guide their peers with knowledge of philosophy, ethics and psychology. I imagine that's largely what chaplains would be in Starfleet.

@searchingfororion Ай бұрын

This whole time... have I been a chaplain all along? (Nah, I'm just a leftie Psych. that's always studied a weird variety of topics and never outgrew giving free advice.)

@somebodykares1 Ай бұрын

That be a better counsellor then Diana Troy still :P There is bound to still be religious people in the 26th century, Religion is too stubborn to be ignored.

@chazzwozzio Ай бұрын

A majority of bajorans worship the wormhole aliens as prophetic beings@@somebodykares1

@Psiros Ай бұрын

US military chaplains serve a variety of beliefs and also support atheist soldiers. They might have a personal belief, but they also run other services.

@loorthedarkelf8353 Ай бұрын

Huh, neat!

@cliftonchurch6039 Ай бұрын

When a satellite college campus is actually in orbit. Well written.

@xeltanni8999 Ай бұрын

Corpuscula 6, nonetheless.

@williamblakehall5566 Ай бұрын

What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us? Just a stranger on a bus? Charnamengus found out.

@LollipopKnight2 Ай бұрын

Charnamengus foooound ... ooouuuutttt

@iExploder Ай бұрын

Charnamengus fucked around and found out.

@matthewsanchez7953 Ай бұрын

LOL

@Rokhl.K Ай бұрын

@HotDogTimeMachine385 Ай бұрын

NGL that's one of the best stories I've heard. Just don't insult random stranger, what if they're God

@tiyenin Ай бұрын

"Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jedi" You got me with that 😂😂😂😂

@Anonyomus_commenter Ай бұрын

Honestly Jedi kinda holds up better than Christianity or Islam in this situation because the argument “why only reveal yourself to a specific group in the Middle East” only gets more ridiculous when you add “why only reveal yourself to a specific group in the Middle East of a specific planet”

@ketsuekikumori9145 Ай бұрын

Apparently they let you put jedi as a religion in the US military. This is according to Mike of Mikeburnfire when he and Zach were discussing religion in one of their campfire stories. They are both former military.

@Frosted_Moontips Ай бұрын

@@ketsuekikumori9145 Right-wingers: "Doesn't matter if you believe or call yourself a woman, you're still a MAN!!" Also right-wingers: "YAY I CAN BE A JEDI IN THE ARMY!!11 :3"

@DissociatedWomenIncorporated Ай бұрын

@@Frosted_Moontips this is outrageous! It’s unfair! I doubt Jedi tend to lean right, that’s definitely more of a Sith thing, like lightning fingies!

@KatsuRyu Ай бұрын

A Jedi in Starfleet? I smell a few fanfics...

@conorstapleton3183 Ай бұрын

*"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."*

@peterwyetzner5276 Ай бұрын

He did crib a bit from the Great Green Arkleseizure.

@johnabbe Ай бұрын

And here we all still are, at the edge of that self-interacting explosion.

@firefly4f4 Ай бұрын

We apologize for the inconvenience

@MrRasta2k Ай бұрын

Dont panic

@keirfarnum6811 Ай бұрын

@@peterwyetzner5276 Atchoo!

@TheRogueCommand Ай бұрын

Chaplain: tell me your sins, my son Beard-Era Sisko: you might want to put a pot of coffee on, Father. We're going to be here a while.

@iExploder Ай бұрын

Computer, delete that entire Chaplain.

@sparquisdesade Ай бұрын

@@iExploder Emergency faith-crisis Hologram

@GSBarlev Ай бұрын

Some of the most powerful moments for me in _DS9_ were: - When Sisko went to *Kai Winn* (of all people) for spiritual guidance ("Rapture," "The Reckoning") - How Kira talks about Sisko's importance to her as The Emissary (most notably in "Accession" and one late-season episode I can't remember) - When Winn comes to Kira with her crisis of faith (even though she doesn't heed her words) ("Strange Bedfellows") Honestly, that show's centering of faith and religion-for both positive and negative-is another factor in what makes it objectively the best _Trek_ series.

@TRICROTIC1 Ай бұрын

@@sparquisdesade "Please state the nature of the spiritual emergency."

@RockSoup Ай бұрын

Garak: So you sit in the little box and you confess your sins to a stranger? How very interesting! We have something similar on Cardassia, but the box is usually filled with a gas mixture that compels the confessions.

@sempressfi Ай бұрын

"on the bright side at least there weren't people already living there this time" 😂💀😂 so many of these lines are brilliantly/perfectly placed

@snakebitcat Ай бұрын

That one stung real hard.

@BS-vx8dg Ай бұрын

I love thinking that the Boston accent will survive into the 23rd century.

@doneestoner9945 Ай бұрын

I'm in Boston. I grew up on Star Trek and I love Steve.

@dragoninthewest1 Ай бұрын

F***ing Stah Trek

@gamervox1707 Ай бұрын

yes I think this will be the case.

@johnabbe Ай бұрын

@@dragoninthewest1 That show is wicked pissah.

@Stingmon21 Ай бұрын

Why wouldn't it? Its survived a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. How else do you explain Bill Burr on Mandalorian? Space Boston.

@faltarego Ай бұрын

"... an all-powerful crab god named Jimmy." Just one of those little things that made me laugh so hard I had to pause the video.

@BlackCover95 Ай бұрын

It’s a reference to _The Ensign’s Log_ , episode 91 “You Are Cordially Invited”.

@kawibil Ай бұрын

OK literally 4 seconds in and holy crap that uniform is amazingly beautiful.

@scaper8 Ай бұрын

Right? I want that uniform so badly!

@davebo9615 Ай бұрын

Yeah, how did Steve get the black uniform top?

@ajlong404 Ай бұрын

💯 I just posted something similar.

@andylalor225 Ай бұрын

@davebo9615 And that open collar. Gave me the impression of a reverse priest collar.

@Sethry406 Ай бұрын

So the style is Monster Maroons, does that make this Beatific Blacks?

@itsOasus Ай бұрын

"Jupiter is the Jupiter of Jupiters." Well said. Well said.

@GSBarlev Ай бұрын

Astro Alexandra just posted a short about how Jupiter isn't a "failed star" (and it's mean to call him one), so that line really felt timely.

@leafcatcher1715 Ай бұрын

His name is Zeus.

@sykes1024 Ай бұрын

It should have been obvious. I mean, have you ever seen a more Jupiter Jupiter than Jupiter?

@firefly4f4 Ай бұрын

"Roger Federer" Great, thanks Steve. Now not only do I have coffee up my nose and all over my desk, papers, keyboard, and monitors, and clothes, all of which is going to be a pain to clean up, but I also need to make a new cup of coffee too.

@DissociatedWomenIncorporated Ай бұрын

Blessed Wielder of the Holy Racket

@hancocki Ай бұрын

That my friend is sacrilegious abouse of the Holy Bean. As Q would say, "blasphemy!"

@VikingVet Ай бұрын

I'm sure there is more coffee in a nebula somewhere nearby

@leventetanka754 Ай бұрын

He had me with the planet Melmak.

@templarw20 Ай бұрын

the USS Damnifino...

@EdDale44135 Ай бұрын

What a great job with the Wrath of Kahn uniform and making it a Chaplin uniform. Fantastic costuming.

@glamourweaver Ай бұрын

I would think Starfleet chaplains, being extremely well educated in Religious Studies at the Academy, rather than just clerically trained in their own faiths, could have a major role in both diplomacy and xenoanthropology research for Starfleet.

@JohnMinehan-lx9ts Ай бұрын

Chaplains did a bit of it in the GWOT.

@TheVincentKyle Ай бұрын

Remember: do NOT bring your cat to Melmac 2.

@bleukat Ай бұрын

Glad I wasnt the only one that caught this one. Does it show our age?

@mkjirak Ай бұрын

@@bleukat Yes, but I just had a birthday, so I'm well aware of the swift passage of time.

@xeltanni8999 Ай бұрын

@@bleukat Yes. Horribly.

@HumanisticJones Ай бұрын

@@bleukatI don’t know, do your knees also make a lot of noise when you get up in the morning… or walk… or sit down?

@MatthiasPilz Ай бұрын

Actually the Melmac 2 tourism board recommends that you bring your cat. If you don’t have one, borrow one. Or five.

@MLeoDaalder Ай бұрын

"A game of monopoly that lasted 8 months" I guess either because people had to be explained what money is and how it works at every transaction, or they had at least one Ferengi among them who made sure everyone followed every last letter of the original rules. XD

@JonBerry555 Ай бұрын

Either that or they are playing in such a way no one goes bankrupt. Just a bunch of IOYs and debt forgiveness.

@GSBarlev Ай бұрын

@@JonBerry555These are both way better explanations than where my mind went to, which was that they could only play for five minutes per session before a fight broke out and they had to pause the program.

@aldrinmilespartosa1578 Ай бұрын

@JonBerry555 they probably give money as charity to players who are almost bankrupt because of moral grounds.

@ToledoNative Ай бұрын

I've played games that FELT like it took months...can't imagine actually taking months to play a game...

@kawibil Ай бұрын

I like to think it's because they keep sharing and trying to cooperate and just REALLY don't get the concept that ur supposed to gain and KEEP the largest amount of estates.

@djburnette87 Ай бұрын

The drifting accent is hilarious. Lol

@John73John Ай бұрын

I have a question for the Chaplain. Have you ever had to do an exorcism on an inanimate object, like for example an old lamp containing a spirit that likes to get intimate with the ship's chief medical officer? How would you proceed in such a situation? Asking for a friend.

@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 Ай бұрын

Particularly vivid serpent flaying isn't a phrase I thought I'd hear today.

@Black-Swan-007 Ай бұрын

It made me sad. I have two pet snakes. :(

@ishill85 Ай бұрын

@@Black-Swan-007 don't worry, it was just a metaphor, for heretics.

@zippy1981dotnet Ай бұрын

As a man of belief, Catholic specifically, "shit, I don't know" sums it up pretty well

@mkjirak Ай бұрын

As a Catholic myself, AMEN.

@JohnMinehan-lx9ts Ай бұрын

It is a good statement of the human condition . . . .

@thing_under_the_stairs Ай бұрын

I'm more or less a zen atheist, and "shit, I don't know" sums up my belief system too!

@jayphex242 Ай бұрын

6:00 “…Jesus came back in 2072 and it wound up not being that big of a deal after all” 😂😂😂 I LOST it! Douglas Adams would’ve been proud of that delivery. Well done sir!

@rldange Ай бұрын

A lifelong Christian, a Star Trek fan since I was 11, and ordained clergy since 2016, this video made me riotously laugh and yet fed my soul. 🙏 Thanks, Steve.

@nolanmcbride5653 Ай бұрын

My sister took a seminary class on Science Fiction and Faith. At one point, she complained to me about how much Star Trek she had to watch before class that week. I rolled my eyes and pointed at my several hundred page book on German Pietism.

@DawnDavidson Ай бұрын

Your sister definitely got the better deal. :)

@johnabbe Ай бұрын

I may see the problem here. Are there not any good SF shows based on German Pietism?

@nolanmcbride5653 Ай бұрын

@@DawnDavidson Definitely! Other assigned watching included Firefly, Star Wars, and Doctor Who. I’m hoping to audit the class as continuing education once I’m ordained

@DawnDavidson 25 күн бұрын

@@nolanmcbride5653 I can see why!

@chinsin24 Ай бұрын

As an interfaith chaplain in hospice/healthcare... Thank you. Now I know I would have a place in Starfleet. And I'm getting my movie club watchlist ready.

@finnbaker3985 Ай бұрын

My dad is the person who got me into Star Trek and he's an actual minister. So this is gonna be good.

@TheRatsintheWalls Ай бұрын

Have you shown him yet? What'd he think?

@miniman6565 Ай бұрын

Jewish viewer here. I find it funny that your character would suggest there was ever any answer besides "I don't know." It's very much the Jewish way. We don't really do solid answers. All of our commentary books sum to "Well, this guy said this. This one said that. I think this. What do you think?"

@johnabbe Ай бұрын

Another Jewish viewer here. For me as well. And, it would be funnier if so many Jews in positions of power didn't seem to have missed out on this seemingly-essential aspect of being Jewish.

@mikkosimonen Ай бұрын

Heard a joke once: four learned Jewish men are arguing some religious text. Three think one way, one disagrees. Suddenly a light shines from heaven and the voice of God speaks: "This one is correct," the light indicating the one disagreeing with the others. But one of the three merely replies: "Well you're still only two against three."

@jimmythebold589 Ай бұрын

sure, but Judaism has its 20 percent of fundamentalist (and orthodox) practitioners , as does christianity with its around 20 to 25 percent fundamentalist (and maga, by extension) population. though i doubt star fleet would hire a fundamentalist****'whatever religion the shives fake character is which resembles judaism even with the hat, but with the vestments of a catholic)*** so you're correct in that respect. all the jewish folks i've known were hip. i've never met a fundamentalist or orthodox jewish person, although i've met many fundamentalist christians. pardon typos , i hate typing and won;t take the time to edit. typing is for office workers. so annoying

@bmobert Ай бұрын

Well, no wonder jews take to science like ducks to water! You can't do anything spectacular in science if you're certain you got it right. Perfect!

@jefftoll604 Ай бұрын

But the return of Jesus? What do you guys think about that?

@donovanzanz Ай бұрын

An 8-month long (so far) game of Monopoly. I was like, "wow, long game ... but they had 'a lot of free time'..." Then I realized that they were all too nice to win. They were sharing the properties equally, so no one was going to 'win.' 😄

@WingedWyrm Ай бұрын

So, they were actually playing the game that was initially meant to accompany and follow a playing of "The Landlord's Game", huh. Funny how history manages to rhyme like that.

@alanpennie8013 Ай бұрын

@@WingedWyrm The rules of Monopoly have actually been rewritten by most players to prevent anyone going bankrupt so that games tend to be protracted. Personally I prefer short games.

@kaitlyn__L Ай бұрын

@@alanpennie8013those “original rules” by the Parker Brothers were themselves revisionist though, while WingedWyrm refers to the actual and genuine original

@nolanmcbride5653 Ай бұрын

As a seminarian who currently works as an interfaith chaplain in residence at my university’s dorms I greatly enjoyed this

@glamourweaver Ай бұрын

Clearly still before Bajor enters the Federation and the chaplain corps becomes 80% Vedeks

@mateoconk Ай бұрын

Giving me Civilization flashbacks; meeting a new society and suddenly flooded with missionaries casting Spread

@Kartissa Ай бұрын

From the uniform, it's Kirk's era.

@lisaboban Ай бұрын

Can we start the "Church of Shit, I don't know."? I would join that congregation in a heartbeat!

@GSBarlev Ай бұрын

Someone once told me that Muslims pray five times a day because they don't know the exact number God requires but figure it's gotta be less than that. (a quick fact check suggests that this is innacurate-however, the five times a day is a significant compromise from the original requirement of _50)_

@andyb1653 Ай бұрын

I grew up in the "ehh, f*ck it" sect

@DJchilcott Ай бұрын

So, how's progress coming along on answering that most pressing of theological conundrums - What DOES God need with a Starship?

@jamjar666 Ай бұрын

oh that's easy, to look cool and pull, so pretty much the same reason Kirk did 🤪

@kjpedersen778 Ай бұрын

The bus was full.

@firefly4f4 Ай бұрын

"Melmac 2" Did you happen to run into Gordon Shumway?

@SteveShives Ай бұрын

I did! Nice guy. Big Lakers fan.

@Matthew_Raymond Ай бұрын

Is Melmac 2 still no place for a cat?

@ApocryphalDude Ай бұрын

@@SteveShives Take in a game while you're there

@Kaylee_the_Space_Mechanic Ай бұрын

@@Matthew_Raymond It's definitely not a top destination for Caitians. =p

@shankthebat8654 Ай бұрын

Gordon, send us into outer space 'Cause there ain't no one like you in the Melmacian race. Teach us, send us, Gordon make us twitch. You're the only one that can scratch our itch. So Gordon, Gordon, put us in stitches. There ain't no one like you in this place. Melmac is nuts, but worse than that Melmac is really no place for cats. But Gordon you've got an angle on things. You're the only one here who sings and swings. Yaeh, Gordon send us into outer space 'Cause there ain't no one like you in the Melmacian race. Teach us, send us, Gordon make us twitch. You're the only one that can scratch our itch. So Gordon, Gordon, put us in stitches. There ain't no one like you in this place. Hey Gordon, come on and make us dance.

@temporaldisplacement Ай бұрын

El-Aurian popes ...I'm dying. 😂

@sparquisdesade Ай бұрын

Wait till you meet the only two Breen Jehovah Witnesses. Jus about shat myself when they knocked on my door asking if I had a minute to talk

@ThePendragon1998 Ай бұрын

Certainly explains the whole listening to confession thing.

@andylalor225 Ай бұрын

Lanthanite would've worked, too!

@BjornTheDim Ай бұрын

Yesterday, at a wedding reception, I was lambasted for about 30 minutes with a totally unexpected sermon. It was extremely uncomfortable and included some topics that I'm really not cool with, such as the absolute certainty that this specific faith has that they and no one else has a clear path to a pleasant afterlife. I was seriously concerned that the man was about to begin with a denunciation of several demographics that I care ahout and I was going to have to walk out. That didn't happen, thank God. It sure is refreshing, the idea of a minister who's willing to sit down, shrug, and say "Well shit, I don't know either."

@veganmonter Ай бұрын

Oh god! I had a similar situation with a funeral. I had to just STFU and go in my own little mental world. Because no matter how awful the sermon is, I pretty sure I am the bad guy for interrupting a funeral.

@Rolan7196 Ай бұрын

@@veganmonter My grandmother's funeral was made significantly worse by having to listen to the "eulogy" which didn't celebrate any of the many good things she did, and struggles she faced, only her obedience to her church later in life. I honored her by suffering it, though, and I whispered my own eulogy over her when they were finished. That clueless guy in a robe couldn't erase her memory which lives on in so many people.

@windgraceproject Ай бұрын

Where do we come from? Where do we go? Where do we come from? Cotton-Eye Joe. Amen

@AlexandraSpeaks Ай бұрын

i found the passage of the flaying of the thousand serpents..... particularly vivid 🤣🤣🤣

@fredhuot9279 Ай бұрын

I work in long term care establishment and we actually do have multifaith concellor. They are forbidden to tell their origin clerical training. They even have atheism services. With atheists they basically talk phylosophy, life experiences, etc. Of course I live in Canada.

@SomeRandomG33k Ай бұрын

I was half expecting the Starfleet Chaplin saying, "Where do we come from? .... Where do we go?.... Where do we come from, Cotton Eye Joe?"

@JonBerry555 Ай бұрын

Sounds like he also doubles of the Moral Officer. Which i think any good Chaplin will help keep up the spirits of the crew with the means that best serves the crew, be it religious services or getting them a retro movie theater in a void space.

@OhhCrapGuy Ай бұрын

Interesting... I'm sure you meant Morale Officer, but a chaplain could also be described as a Moral Officer...

@Kameth Ай бұрын

The difference between a Chaplin and a Morale officer is that one poisons the ship with cheese, the other is good at their job.

@JohnMinehan-lx9ts Ай бұрын

Which is what we called Christian & Jewish Chaplains during the Gulf War . . . .

@JonBerry555 Ай бұрын

@@OhhCrapGuy yeah, I always forget the e

@jimwilson278 Ай бұрын

Dude...who is your tailor? I must MUST know.

@lgoamity Ай бұрын

Probably just some Humble Tailor tucked away in some far off Space Station on the outskirts of Federation Space some 100 years in the the Chaplin's Future. A Simple Tailor like Elim something... Or maybe just the Replicator on Deck 8 Section 3. In all seriousness sweet Uniform. You wear it well. Your Tailor/Replicator does good work

@SecularMentat Ай бұрын

The pissing on the dead story I 100% thought you were going to say you were 'relieved' when you said you were humiliated. I feel like you knew that's what was expected. :D

@euansmith3699 Ай бұрын

Remember the Damfino! 😭😭😭 "I'm also in a board game league..." I love the interesting little details that Steve embellishes his characters with.

@latrapp4641 Ай бұрын

Love it! Starfleet veterinarian in the queue?

@nsv674 Ай бұрын

Oh yes please!

@Grizabeebles Ай бұрын

I mean this in a nice way -- Isn't that just a doctor? Both Bevery Crusher and Julian Bashir are better described as "biologist-surgeons" than "doctors".

@DeclanMBrennan Ай бұрын

@@nsv674 Great idea. Also I'd love to see what Steve does with "Starfleet Historian / Official Chronicler".

@nsv674 Ай бұрын

@@Grizabeebles I don't think so. Starfleet doctors already have to have a thorough understanding of humans plus all the other beings that are serving at their location, plus all the other beings that might visit. Adding companion animals would be quite an information overload. And if working animals are needed in new colonies, that's another layer of complexity. Vets also have the ability to evaluate animals which lack the ability to speak. Doctors do that to some degree, but not nearly as much as vets.

@searchingfororion Ай бұрын

I don't know I would like to expand upon: "Have you ever played with puppies?!?" "I. Have. NOT." (Cranky Picard) "Well. You should.". (Completely unbothered child) -- Not to mention you know we can have a Klingon targ or two... ect.

@DavidMajors Ай бұрын

Putting this episode out right before Discovery shows us the Progenitors technology is a ballsy move, and that's why you're a legend.

@glamourweaver Ай бұрын

I’m embarrassed to say the era of the costume and implied set didn’t hit me until the reference to redecorating the mess hall as a traditional alien temple, because I had a split second of “why not just use the holode- oh! It’s the TOS Movies era”

@Kimberly-xi5fc Ай бұрын

Holy hell, don't let those two guys from Temporal Investigations hear about that autograph. 😅 You don't want to deal with them any more than Sisko did.

@alanpennie8013 Ай бұрын

It looks like a venial offence. Instead of stealing an existing relic the time traveller created a new one. I suppose if a horde of travellers start bringing stuff to St Peter to turn into relics that night be an infringement of his human rights.

@leafcatcher1715 Ай бұрын

🎼 Ev’ry Orion green girl crazy ‘bout a sharp-dressed chaplain!🎶

@DucNguyen-bd5ir Ай бұрын

Melmack! ALF reference. I love these skits videos.

@nudicegaming6813 Ай бұрын

The temptation to make the Mel Brooks reference is so high right now... 👀🤣

@patrickdodds7162 Ай бұрын

Steve, I know you like Paramount Plus/Kurtzman-Trek but this nearly 17 minute video came up with more new persons, places, and things for Star Trek than all of the Paramount Plus/Kurtzman-Trek shows put together. Kudos to you for not relying memberberries.

@SteveShives Ай бұрын

Thanks! I have a strict "no memberberries" policy when I write these.

@solyom8034 Ай бұрын

it had a lot of Douglas Adams energy.

@skramzy6628 Ай бұрын

I have no idea how you only have 189K followers at this point. I think you're destined for at least 10 million. Your channel is solid gold. Thank you so much for creating it!

@mindyp51d Ай бұрын

If the rabbi at my local temple gave sermons like this, I’d go every Friday and Saturday as well as all the holidays. ❤❤❤

@Jenifer_R_ Ай бұрын

I consider it divine intervention that this was uploaded right when the THC kicked in. Oustanding.

@NoahL_ Ай бұрын

A moment of of silence for the Scientologists😞

@keirfarnum6811 Ай бұрын

Praise Xenu.

@JamesMiller-ce1df Ай бұрын

I'm not much of a Star Trek fan, but I am a growing Steve Shives fan. Thanks for your contributions, Steve.

@TheVincentKyle Ай бұрын

6:30 : "The Mormons *are* from Mars, Dad, we've had it checked." -- Eddie Izzard

@lauraspeake5623 Ай бұрын

Listen as an ex mormon I *cackled* and then got sad bc I’d rather it not last that long actually

@OverworkedITGuy Ай бұрын

Seriously, I would pay to watch a "Side Jobs" series in Trek from Steve. Would be infinitely more amusing and entertaining to me than Lower Decks.

@gljames24 Ай бұрын

Why is lower decks catching strays?

@patrickdodds7162 Ай бұрын

"Babylon 5 is that way, Padre..." -- the ghost of Gene Roddenberry

@kayleescruggs6888 Ай бұрын

I would not want to be the Chaplin on B5. You would need a whole every week just for Londo.

@DeclanMBrennan Ай бұрын

I find your dry gentle sense of humour tremendously reassuring. If God surprises us by actually existing, presumably you have been made in their image. It will be good for my lack of conventional faith to be greeted with a wry smile rather than the traditional smiting with fire and brimstone.

@silversugar2140 Ай бұрын

Okay but why did this make me cry tho?? Also, as someone who has long left Chritianity, but can't identify with athism or vague spirituality, and has been looking into the Jewish faith (I really wanna visit/join a local temple) I wanna thank you for being kind with this subject and for having Barry Jewish specifically; it just feels right.

@allanolley4874 Ай бұрын

Cosimo II de Medici (the patron of Galileo among other things) had a Greek motto/logo: "κοσμος Κοσμωι κοσμος" "The cosmos of Cosimo is the cosmos" or "The domain of Cosimo is the universe." Galileo named the four satellites of Jupiter he discovered the Medicean stars in honour of Cosimo.

@GordonDymowski Ай бұрын

You had me at "Damfino" Well played, Mr. Shives, well played.

@Kaylee_the_Space_Mechanic Ай бұрын

I wish I had a time traveling friend who could get me autographs from the past. That just sounds awesome! =) BTW, LOVE the black uniform!

@maxhatter1 Ай бұрын

5:16 The Nuzzgalods really said "You could make a religion out of this"

@VarianAlastair Ай бұрын

The sun is a deadly laser

@starvalkyrie Ай бұрын

no don't

@KatsuRyu Ай бұрын

Ironically I talked to my Pastor on Sunday and the topic of being a Chaplain in Starfleet came up and she said she would love to be one. She used to be a Hospice Care Chaplain years ago and there's something special about being there for a family as their loved one get's ready to leave this mortal realm behind them. She said her sermons would focus on the exploration not only of space, but of ideas (like you mentioned in this video).

@valritz1489 Ай бұрын

There's a great lesson in that anecdote about the governor. I hope we learn it someday.

@philiptite6254 Ай бұрын

Steve, you're the best. As a professor in religious studies and a huge Trek fan, I loved this skit.

@sparquisdesade Ай бұрын

My only complaint with this video is I think it was a missed opportunity to have this randomly be a Vulcan Rabbi, accent an everything, but NEVER address it.

@nonameronin1 Ай бұрын

Human Starfleet chaplains would just be Unitarian Universalist ministers

@ComradePhoenix Ай бұрын

A while back, I actually participated in a not-Trek, but Trek-inspired RP and my character (not human, I figured it would be interesting to have an alien adherent, though) was a UU chaplain. Not a lot of my fellow RPers understood why I chose to make him UU, especially when the lore document for the setting stated that people from his culture tended to gravitate more towards Greco-Roman pagan revival than other Earth-based religions.

@alanpennie8013 Ай бұрын

Half of them are UU. The other half are Mormon.

@bobbun9630 Ай бұрын

As the Children of Tama say, Jesus and Kai Winn at Sigma Iotia II!

@Tolly7249 Ай бұрын

I did NOT see this one coming, but I absolutely adore it!

@chandlerarchibald2098 Ай бұрын

Steve, you nailed it again! Amazing work on a Starfleet Chaplain uniform. Very informative and fair enough for those that have a faith that others may not understand. My religion teacher used to Star the class the phrase “It’s a mystery!” on the front board. That is a good place to start. Any religion that claims to have ALL the Answers is selling something.

@kelleighohara83 Ай бұрын

Steve is probably going to dislike this, but I find it more hilarious to consider this entire series of characters as canon. 😂

@FlintReadUK Ай бұрын

As a cultural and secular Jew ,I have to say steve, Well done mate made me laugh so hard! Just what I needed today. Also your costume is amazing as ever!

@justsomeguy9555 Ай бұрын

Giant Green Hand of Apollo... Q... Kevin Uxbridge... the Metrons.... Starfleet definitely needs a division at least devoted to studying/interacting with deity-level entities.

@jasonaich8071 Ай бұрын

I’m loving this series, keep em coming! The lines about a series of popes was just an El-Aurian in disguise and Jesus coming back in 2071 (but it wasn’t that big of a deal) cracked me up 😂 Be proud of this video, Steve!

@alanpennie8013 Ай бұрын

Also a stole blessed by St Peter himself. If you have access to time travel you can collect as many relics as you like.

@johnabbe Ай бұрын

@@alanpennie8013 Careful there, it's this kind of temporal colonial extractive attitude that led to the Time Wars...

@MrDjsmooth87 Ай бұрын

Why was i about to start singing Cotton Eye Joe when he says, "Where did we come from", 😂I have no idea why. This whole bit was pricelss and yet profoundly deep.

@HollywoodandHeffron Ай бұрын

This is one of Steve’s best Star Trek character scenes. Thank you Rabbi/Father

@mkang8782 Ай бұрын

Given that you're an atheist, and this series is done in with a comedic bent, I want to commend you for handling the subject with reverence and respect. At no point did the humor feel to me, as a person of faith, like it was punching down. Thank you for that. P.S.: I also appreciated the not so subtle jab about accountability for atrocities by a person in an elected position of authority

@CarbideSix Ай бұрын

Seconded.

@canadianweez Ай бұрын

That's a sharp uniform!

@GSBarlev Ай бұрын

I'm sorry, Steve. I love your stuff, but I just don't find this believable or in keeping with _Trek_ canon. Not even the *Enterprise B* would have left port without a full supply of conjugal purity scrubbers.

@SteveShives Ай бұрын

They were on back order from Marjigolva XII and the planet was destroyed before they could be shipped. So, _force majeure._

@SciFlyGal Ай бұрын

They were supposed to arrive on Tuesday

@blairbrown4812 Ай бұрын

6:02-6:04 AKA the most thankless and unnecessary job ever. Honestly, Christ's return it's probably a bigger deal among the evangelicals and the conservatives, particularly when he found out how his so-called followers treated their fellow man and when they, in turn, found out that Christ was okay with the LGBT community....

@davegaracci1043 Ай бұрын

Loved this. Very "Red Dwarf-ish" in some ways but all shives in the end ❤

@tbirdguy1 Ай бұрын

I think the Chaplin Corp is a very crucial position. You have to have someone to help with the complex religious conflicts that are a normal Starfleet crew would encounter. One of the best ways to learn about alien cultures is to study thier religious beliefs.

@Andrew-pr9xv Ай бұрын

Every time there was a part i wanted to comment on, another thing popped up in the video. These are _so damn good._

@JeffinIC Ай бұрын

Oh, my God (pun intended), Steve...this is ridiculous and hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the much-needed laugh!

@nsv674 Ай бұрын

This was much better than I expected when I saw the thumbnail.

@SteelBreeze021 Ай бұрын

Another gem, Steve! A Starfleet chaplain who is a rabbi/priest laying “Easter” eggs throughout his interview is genius. We truly appreciate your sense of humor. Thank you, sir.

@StevenJQuinlan Ай бұрын

Melmac! Also I love the blue collar Starfleet series.

@Lankythepyro Ай бұрын

As a Trekkie, big time progressive and Christian of Jewish ancestry with chaplaincy training, I absolutely love this hahaha! Also I want your Starfleet Chaplaincy Corps uniform

@BeauSmithFtl Ай бұрын

Whenever I come across a post of someone asking what position in Starfleet would I like to have, I've answered for many years that I would love to be a chaplain in Starfleet. Thanks for the video, Steve. 🖖

@TheNeonParadox Ай бұрын

Kudos, sir. You had me rolling through this whole damn video. 😂😂

@deathsyth27 Ай бұрын

Oh wow if course the Canadian crew member just had curling brooms on hand lol

@AskMaldorf Ай бұрын

Brilliant writing and the acting performance was pitch perfect. It’d be so tempting to go bigger with this but it was kept low key and honest. Great original concept and content!

@joshlawrence8091 Ай бұрын

I absolutely did NOT expect this to be as profound as it was!

@pedenharley6266 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this series - it has been a joy to watch. You treated the character with respect, and I suspect that you either talked with a chaplain - or you are just that good at understanding what others experience. Either way, thank you again!

@ericwiddison7523 Ай бұрын

That was great. In addition to the subtle comedic elements, always played perfectly straight, you really nailed the way that military chaplains serve people of all faiths. The sincerity of that service was spot on.