Introduction to this "blog"

What I'm doing here, really, is posting my ideas for a Christian Science Fiction TV show.

Aaaaaaaand that's probably all you need to know.

Well, and this: it's not based on Earth, or in Earth's future, but in another portion of our Galaxy, in a different time.

Here's the opening explanation sequence... now, I know that opening credit sequences are somewhat passé, but I think you need one when your story takes place in a different world. Thus, Battlestar Galactica has an opening explanation sequence, but Lost does not.

Here's mine, so far.
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FADE IN:

Blackness. An empty void.

V.O.
In the beginning…

A sudden pinpoint of light, which explodes into a million rushing lights.

V.O.
God created the heavens…

A star, and coming into view, a planet with white clouds and blue waters, getting closer.

V.O.
…and the earths…

In an instant, a different star, a thousand light-years away. And another Earth-like planet in orbit.

Then another star, and its earth.

V.O.
And God created man in his own image…

On the planet’s surface, a FAMILY in rough clothes: father, mother, child. The father hits rocks together to light a small pile of wood.

V.O.
And God created man in new images…

And in an instant, another planet, where a hairy FOUR-LEGGED BEAST moves slowly through a grove. It stands on its hind legs, reaches for a purplish fruit, and bites into it--

Then another planet, where TINY ELFISH MEN move through grass as tall as themselves, trying to spear an enormous bug--

Then another planet, and beneath the sea, where the equivalent of a manta ray with arms holds a glowing globe, and a school of fish rushes towards him—

And another planet, with a growing village—

And another planet, with a towering city of strange architecture—

And another planet, with its continents lit by countless pinpoints of light, and an orbiting space station of enormous size…

TITLE: “ODYSSEY”
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So that's the universe -- created by God, but with a variety of sentient species. In general, this world -- now, I'm using the term "world" to describe the show's setting, not a single planet -- this world is a pretty good place, compared to Earth. There are conflicts, and there is a rising evil, but it's not as violent and terrible a place as Earth.

In terms of Sci-Fi, there's no Faster-Than-Light travel, at least at the start -- we're in a cluster of stars close enough together that travelling at 1 gee will get you to a neighbor in a couple weeks.

All the planets are advanced, technologically, with perhaps some spots of deliberately primitive lifestyle.

Christian theology is prominent throughout the Galaxy... but they don't think the Messiah has come yet, and they don't know where He'll be born. They have scriptures and prophecy of their own, however.