God A god or deity was a being with principal religious significance . Gods were often perceived to have power over aspects of natural or spiritual existence , and may be the subject of worship or prayer . A multitude of gods have been developed by various culture s . In Human cultures . On Earth , gods ranged from those with names and specific areas of expertise to the omnipotent God of Christianity and Judaism ) , to spirits believed extant within aspects of nature ( pagan ism of various sorts ) , to powerful alien beings . An alternate name for God was the Lord , or when praying directly to him , simply Lord . Often , one being ' s god was another being ' s myth . Sometimes , one being ' s god was merely another being ' s powerful alien , as was the case of many of the gods worshipped on Earth . This was the case with Apollo and Kukulkan . ( ; ) Some of Earth ' s benign gods had malign counterparts , the most well - known of which was called the Devil . ( ) Where a situation existed in which an individual had no other choice and had to kill to protect themselves or another , that individual might ask a God for forgiveness . In 2266 , Doctor Leonard McCoy said , " Lord , forgive me " , before he killed the M - 113 creature . The doctor was saving the life of Captain James T . Kirk . ( ) Certain concepts might also be idolized . Lenore Karidian described the play " Hamlet " as being about a time when " " life was cheap and ambition was God . " " . ( ) Observing the month ly lunar sunrise was a religious experience for Dorian Collins . According to her , " " I felt like I met God every morning . " " ( ) In non - Human cultures . Bajoran . The Bajoran people worshiped their Prophet s as gods , although to most non - Bajorans , the Prophets were simply powerful beings referred to as " wormhole aliens " . For them Captain Benjamin Sisko was their " " , the person who was chosen by the Prophets to lead the Bajoran spiritual life . ( ) The malign counterpart to the Prophets were known to the Bajorans as the Pah - wraith s . Some Bajorans believed these counterparts to be the true gods of Bajor . ( ) D ' Arsay . The mythology of the D ' Arsay contained an epic drama involving Masaka , a sun goddess , and Korgano , a figure implied to be a moon god . Picard ' s dealings with this drama imply that Masaka was seen as a malign goddess , with Korgano as the benign counterforce that kept her in check . ( ) . Dominion . The Founder s of the Dominion genetically engineered their servant races , the Jem ' Hadar and the Vorta , to revere them as gods as a means of control . The Vorta were fully aware of this and saw it as only natural for their gods to compel worship . Conversely , these races dismissed the spirituality of other species . ( ) Edo . The Edo of Rubicun III worshipped an orbiting lifeform as their god . This lifeform considered the Edo its children , protecting and caring for them . ( ) Kelemane ' s species . During the late 2370s , the became trapped in orbit around a planet , where time on the surface moved at an accelerated rate . Some of the planet ' s ancient inhabitants were able to see the starship in the sky , and began to regard it as a deity or god , even setting aside a specific fruit which was only to be offered to the new deity , which they initially called the " groundshaker . " Later on in Kelemane history , after they had developed telescope technology , they discovered that the " groundshaker " was actually a vessel , which they called the " Sky Ship . " ( ) Klingon . The Klingon s at one time had gods , but according to legend , the gods were slain by the Klingon warriors they had created ( led by Kortar , the first Klingon ) as " they were more trouble than they were worth . " ( ; ) Mintakan . The Mintakan s once believed in a god , the , but abandoned belief in the supernatural millennia before the 24th century . ( ) Vulcan . The ancient Vulcans recognized a pantheon of gods , including the God of War and the God of Death . According to legend , the Stone of Gol was destroyed by the gods . ( ) In 2237 , Spock , who had time - traveled from the year 2269 to avert his own death , posed as a pilgrim traveling to a shrine dedicated to " [ the Vulcan people ' s ] gods . " ( ) Specific encounters . In 2265 , following an encounter with the Galactic barrier , Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell and Dr . Elizabeth Dehner of the Federation starship " Enterprise " developed incredibly strong psionic powers . Mitchell , becoming completely mad with power , believed he had evolved to a God - like state and used his power to force Captain James T . Kirk to pray to him as one . Dehner , herself , lamented to Kirk that he had no idea what it ' s like to be almost a God . ( ) In 2287 , Sybok began the final leg in his quest to find God , whom he believed was located at in the galactic core . It is however discovered that Sybok ' s god , though seemingly well versed in the Gods of the Universe , was in fact a malevolent entity who , himself , was on a quest to obtain a starship and leave his confinement . ( ) In 2369 , Q claimed to Picard that he was in fact God when Picard was having a near death experience after being wounded . Despite Q ' s admittedly all - powerful nature within our plane of existence , Picard retorted , " " No . I am not dead . Because I refuse to believe that the afterlife is run by you . The universe is not so badly designed . " " ( Given the fact that this occurred while Picard was in a near - death state , however , it is possible that this was all an hallucination and Q never really made such a claim . ) ( ) On , Q was referred to as " The God of Lies " . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Gene Roddenberry was known to be a humanistic atheist or agnostic , and debunking both Human and alien gods and superstitions was a regular theme in his stories . Episodes such as , , " " : " In Thy Image " , and , would show a god as actually an alien or a machine ( or both ) . In an interview with StarTrekAnimated . com , scriptwriter David Gerrold complained that , " " when in doubt , Gene always had Kirk get into a fight with God . " " On the other hand , in the TOS episode , the M5 computer credited God as a source of the illegality of murder , and Kirk later repeated that credit .