Everyone on BSG is so... religious

[conuly]

It's a nice change from Star Trek, where religion is a sign of backwardness, and the only people with warp drive and religion are either Klingons (where they used to be evil, and anyway that's not really a religion, it lacks a god) or Bajorans (who aren't exactly doing well in the galaxy, and anyway their gods happen to actually exist, and are affectionately named "wormhole aliens" by everyone else).

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The Klingons don't have a god because the Ancient Klingons, according to lore, killed their god.

Frequent references are made to "Vulcan mysticism" and we have some evidence that the Vulcans, despite their proclamations of logic, are indeed a very mystical and faith-driven people.

The Ancient Bajorans actually achieved interstellar FTL flight (by accident) long before the Cardassians; the main reason they aren't doing so well is because of the long Cardassian occupation.

As for Worf, as has been mentioned, he does appear to be religious, and has even been seen meditating/praying in front of a shrine to Kahless which he keeps in his quarters, complete with a little Kahless figurine no less. As for the Klingon faith itself, it should be noted that it really didn't exist in the days that the Klingons were "evil" as the original Star Trek was most notably void of religion. This is because Gene Roddenberry was a very outspoken atheist, who insisted that 20th century religions had no place in our future, and wanted to make sure that this was reflected in the Star Trek universe. Despite all of this, however, the original series was still full of implications that Christian beliefs and practices survive among 22nd century Starfleet officers. Blame the writers. Star Trek is very USA-centric, anyway. :)