I remember that episode. At the end of the episode, the Enterprise crew was discussing the dissident group they’d encountered, the “Sons of the Sun.” Spock commented that it was odd that a culture this far advanced would still be engaged in sun worship. Lt. Uhura said that she’d been monitoring their radio broadcasts and it was not the sun up in the sky they were talking about but the Son of God. The disidents were Christians!
Yes indeed...
Back when the Country as a whole still viewed itself as a Christian Nation, it made sense.
Now... ?? The producers would have a heart attack if a writer put that in the script.