Keiko: Because it was artificially constructed. Commander Sisko encountered the entities who created the wormhole when he…
Winn: Excuse me, by the “entities,” do you not mean “the prophets”… ?
Keiko: Yes… on Bajor… the entities are worshipped as prophets. Our studies of the wormhole have shown that it was formed by unique particles we call verterons that are apparently self-sustaining… this begins to explain how a ship at impulse can safely pass through…
Winn: Ships are safely guided through the passage by the hands of the prophets.
Keiko: In a manner of speaking…
Winn: Not apparently your manner of speaking…
Keiko: Perhaps we should discuss this after…
Winn: Do you believe the celestial temple of the prophets exists within the passage?
Keiko: I respect that the Bajoran people believe it does.
Winn: But that’s not what you teach.
Keiko: No, I don’t teach Bajoran spiritual beliefs. That’s your job. Mine is to open the children’s minds… to history… to literature… to mathematics… to science…
Winn: You are opening the children’s minds… to blasphemy. And I cannot permit it to continue.