What is Truth and What is God?

an excerp from babylon 5. further evidence of the show's epic depth. the writer, J. Michael Strascynksi is renowned for his steadfast atheism, yet treated matters of religion and spirituality with great sensitivity.

this is from an episode in the 5th series. the main speaker is a charcter named G'Kar, who, along with each character in the series, changes a great deal as an entity from beginning to end.

*nods to sahardoom for pointing me in the right direction for this one.

*nods as well to fellow B5 addicts, nathanforst superflyNB gingergreek etc etc

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[AnonymousOnlooker]

Stop the video before he repeats, "What is truth, and what is god", and it's a pretty solid clip. Thumbs down for the end of it to B5 for sure. Just my opinion.

[gothatfunk]

season 5 had a lot of faults, and the plotline had less integrity than seasons 2, 3, and 4. i'm aware of the reasons for that (they wrapped the series after season 4 cos of no budget, then got optioned for season 5 after everything was written to end).

even strascynski was disappointed with season 5.

the final episode was amazing. but yeah, season 5 was a bit inconsistant, whereas 2, 3, and 4 sizzled throughout.

[notfitforsociety]

He summed it up in the first answer "You don't really want an answer to that question."

[gothatfunk]

bingo.

[inmyheart313131]

Gothatfunk, I had heard you mention Babylon 5 on Blogtv but I didn't know about it. After seeing this I really want to watch the show! Thanks!

[gothatfunk]

cool! cheers :-)

[ComradeJenny]

"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein

[ProjectPaladin]

I can't help, watching this one over and over again every once and a while... How seldom wisdom shines through the medium of pop culture... But the more precious it becomes... ;-)

[AmericanPoliceState]

God is different to everyone. Each and everyone on this planet has a different idea of what God is. While most ideas of God are similiar there are very tiny differences. The truth about god can never be known until the day we stand before him,her,it. To say before such time that you know the will and mind of god is pure arrogance or fabrication.

[Pushtrak]

Babylon 5 is a fantastic show.

[gribae]

The truth according to one individual.

[gribae]

I like how no show show actually took an idea as simple as sitting the characters down and talking philosophy with each other, without feeling the need to add in a crisis or two.

[gribae]

Perhaps the one thing I didn't like about the show was that almost everyone was either involved in the Shadow War or their own Civil War (Earth civil war, Minbari civil war). It kind of drained the impact the show had on me, having too much fighting and I would have preferred to have it kept simple, back in the times where only the Narn and Centauri were battling it out.

[Rithrandil]

I'm sad they didn't know they were going to have the 5th season. I'd have liked to have seen the fully expanded Shadow war and Earth Civil War arcs.

[pyxlated]

But the whole point was that the student didn't understand the answer, and would only accept something trite and ambiguous.

[MrBoyuki]

Hey GTF,

Quite appropriate use of a B5 clip. I've just bought the boxset (having seen the odd episode) and have got to say it really is better than other series in dealing with the big issues. Shame is suffered towards the end with Season 5 (although this was one of the exceptional episodes in said season).

[BackAgainJL57X]

An appalling choice of actors but a great story well written.