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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3761162" data-attributes="member: 10397">Yes. But, judging solely from his work, I think perhaps he does believe in something beyond the physical. I think the Minbari belief system...and also G'Kars speech at one point about shining a light on the wall...wherein sentient beings are believed to have souls as fragments of the Universe, trying to figure itself out, may very well be taken right from his own worldview. Many characters seem to speak of The Universe in a manner much like God.   Like I said, not believing in deities doesnt make one a materialist, or believer only in the physical.  And there are certainly many elements in B5 which are clearly anti-organized-religion. The first segment of Lost Tales, for example....when Lochley tells the demon thingy that it "isnt part of" mankind's "new dream", as well as of course the end of the fourth season where the Younger Races basically tell the First Ones to take a hike, strike me as rejections of rigid, controlling organized religion, but not necessarily of spirituality.   It definitely makes for some great stories, and I always find it refreshing for anyone, especially in sci fi/fantasy to tackle those things in such an open minded, not totally hostile way.</blockquote>