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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] Confusing mathematics aside, even Lorien specifically said he cannot create life and what he does do is all about the application of energies (similar to how the Alien Healing Device operates.) The closest analogy to a supreme being in the B5 universe is the universe itself. This is reflected in the Mimbari belief that all life is the universe's conciousness made manifest and is searching to understand itself. Now if you extend that mode of thinking to how Lorien described his race's immortality then the universe started with only a handful of sentients and later DECIDED that a multitude of short lived individuals was more efficient/desirable for it's purpose. Having said that, I'd be careful about trying to force analogies where none exist. Clearly JMS was informed by LoTR (among a great many other influences) I don't think it's fair to impose too many direct comparisons. A good example is in that Wiki article; [QUOTE]JMS noted in the DVD release of Babylon 5 that one of his favorite science fiction stories is Frank Herbert's Dune. There may be analog between the Padishah Empire and the Centauri, the Psi Corps or the Bene Gesserit, the Vorlons and the Spacing Guild, the Narn and Fremen.[/QUOTE]Now that's what I call a stretch! Bester as Reverend Mother? Kosh is a Navigator? G'Kar is a FREMEN?! Please. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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