This is hilarious. JMS has a deep dark sense of humor. The skeptic and the guru understood each other in ways the followers never could; but their simple questions - "What is truth? And what is God?" - stumped them both. The followers didn't want philosophy; they wanted poetry.

oof, the makeup from the pilot. Glad it eased up during the show.

A brilliant scene, with equally brilliant dialogue and delivery. I miss this show and all the personalities.

Bab5 was a great show.

I think about this a lot. “God looks remarkably like us” humbles me in a way that I can only assume IS divine.

I miss this show so much and so many of the cast now passed to the great beyond I will cherish all the good memories they gave us all.

I have been thinking of that question alot. What, to me, is the emotional core of my faith? My answer is as Jesus hangs on the cross, he cries out "eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani"

The analogy at the end actually makes sense. "Truth is every word that flows from the mouth of God." Jesus said, "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that flows from the mouth of God." Truth is that which is true. And everything God says is truth.

When did Delenn grow that chin? Can't be her--she looks like a pale version of Carrey's The Mask,

Everyone on this rock needs to watch this, and just maybe there won’t be anymore wars !!

Simple Answers, for Simple People, and that is religion in a nutshell.

"I'm not as good of a speaker as G'kar is...," This from the guy that does all the great inspiring motivating speeches on the show...lol

He is a Palestinian!

Jacar knew truth is power, God is ultimate power!

Such great wisdom

"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth." "The tabernacle of unity hath been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers. Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch."

Season 5 had some really poor plotlines (the rouge telepath storyline was just a mess with no payoff) but it also had some of the best scenes and payoff moments in the series, especially for G'kar and Londo. Lochley was an underrated if not underused addition as well. I think season 5 gets too much hate, if you take out the Byron parts.

I must say one of the most beautiful things a woman you love can ask of you is simply to read to her.

I am a life long Star Trek fan. I grew up on TOS but DS9 is my favorite. DS9 was heavily inspired by Babylon 5. The exceptional writing and acting on B5, made it one of the best SciFi series ever! It is scenes like this one that made G'Kar my favorite character from B5!

My goodness! G'kar actually had a good point! Sometimes we have to help provide that light. As a Church Chorister that's my duty according to the Chorister's Prayer.

Genial ! Genial ! Genial !!!!

G'Kar is a great figure, a teacher, an insperation a mentor

This was written by an atheist (JMS), mind you.

I hope to see you beyond the rim. RIP till we meet in the place where no shadows fall.

Here we are, years later and I'm in absolute bits all over again...

Most folks who want to sit and "learn" at the feet of a spiritual master are looking for a shortcut to enlightenment. Enlightenment requires real work and can't just be found in the pages of a book. Rarely, someone sits at the feet of the master and understands that they only offer a place to start the journey. Those guys get it, and they're willing to put in the work. Sword guy was like that

After hearing G'Kar talk, I ponder why there is not a following on Earth now for his words (maybe there is and Have not searched ;-) I'm sure they'd get it wrong too!

Never a truer word was said. We miss you Mira.

For those wondering why Delenn looks so different in the pilot, Delenn was originally supposed to be a male Minbari who became female as part of the transformation between season 1 and 2. JMS mentions it in his commentary at the time and later on Twitter, even saying that Delenn was meant to be transgender. He even seems to wish he'd been able to cast a trans actress for the role. "the plan was to turn Delenn from male to female in "Chrysalis," in my original plans, as well as making her half-human. And yes, it would've had one hell of an impact...but my concern when I made that decision not do do this back in the pilot was based on the reality that we couldn't do it well. The "male" voice, altered by computer-enhancement, just sounded REAL bogus; we couldn't get it right, and I had to decide between dropping it, and doing something the people would rightly describe as lame all season, just for one big payoff. It was a tough call, but it had to be made." "Though the flip-side is that by having Mira play Delenn as male, then transition to female, we would have been able to present the first transgendered character in SF TV, though alas not played by a transgendered actress given studio roadblocks at that time against the idea." sources: www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/024.html twitter.com/straczynski/status/1000276776050835456

i love how he was clearly just making stuff up on the fly and yet still made it sound wise

My mom is 67 years old this year and has been going to the same church most of her life. It is....a funny little church; preaching that only THEIR denomination is the true one, that all the women have to wear dresses, that tv and the internet are tools of the world and the devil.....among other things. But, this year there's been some scandals that have rocked that church from top to bottom and I'm having conversations now with her that...I NEVER hoped to have with her about Truth, God, and what it really means to have some form of faith. I'm pretty damn proud of her. In the midst of these conversations she asked aloud, "what is God, really?" and, with a great deal of effort and a little alteration of the source, I quoted this to her....she really liked it. Thanks, G'kar.

Now G'Kar knows how Brian felt . . . .

You know it's funny. People don't even realize just how literally true these words are. We are truly one, for there is only one. There is only The One. When I say I am, and when you say I am, it is the same I am. Truly, We Are One.

Timeless

I remember talking to my girlfriend after the Russian Invasion and I quoted this monologue. B5 was truly timeless

Enlightenment comes from within not without. It can't just be taught or explained, neither can it be simply passed on from one to another.

Why B5 was the best show ever.

The most poignant episode of the entire series. People now would criticize it as filler.

Too bad so few in power -or who have power, fail to see the wisdom of the many that through the ages, speek words of wisdom, as these words.

Damn, JMS took a wicked bong rip before writing this one fo' sho

NO..... GOD is REAL and yes he does exist. You can find him and he wants to be found. Praise JESUS our pathway to the sacred almighty.

Scientifically she is right. We are made out of the same protons, electron & neutrons as the stars and other stuff in the universe.

What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?

Praise God..i was glad he said what he did, glad they put this truth in it..too.

We can see the purpose of the religious caste at work. Enlighten and guide.

"i am not nearly as good a speaker as G'kar is" Bro... Understatement of the CENTURY! Sheridan it was YOU who INSPIRED all other races when you took command. It was YOU who won the shadow war AND brought the acient old war to an end WITH WORDS. And it was you who shifted quiet the number of EA ships to your side during the civil war. G'kar comes CLOSE SECOND to YOU and ONLY YOU.

G'Kar of the Koans.

I'm glad they softened the makeup for Delenn after the pilot.

Yes, as 6.02 x 10^23 commenters have said, the idea of "star stuff" was originally Carl Sagan's line, and later used by Neil deGrasse Tyson. The genius of JMS and Babylon 5 is in believing that there is something or someone (even in the earth year 2258!) that still found Sagan/NdGT's thoughts worthy of sharing.

Stephen's "What can you do?" gesture and smile at the end always makes me giggle. :)