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Passing Through Gethsemane

"Passing Through Gethsemane" is an episode from the third season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.


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“As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because it’s only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and then it’s gone forever.”

J. Michael Straczynski Passing Through Gethsemane

Lurker&#x27;s Guide to Babylon 5 : &quot;Passing Through Gethsemane : jms speaks&quot; (13 July (2004) http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/048.html. <br class="br">Context: As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because it’s only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and then it’s gone forever. No afterlives, no second chances, no backsies. So there can be nothing crueler than the abuse, destruction or wanton taking of a life. It is a crime no less than burning the Mona Lisa, for there is always just one of each. So I cannot forgive.

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