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On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:56:08 GMT, Amy Guskin 
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>>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:25:00 -0400, Rob Perkins wrote
>(in article ):
>
>> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>> 
>>> In all of the previous Shadow Wars, either the Shadows or
>>> Vorlons won, and in the process somne species were
>>> pushed to extinction and other species were pushed more
>>> quickly to moving from body based life to spirit only life
>>> and becoming First Ones.
>> 
>> I have a question.
>> 
>> Why is it assumed in SF-genres like B5, anything by Arthur C. Clarke, 
>> various Star Trek episodes, some other places, that
"spirit-only life" 
>> or energy-based existence is considered a progression from where we 
>> humans are today?
>> 
>> I wonder, in earnest, about the origins of that idea. <<
>
>I do, too.  I'm actually quite fond of my body (most of the time), and the 
>pleasures of the flesh.  :-)
>
Oh, you bad girl!  Come right over here, so I can spank you!

(evil grin)

I, too, have no idea where it came from originally (though the gods in
spirit form probably have something to do with it).  It DOES seem like
a *natural* progression, if you consider part of evolution (or even
becoming one with one's creator) is an increase in "brainpower" as
opposed to *physical* development.

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