From: "Matt Bogen" <mbogen at stagnito.com> > Seems to me that humans, no matter where they have evolved, have worshipped > something - whether animist spirits, ancestors, or creating a polytheist or > monotheist system. Humans want some explanation for what's out there, > something beyond our immediate tactile knowledge. And no matter how far out > in space humans go, these influences will follow - whether individual > characters believe them or not - because they are human. Alien races have > their own problems to deal with. :) agreed. tiger gotta hunt bird gotta fly man got to ask himself "why, why, why?" tiger gotta sleep bird gotta land man got to tell himself he understand. -- kurt vonnegut chris cunningham, who may have not gotten the poem verbatim :)