Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~It is nothing but repackaged Eastern mysticism, Buddhism, and New Age religion.
~The Force is a pagan and Manichean substitute for God.
~With mind powers like telekinesis, telepathy, and vivid dreaming, isn’t Jedi is just another name for witch?
~There are scores of theoretical flaws with all of the movies. For example, how does the Death Star propel itself across the universe, and why are lasers (blasters) inaccurate?
~Anakin is born of a virgin?
~Star Wars 3 is a thinly veiled assault on George W. Bush as being a Sith.
~There are all sorts of immoral behavior by “good” guys such as lying, cheating at gambling, and being reckless.
~The violence alone is problematic because it is glorified and stylized. The real name of this series of movies should be, “Stories about people who get their arms cut off for no good reason.”
Links:
Star Wars and Christian Truth by AlbertMohler.com
The Faith vs. The Force by AlbertMohler.com
Spirituality: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 by Christianity Today
Moral and spiritual issues by DecentFilms.com
Funny Star Wars pictures
Videos, some you have to watch to the end: 1, 2, 3, 4 (Youtube)
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Some awesome photos:
2 comments:
I just picked up a used copy of Ray Comfort's 2004 book, What Hollywood Believes. In it, George Lucas is quoted as saying, "I putthe Force into the movie to try to awaken a ceretain kind of spirituality in young people - more a belief in God than a belief in any particular religious system. I wanted to make it so that young people would begin to ask questions about the mystery. . . I think there is a God. No question. What that God is, or what we know about that God, I'm not sure."
That's really interesting. I never knew that about Star Wars. I figured the force was in there purely for the sake of Sci-Fi.
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