Re: Salinger turns to the Dark Side

Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:14:10 -0700 (PDT) 

>
>We do have to be careful when we're talking about the beliefs of others
>:)  I think that's one point that we both need to learn...

You are so right.  I'm pretty arrogant, I know....


>
>If you define "gods" as "one possessing supernatural powers" then I
>suppose you could say that.  But the Christian church rejected dualism a
>looooong time ago.

Just because Christians don't want to use the word 'god' to define Satan, 
doesn't mean that he isn't one.  Look at Christian mythology & literature 
and tell me in what way he is NOT a 'god'.  He fits all the criteria, and 
has amazing powers & attributes that even many Norse, Greek, & Roman gods 
could not attain.

>What you describe sounds more like Manicheaism than
>Christian orthodoxy.  Evil beings aren't "separate" from God and
>self-existent.  They're running on God's energy, so to speak, just
>running in their own direction.

Semantics, my friend.

>Lucas' Force is "illegitimate" because it is misrepresentative of the
>source of that belief.

HUH?

>In Lucas, bad is really bad and good is really good.  That is the problem
>with Lucas's films.  The belief that nothing is really good or bad in
>itself has no room in a pantheist theology worth anything at all.  So
>Lucas' pantheism is pretty worthless, in my opinion :)
>

Actually, if I'm reading you right, you're contradicting yourself.  First 
you criticized the light side & dark side being the same forcve, now you're 
saying Lucas makes mutually exclusive.

>I have a lot more respect for the Vedas.
>

Me, too.  At least they're more consistant than Lucas.

> > I
> >think the Force is probably the best damned thing about the whole SW
> >mess.
> >Thor
>
>I think it's the most banal and childish thing about the whole SW mess.
>I've seen cartoons that handle that theology with more depth.  :)
>
>Jim
>

To quote a recent Scottie post: chacun a son gout

Jesus, why am I defending Star Wars?  I'm not even a fan.
Jim, one more: What's your view of the force in the light of the Upanishads?
Thor


_______________________________________________________________
Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com