On Wednesday 08 Jun 2005 08:36, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Chad Smith wrote: > > Again, the "pracitioner" - in this case, Obiwan and Luke were present, > > and Obiwan was a Master - neither corrected him. Also, what > > non-religion uses terms like "Temples" to describe their holy sites? > > Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom has a temple, but the people in it > are not in a religion, but a cult.
One man's cult is another man's religion :) > In The Matrix, Zion has a temple, and > though they have rituals, it's not religious. I didn't think they really got into the social structure and rituals and religions of the people in Zion. The names (like zion) may have been traditional or religious based. I thought it was just an action, martial arts movie with some interesting effects. > Furthermore, I don't > recall anyone referring to the Jedi temple as "holy". > > There's more to a religion than the word "temple". One thing that makes > the Force unlike a religion is that you can control it. This is a > feature of witchcraft and magic, but not of religion. These are movies, guys. Ask the writer. Star Wars was a fantasy where some people 'believed' in magic little invisible beings inside other living beings that did magic things. This is similar to the invisible and magic beings and spirits who created the earth or cure people and do other magic things in today's religions. Some people claim to be able to control or channel the power of their god to cure others or do other magical things, much like the 'force'. tim -- --------------------------------------------------------- Tim & Therese Fairchild Atchafalaya Border Collies. Kuttabul, Queensland, Australia. --------------------------------------------------------- Email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage http://www.bcs4me.com Photos http://www.pbase.com/amosf ---------------------------------------------------------
