On Wednesday 08 Jun 2005 09:06, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Tim Fairchild wrote: > > 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'. > > A fundamental difference between magic and religion is whether you can > control the supernatural entity or not. Some people treat prayer as if > it were magic, but a mistaken belief on what (say) Christianity says > doesn't make it so.
Just because a christian based religion has different beliefs than your christian based religion doesn't make it wrong, does it? My religion is better than your religion? My religion is real and yours is not? My invisible godlike beings are better than your invisible godlike beings? My invisible godlike beings are real and your invisible godlike beings are not real? etc. Some versions of christianity use prayer very much like magic. Others pray to saints to try to gain some control of reality. They are still considered a religion. There is no evidence for 'magic' anyway, other than the theatrical kind, so anyone's 'magic' is pretty much as good as anyone else's :) It's amazing the sorts of discussions (and religions) that can arise from old books and movies... 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 ---------------------------------------------------------
