On Thursday 09 Jun 2005 13:31, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Tim Fairchild wrote: > > The deities in Star Wars are invisible beings that live inside living > > beings - > > No, those are not deities. I'm sorry, but even Jedi spirits are not > deities.
What? Not even Saint Obiwan? The olympic gods were still gods, tho somewhat more down to earth. Religion comes in all shapes and sizes... > > ie, if we suddenly discovered that the biblical god was actually an alien > > or some extra-dimensional life-form, would it still be a god? Would the > > religion remain? Would it evolve to something like what the jedi call the > > 'force'? > > I wouldn't consider an alien God, even a very powerful one from the 5th > dimmension. ...like scientology and other fringe 'religions'. It's a matter of opinion. Han Solo thinks jedism is a religion and he probably knows more about it than I do. If seti ever finds evidence of ET life out there I dare say a 'religion' or two will spring up from it. We pretty much have it already with some of the UFO guys... 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 ---------------------------------------------------------
