May the truth be sith you Davi-wan. Popcorn anyone??????? Yes thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: May 27, 2005 13:17 Subject: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Knowledge of Truth and Star Wars Trivia > Lance wrote to Christine: > > When you reach your Dad's age ... you will have come > > to an understanding more expansive than the one you > > now have. > > Very true. Nevertheless, there are very few things that I believed when I > was Christine's age that I would say that I was wrong about. Mostly, I was > just very insecure in my understanding. I lacked confidence. My knowledge > and wisdom has grown, and so my understanding has become more expansive, but > the kernels of truth I knew at 19 were just as true and valid then as they > are now. Mostly, I have added to that which I had at that time rather than > gone through some revolution of understanding. > > Christine often comes to me with matters that concern her. She reminds me > of myself very much at her age. Most of the time, she knows the right > answer and sees correctly, but she lacks the confidence that what she knows > is right. Same problem that I had at her age. I think our educational > system makes it even more difficult when they buy into the idea that we > cannot know truth. > > Christine and I went to see the new Star Wars movie. We both caught a line > in the movie and rolled our eyes about it later as we discussed the movie. > Anikan says to Obi-Wan, "If you're not with me, you're my enemy." Obi-Wan > retorts, "only a Sith thinks in absolutes!" Obi-Wan had this attitude of, > "ah-ha! Now I see you, you little devil you! You are thinking in > absolutes!" Such thinking was the key that caused Obi-Wan to realize that > Anikan had been deceived by the dark side and was now a sith himself. > > Notice just how much like the words of Jesus Christ this deceived man Anikan > Skywalker's words were: > > Jesus Christ says: > "He that is not with me is against me." (Mat. 12:30) > > Anikan Skywalker, now Darth Vader, the evil Sith, having been deceived by > the dark side, says: > "If you're not with me, you're my enemy." > > How does Obi-Wan know that Anikan has become a Sith. How? Because now he > is thinking and talking like Jesus Christ, in absolute terms! Give me a > break. [my eyes are rolling because such propaganda has become all too > common in our culture] > > And so it goes that the spirits behind Hollywood try to deceive the public, > and brainwash them into rejecting the teachings of Christ and adopt moral > relativism and open unstructured thinking instead. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > p.s. See Lance, I really am trying to speak your language. This is twice > now that I have adopted quotes from movies! I hope you appreciate the extra > effort I take to do this. :-) > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
