9.16.2008

but as in foolishness

I'm a Star Wars fan and an examiner of popular culture, so I have to comment on THIS. Listen, I love the films as much as anyone (NOTE: Probably not true since I don't do anything as stupid as THIS), but having a respected college teach a course on Jedi mind tricks borders on the inane. The course prof makes the point that since the films are fictional, is it really any different than a course based on any other work of fiction? Well, yes. Because the whole force thing and jedi lifestyle are so bought into that a stupid cult began.

Voltaire once said, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary for man to invent him." Here's my version of that thought: God exists, and man still unnecessarily invents versions of Him.

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