When The Phantom Menace was released, the head bishop of The Church Of England endorsed the values & messages in the film, and Star Wars as a whole. But, such is the depth of the story that other faiths could find their values there, too. Yoda is very Budddist in his beliefs & teachings, for example.
Forget the fundamentalists. They go after properties like The Wizard Of Oz & Harry Potter, too.
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Jesus was talking about HIS DIVINE POWER, not some force that everyone has, cuz if that were the case we would have people force shoking eachother now, but Jesus is God, not a jedi.
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The bible had about twice the number of manuscripts as the odessy, but few people dispute the acuracy of what was translated in the odessy, why is that?
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The New Eidences that Demand a verdict by Josh McDowell.
Though there are many translations of the Bible, the fundamentals of what are written are the same. I mostly stick to the NIV version of the bible, because it is easier to read, but I do read from every translation, and they all have the exact same meaning.
Even in church sometimes, the pastor will preach from the King James and I will be reading from the New International Version, and though the exact words used are different, the meaning is the same.
According to christian beliefs Jesus is the the son of God, and thus has the power of God. Power and the force are not neccisaraly synonumus, The force exists in all living beings, Power, on the other hand, doesn't neccisarily.
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Last edited by Mandrag Ganon on Mar 7th, 2008 at 03:25 PM
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I do admit that there are parts of the bible that dont translate 100%. For example: the word love.
In the greek language, which much of the bible was wtitten in, there are 3 words for love:
agapao: an unselfish, unconditional, sacrificial love.
phileo: a friendship kind of love.
Eros: A romantic love.
Agapao and Phileo appear in the bible several times, but Eros does not appear in the bible. Here are 2 verses in which Agape and Phileo appear.
Husbands, love (agapao) your wives, even as Christ also loved (agapao) the church, and gave himself for it; - Eph. 5:25
If any man love (phileo) not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. - I Cor. 16:22
To return to the origional translations is the best way to understand the bible, but for a fundamental understanding, it is not absolutely neccisary.
i totally thought it was a universal christian thing to be one those hardcore nerds.....apparently i was wrong, but this guy is a complete and total tool
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