On Thursday 09 Jun 2005 13:46, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Tim Fairchild wrote: > > You don't here about a lot of non-religious prophecies tho. > > There are non-religious prophecies. I've heard several on TV. Not all > forms of faith systems are religions.
That is possibly a point of view. What one person calls a religion is called a cult by another. Some people consider the TV evangelists to be part of a religion, others consider them to be manipulating theives and con (wo)men. Propecy in movies and novels is often religious, such as in dune. Since George was based in SF mythology it's not surprising he went with the religious mythology in star wars. Perhaps it evlved to an 'enlightened' and scientific religion, but it's roots appear mystical in the star wars universe. > > People pray to god (saints, invisible godlike being) with the intent that > > god (spirit) will influence the real world > > How often do you pray? Is that how you pray? Expecting to control God's > actions by praying may turn out to be a disappointing experience. I > pray, but not because I think I can tell God what to do. Obviously I am an atheist, so from my outside perspective most religions and cults look very similar. Also note that I am an atheist, not an anti-theist, so I feel all religions have similar merit and I am not against any of them, except maybe some of the TV evangelists. To my view, a belief in Zues or the force is just as valid as a belief in the biblical god. I see little difference between Hercules and Jesus in many ways. Some gods are not worshipped these days, but they were worshipped by a large portion of the world in the past. Or maybe just the names have changed since the adoption of montheism (which possibly came out of egypt in their brief monotheistic phase which loosely corrisponds to the time of 'moses') Interesting stuff, religion, and so full of variety at times - yet simularities. One common aspect is that 'my religion is the only one true religion'. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------
