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|    Mr. Man-wai Chang to Your Name    |
|    Re: the Force a religion?    |
|    21 Aug 16 20:39:57    |
      From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com              On 21/08/16 06:13, Your Name wrote:       >       > It might sound or seem like one, but it isn't.       >       > Almost all religions are based on belief in mythical, unprovable       > nonsense, and mostly created by lies designed to increase the power and       > wealth of the church, priests, and / or fake "Gods".              The Force is mythical.              > The Jedi don't "worship" the Force. It's simply what enables them to do       > some of the things they do - provable things (within the Star Wars       > universe) and somewhat measurable using Midichlorian counts.       >       > The Jedi is a philosophy and way of life, not a religion. It's much       > more like Knights of the Round Table than Christianity / Hinduism /       > etc.              Well, my English isn't that original and good... not a native       Englishman. I have problem differentiating philosophy from religion       from superstition ... :)              --        @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!!        / v \ Simplicity is Beauty!       /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you!        ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3       ä¸       å€Ÿè²¸! 丠      è©é¨™! 丠      æ´äº¤! 丠      æ‰“交! 丠      æ‰“劫! 丠      è‡ªæ®º! è«‹è€ƒæ…®ç¶œæ´ (CSSA):       http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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