Kesher Talk

God and "The Force": Ick. Rabbi Rabbi Shraga Simmons tries to show how Star Wars reflects Judaism and the Jewish worship of God. He refers mostly to "Phantom Menace," which makes him look a tad desperate in his search for relevance. That movie not only stunk to high hell, but it removed much of the spiritual influence by reducing "the Force" into a physical entity (I forget what they called the particles). Comparable to such disservice? "Creationists" who are so upset by science they feel they must degrade both it and their own religion.

UPDATE: While we are on the subject, Jonathan V. Last also looks at Star Wars - not from the spiritual side, but the political one - and says that the Empire gets a bum rap.

posted by Howard @ 5/13/2002 11:23:57 AM