Surely it's just an excuse to wave a lightsaber around.
2006-11-15 22:36:49 · 10 answers · asked by mesun1408 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I find your lack of faith...disturbing.
2006-11-15 23:15:49 · answer #1 · answered by David M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science fiction becomes fact:
The Force
26 February 2000
Philip Cohen
Magazine issue 2227
They determined your fate years before you were born, they influence your health and possibly your sporting prowess... they may even have a say in when you will die. Philip Cohen reveals the secrets of mitochondria
IN THE movie Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn explains the origin of the supernatural powers possessed by Jedi knights. It arises, he says, from microscopic lifeforms called "midi-chlorians" that dwell within all living cells and reveal the will of the Force.
When Eric Schon heard these words, he was in a New York movie theatre with his 10-year-old son. But it was the father, not the boy, who was astonished. "The words just leapt off the screen," he recalls. To Schon, a geneticist at nearby Columbia University, their meaning couldn't have been clearer. "Midi-chlorians" was Jedi jargon for mitochondria, the tiny bacterium-like structures that populate the cells of our body. And high time too that they should get some acclaim, he thought.
Over a billion years ago, the ancestors of complex cells like ours made a pact with some little bacteria: the cells would ...
The complete article is 2805 words long.
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Sabers are cool I must admit.
Fear - leads to anger - anger to the darkside!
2006-11-15 22:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by budda m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude, people put Jedi on forms when they want to tell the census department to turn it sideways and shove it where the sun don't shine.
Although it is a good excuse to wave a lightsaber around and pretend to have Jedi mind powers for children age 1 to 101.
2006-11-15 22:47:40 · answer #3 · answered by Wise1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the scientific community is doing research in the "zero point energy" theory which would "explain" psychic powers. And as far as I know the people who follow the Jedi way are not concerned with those powers but instead following what Lucas originally wrote as the "Way of the Jedi" which is more of a philosophy than a religion.
And for the record.... Han shot first!
2006-11-15 22:44:00 · answer #4 · answered by Stephen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a film a made up group and midi clorians don't exist so that is why there is noscientific proof for them
Anyway i need to go and harvest my big desert worm for some spice c ya!
2006-11-15 23:46:09 · answer #5 · answered by reevesy314 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It maybe an excuse but my lightsaber is great for cutting down trees..... saves loads of time lol
2006-11-15 22:43:54 · answer #6 · answered by 2 good 2 miss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didnt know Jedi's were a religion!! lol
thats a first
Jedis are not religious. Theyre Zealots!! ^^
2006-11-15 22:43:58 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be that your scientific knowledge a bit primitive compare to ours? You've only been to moon and with just few steps :-).
2006-11-15 22:58:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol! Religions always have a hidden motive.
2006-11-15 22:40:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darth Vader..............Cooooooo I have you now. I will defeat you with my Lightsaber.
2006-11-15 22:38:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋