Why Mormonism is like Star Wars...

[_Molok]

Thank you, Molok!

Live long and prosper, friend.

[_Some Schmo]

Thank you, Molok!

Live long and prosper, friend.

Cheese fans, huh?

[_sock puppet]

Thank you, Molok!

Live long and prosper, friend.

Cheese fans, huh?

Until this thread, Some Schmoe, I thought you were perfect. My bubble is burst.

[_Some Schmo]

Thank you, Molok!

Live long and prosper, friend.

Cheese fans, huh?

Until this thread, Some Schmoe, I thought you were perfect. My bubble is burst.

hehe

My brother is a big Star Trek fan. It's kind of my duty to make fun of it because of him (after all these years, I can't remember why, but there it is).

[_DarkHelmet]

Mormonism is like the star wars prequels. George Lucas is like Joseph Smith, making it up as he goes along, using special effects to try to cover up the poor sctipt and contradictions. apologists are like fan fiction writers, trying to fill in the gaps and resolve the contradictions without being officially sanctioned.

[_Quasimodo]

If you haven't yet, you should read Joseph Campbell's "Hero with a thousand faces" (George Lucas and J. Campbell were close friends).

Hero stories are universal to human culture. They all seem to follow the same pattern of a social outcast who goes on great adventures to return to his people as a hero.

Major religions follow this pattern as well. They're never written as well as "Star Wars", though (except maybe the Bhagavad Gītā).

[_Mercury]

because its a made up story millions of people waste time and money on?