Saturday, July 09, 2005

Absolutely Sith

Special to Letters to the Thirsty

Lets be quick. In Star Wars 3, our illustrious good guy Obi Wan Kenobi tells bad guy Anakin Skywalker, that Christians are bad. Well, he didn't really say that, but what is said attacks what we stand for.
Anakin--Anyone who is not with me is my enemy.
Obi Wan---Only the Sith deal in absolutes.

Lets be blunt. Anakin was dealing in absolutes. Either you're with him or against him. That's a very absolute statement and leaves no room for errors, correcting mistakes and rejudging things.

Matthew 12:30 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. Jesus deals in absolutes too. But we all knew that. God Himself is an absolute which cannot be changed. The real question is whether the Jedi deal in absolutes. Well ask Obi wan if he's absolutely sure whether or not only the sith deal in absolutes. Claiming that only the Darkside deals in absolutes is an absolute statement and so the Jedi deal in absolutes every bit as much as anyone else, except that they think they don't do it. Everyone everywhere deals in absolutes. I'll leave you guys to come up with more examples.

Ben Joiner

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