Some Crucial Differences There are numerous and important differences between historic Christian belief and that of Luke Skywalker. The concept of the Force in Star Wars is clearly not a western theistic concept; it is an eastern pantheistic view. 1. The Force is impersonal; the Christian God is personal (John 14:9). 2. One is a cosmic Force; the other is a heavenly Father (Matt. 6:9). 3. The Force is limited in power, but the Christian God is infinitely powerful (Matt. 19:26). 4. Lucas’s Force has
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