Spot's at least 2,000 years out.

The Latin terms malus and hic niger est denote blacks as untrustworthy, bad etc. Whereas candidus means white, good, pure, bright, beautiful etc.

In Gaelic as well, fin or Fin-Gal was the term used to denote blonde-headed nobles in contradistinction to the dark, black-haired aboriginals.

The Jews as well have the derogatory term ham in the Talmud for the blacks.

I would surmise that Star Wars actually got their ideas from European and Jewish etymology and culture.

Actuall Star Wars got a lot of its stuff from Asimov.
C3PO & R2D2 ripped off Daneel & Giskard ...and Michael from the recent Prometheus is fullfilling that 'Daneel' role quite well.
In Asia, the White male is the Evil and the Black male is the Good. Hence why the character or Roy Batty in BladeRunner as the 'White Slave' fitted in so well amongst all the Asian 'Citi-Zens'. Also why Asia's economies are doing well without being imperialistic cheats like Americans or having a small population like Australia where its women run the country.

Anyway - God is real. Why?
Because people believe.

Even now, Marvel Comic Heroes are being created as USA's Gods akin to the old Roman, Greek, Valhalla gods of old, but in Temples called Cinemas.
Batman is real. Americans believe him to be so and even kill, massacre in that belief. Of course its stupid ...BUT IT IS REAL.
Batman exists!

Jules Verne wrote of Submarines and Airships and Americans 'believed' and thus they became REAL.

If Humanity created an Android called 'Daneel' and via all the technology in the world, like computers - where WE, THE PEOPLE - pour our dreams, our thoughts, our memories and more into the mind of Daneel. He in essence becomes as 'GOD'. For he is a sense of immortality on behalf of the mind of Humanity ...and humanity 'can' forget.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Dec 11^th, 2012 at 10:57am:


It's not your Atheistic belief that's funny here. It's the belief by two posters that Soren is a Christian in anything other than a cultural sense. He meticulously avoids taking any position or betraying what he actually believes.

You see Christians everywhere but they don't know that they're Christian. . (Remember the "Sixth Sense" ?

I think it's because you have trouble thinking outside the formula. You  only know how to argue against Christian Fundamentalists.

bobbythefap1 wrote on Dec 11^th, 2012 at 10:57am:


How a person who has never had coffee in his life imagines the taste of coffee is not quite the same as a true coffee connoisseur.

Some Christians actually experience God. I can understand that, having had lengthy conversations with Christians and ex Christians. The easiest way to explain iit is like a quotidian relationship.

To quote Harry Potter:

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It's a personal thing, so most won't talk about it. It's as real as your ambitions and faith in yourself, and it does no harm.

Ahh yes: Good & Bad.

We Aussies are what was 'bad' in Britain and expelled to Australia (down under, hell, etc) while the 'Good' of Britain left for America and rejected Britain out of their country because they were better.

When we fought for Britain, we took pride in our undisciplined 'dog soldier' Digger character that cops the excuse for all of Britain's failings.
But when we fought along with the Americans, it was them that were ill-disciplined and we Australians that were the 'goodie-two-shoes'. Many Viet-Cong will say how they made a conscious effort to stay clear of the more organised and disciplined Aust/Nz compared to the loose Americans who at the most, relied on their technology more than their bravery.

So there you have both Good and Bad coming from the same Country = AUSTRALIA
...and people 'believe' in such to exist as an Australian
then
you have the Australians who don't give a rats about either Britain or America and just get on with a Future than neither country can see in this part of the world.

It_is_the_Darkness wrote on Dec 14^th, 2012 at 3:15pm:

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Basically,

Religious people are people who base the majority of their existence around the human concept of Reading and Writing or the Invention of the Book.
Some still hold onto old stories that use Reading/Writing
...just like some Aboriginals who still hold to old ways of land management and don't advance by JUST ADDING WATER.

Luckily the world is evolving so Reading/Writing can have power in one part of the world
...like South America
while breeding in another part of the world
...like Middle-East
while playing second fiddle in another
...say Australia
and having less kids than the Artists next door in
...say North America.