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No - it is just an example of how fiction can develop. :)

Yes - and it was the Devil...luke facing his own fear mirrored back to him as his Father...in his subsequent cave trip... Or in my case, how some Christians call me the devil (or variations on that mytho) "Found someone, you have" becomes "spot the devil" and then projected out onto others...

Yes. That’s the classic doctrinal lens: Sin is framed legally, as breaking divine command. It focuses on rule-keeping, not on relationship, shadow integration, or coveting. My approach opened the question across lenses (biblical, mythic, Jungian, symbolic) In the Bible, sin is pictured as...

When you compare Star Wars with Christianity, the parallels are striking — but so are the limits. Both show sin as coveting what is already available within, seeking shortcuts outside (the Garden fruit, Anakin’s fall). Both set Light and Dark within the same field, with choice determining...

The Force is portrayed as a field of energy, but not as sovereign. It’s reactive: it “binds and penetrates,” but it doesn’t choose, command, or hold ultimate authority. Because of that, the balance of Light and Dark is always precarious, always at risk of tipping. By contrast, in the biblical...

and re the question of "sin"... If “sin” = simply choosing the Dark Side, then it’s about alignment. If “sin” = hypocrisy, then it’s about authenticity — whether your outward claim matches your inward reality. If “sin” = estrangement from Source, then it’s about relationship — separation from...

In Star Wars, temptation isn’t only external (Palpatine whispering) or only internal (Anakin’s anger, fear, desire). It’s the interplay of the two. The “dark side” gains power because inner vulnerability meets outer opportunity. he Light Side gains power in the opposite way the Dark does: From...

Thanks AB. I do not post on this forum to be judged by anyone. If I have a Lord, it is Source Consciousness aka YHVH/The One True God/Our Father. Therefore: It is not for us to say who and who isn't a child of Our Father. Our Father is the Only Lord of Lords and all other lords and ladies are...

https://williamwaterstone.substack.com/p/from-us-and-them-to-our-father

Where is this "taming" noticed? In the open door back to redemption..Darth Vader finally dealing with his demons - taking off his mask and declaring his love for Luke...Re Pharaoh the door remains open at all times as we work WITH Our Father and not against him...In Pharaohs case, he remained...

If Lucifer = Darth Vader, then instead of being a rival god or cosmic accident, he becomes a character inside the larger story — a created aspect that dramatizes the shadow. That takes pressure off the “where did evil come from” problem: it isn’t a rival force outside God, it’s a function within...

I think the key is that fiction doesn’t mean false. Story, myth, and symbol are often how truth gets carried. Star Wars, LOTR, Shakespeare - none are “factual,” yet they speak deeply to human experience. The Bible works the same way: literature with human fingerprints, yet full of truth that...

If we take the text at face value, “sin” is not an essence inside Cain but a presence outside, one he can resist. That aligns more with “ignorance vs. knowledge,” or “shadow vs. light,” than with a hardwired “nature.” To then insist there must be a “sin nature” is to force the Bible into later...

So the "problem" is in how good and evil delegate and where YHVH appears then to cross the line...or where historic and modern Christianity appear to cross the line...yet without the delegation, YHVH appears to be - quite naturally - the God of this world...

Evil doesn’t need to be explained as a rival power outside God. In biblical imagery, even what we call “evil” is folded into God’s sovereignty — sometimes as withdrawal, sometimes as judgment, sometimes as the shadow side of freedom. The “dark side” is real, but it’s not foreign to the image of...

I myself don't mind doing so, as I consider fiction to be useful, and don't accept the bible stories as literal fact. Useful fiction, sure.

It’s a little ironic, Pastor. Earlier you dismissed terms like “dark side” and “Jedi” because they don’t appear in the Bible. But now you’re defending concepts like “sin nature” and “original sin,” which also don’t appear in the Bible as literal wording. The real point here isn’t about...

The phrase “sin nature” is not directly biblical — it’s theological shorthand. The Bible speaks of “flesh” (Greek sarx) as opposed to spirit (Romans 7–8, Galatians 5). It speaks of “original sin” through Adam (Romans 5). But the exact term “sin nature” doesn’t appear. It’s a later doctrinal...

Yes, if humans, shadow and all, are made in God’s image, then the “dark side” is not foreign to the image itself. It belongs within the likeness. The Bible shows this too: God creates, heals, redeems — and also destroys, judges, hardens. The image in humanity reflects that full spectrum.

Mythic resonance doesn’t depend on labels; it depends on the shared pattern beneath them.