{Q} Can the Force from Star Wars be interpreted as God? Well, to paraphrase Bill Murray: “Maybe a god. Not the God.” And our understanding of this hypothetical Force-god is, as Yoda might put it, “always in motion.”[1] This was actually George Lucas's precise intention:
Is the Force . . . God?
Is the Force . . . God?
Is the Force . . . God?
{Q} Can the Force from Star Wars be interpreted as God? Well, to paraphrase Bill Murray: “Maybe a god. Not the God.” And our understanding of this hypothetical Force-god is, as Yoda might put it, “always in motion.”[1] This was actually George Lucas's precise intention: