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Theology of Avatar
Finally saw Avatar yesterday – in 3D!
I’m thinking about its theological background and will post on this. I found some interesting blogposts in my researches. Here’s a pretty positive one:
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Theology-of-Avatar&id=3483354
I was grateful to it for reminding me of the Einstein quote:
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.
Here’s a more nuanced, traditionally theistic critique, which nevertheless shows some humility re the one-sidedness to which Avatar is a reaction: