How are two religions true?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
TheButlerDidItYes — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 07:13 PM)
How are both Christianity and Hinduism true in these movies? And also true are the UFO/Roswell/Ancient Astronaut/Crystal Skulls legends. It doesn't make sense to me.
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TheButlerDidItYes — 9 years ago(October 03, 2016 07:17 PM)
It still doesn't really make sense though. For example, either the Christian God is real and therefore the only God or the Hindu gods are real and there are many of them. Either reincarnation is real or it isn't.
I don't know about Hinduism but the UFO/Roswell/Ancient Astronaut hypothesis of the fourth Indy movie doesn't fit in a Christian universe either in my opinion. -
SpiltPersonality — 9 years ago(October 05, 2016 11:39 PM)
Not necessarily, only segments of the belief is confirmed. For example, IF Jesus was 100% confirmed to have lived, it doesn't mean he is the son of God, or that Buddha or Mohommed DIDN'T exist. The events of the 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' & ' The Last Crusade' (if real) would certainlt lend weight to the Christian faith, but wouldn't give certainty to tge whole story, or indeed renove the possibility of other Gods.
Let's say for example that there was a pantheon of Gods, with the Abrahamic God being one of many, but all people SAY he is the only one. The same events in this movie could take place AND Temple of Doom as well.
BTW, I myself am Christian, so do not say this as 'what I believe', but rather what could be in a fictional universe. -
jschillig — 2 years ago(May 25, 2023 03:31 PM)
Right. As I alluded to in another post, this seems to be the "blind men and the elephant" view of the world's faiths.
If you haven't heard the fable of the blind men and the elephant, the story goes thus: six blind men, who had no idea what an elephant was like, learned of a garden where a tame one was kept, and set out to find out the truth for themselves.
The gardener let them in and the elephant, who was drinking at a pool, stood still to let them approach.
The first man, putting his hand on the elephant's side, said, "An elephant is like a wall!"
The second, touching the trunk, said, "An elephant is like a snake!"
The third, touching the tail, said, "An elephant is like a rope!"
The fourth, touching the elephant's leg, said, "An elephant is like a tree!"
The fifth, touching a tusk, said, "An elephant is like a spear!"
The sixth, touching an ear, said, "An elephant is like a fan!"
With that, the six men, who each had a different experience, never knowing they were all only partly right, began arguing themselves blue in the face over an animal none of them had seen and each one only knew a small part of!
This fable applies to a good many things, but it can apply to the world's various religions if (like Lucas seems to) you take the view that each faith approaches the Divine in a different way, but may only know one aspect of it, and we'd all do better to listen to and learn from each other instead of arguing over which one of us is right. -
Blueghost — 9 years ago(November 13, 2016 07:31 PM)
Because they're movies. The truth is neither can be true if the other is true, which is why religion is ridiculous. But it's an Indiana Jones film, so you have to suspend your disbelief in order to enjoy it.
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krypton_son — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 08:28 AM)
I don't really see any contradiction. The Christianity in the movies seems to be a constant. The Hinduism never really confirmed that it was "true" over any other religion. They had some "magic" in TOD with the rocks and the heart removal, etc. but that doesn't contradict anything about Christianity necessarily. Neither do the aliens in Crystal Scull.
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