{"id":1703,"date":"2011-09-01T00:02:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T04:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2011-09-01T00:02:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T04:02:05","slug":"darth-vader-will-be-punished-in-the-afterlife-after-all-and-other-matters-of-religion-and-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/09\/darth-vader-will-be-punished-in-the-afterlife-after-all-and-other-matters-of-religion-and-science-fiction.html","title":{"rendered":"Darth Vader Will Be Punished In The Afterlife After All (and other matters of religion and science fiction)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>As the Sci-Fi Catholic reports<\/a>, George Lucas is intervening in the Star Wars universe again to inflict punishment on Darth Vader much as he has done to Yoda<\/a>.\u00a0IO9 describes it as Darth Vader \u201closing a little more of his dignity.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Also in the realm of religion and science fiction, and more specifically the justice of Vader\u2019s fate, Unreasonable Faith interacted with my post about redemption in sci-fi<\/a>. So the question now becomes whether Lucas\u2019 torturing of Vader (and potentially us as well) can ever make up for the harm he did to the galaxy.<\/p>\n

Gabriel McKee discussed \u201cLet\u2019s Kill Hitler\u201d and what can eventually be done about Hitler who has been left in the closet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Randall Rauser discussed extraterrestrials, salvation and God<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And in \u201csci-fi becoming science and intersecting with religion\u201d news, several bloggers mentioned the conversation between two chatbots, but Jerry Coyne was the first to point out that they end up talking about theology<\/a>!<\/p>\n