Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
Midichlorians are loosely based on Mitochondria, which are a real organism that lives inside every cell of every being here on Earth.
When scientists first discovered them, some of them theorized that they could hold the secret to the origin of life itself. They speculated that it was these mitochondria that came along to co-exist with single celled organisms which allowed them to grow into multi-celled organisms.
A lot of religious groups felt that we shouldn't even be studying about mitochondria, because they could serve to "explain" God. Just as a lot of us accused the Midichlorian concept of "explaining" the Force.
The truth is they do no such thing. As a lot of you pointed out, they only add more questions to the ones we already had.
Midichlorians are loosely based on Mitochondria, which are a real organism that lives inside every cell of every being here on Earth.
When scientists first discovered them, some of them theorized that they could hold the secret to the origin of life itself. They speculated that it was these mitochondria that came along to co-exist with single celled organisms which allowed them to grow into multi-celled organisms.
A lot of religious groups felt that we shouldn't even be studying about mitochondria, because they could serve to "explain" God. Just as a lot of us accused the Midichlorian concept of "explaining" the Force.
The truth is they do no such thing. As a lot of you pointed out, they only add more questions to the ones we already had.
So...then...only microscopic bacteria can communicate with the force for Jedi? Sorry, but Wesyeed is right if you ask me.
Also, I don't know who these religious groups are that you speak of, but they sound lame. Mitochondria do not explain God in any way. Unfortunately, Lucas has made sure that Midichlorians explain too much about the force in terms of the Star Wars universe. People like Weyseed are not the ones removing the mystery of the force with this concept, George Lucas already confirmed the way in whch they remove much of the mystery for us. Are living beings "luminous," like Yoda said, or do they simply carry varrying amounts of hereditary bacteria?