Jediism finally catches on

[ribozyme]

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January 25, 2008 · Daniel Jones noticed, as did many other people, that more than 390,000 people across England and Wales had claimed “Jedi” as their religion on the U.K.'s 2001 census. An Internet campaign may have driven up those numbers, but the results held a deeper meaning for Daniel and his brother Barney. That census report became their impetus to start the U.K. Church of the Jedi.

Daniel took on the name Master Morda Hehol and opened the main chapter in Anglesey, Wales, where he lives. Another is open in Surrey, England, and they’ve had calls from would-be Jedis in Washington and Colorado, people hoping to open chapters stateside. It’s no joke to Daniel, who was atheist before adopting Jediism.

“We don’t have a deity, we have the Force,” says Daniel. “It’s more like self-belief. If you believe in yourself, and you manipulate the Force, you can achieve great things.”

 

[Lev23]

Poor fella, he says this is no joke for him. I can just see him now laying on the couch trying to use the force to bring the remote to him.

I see everyone is a Jedi, what happens when a person decides to be a Sith Lord? And what will be their weapons? I don’t think they will get anywhere with plastic light sabers. At least you can buy them that make the noises heard in the movies.

Really though, this is sad. God wants us to reason with him. How do you reason with the force? It is a higher power, but higher than what? There is a dark and a light side. Does the force care what side your on?

Whats more, George Lucas probably did people a favor by his goofy explanation of what is behind the force in his Star Wars prequels. In the Original Trilogy, you get that the force was some kind of magic. In the the Prequels, it was the count of certain micro-scopic organisms within a person.

Listen force believers, the Star Wars movies are a fictionous epic story on good against evil, and the “force” was a concept used by the writer to magnify this theme. Nothing more.

 

[Claire_from_DE]

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May the pasta be with you.

 

[Mr.Bee]

Wow!!

That is SO… cool!!

Finally a religion based on something I can relate with - my childhood obsession with Star Wars!! George Lucas is really cool too, I put him up there with Jesus and Muhammad any o’l day, I mean, Star Wars is so deep and meaningful, and with the FORCE, I can do anything!, manipulate people’s minds, win at bowling, destroy evil empires… If I ever have to fight a war, I want the Force with me, Yay! Force!..

Idiots

 

[agmoose02]

Does anyone else find his explanation of the force to be rather Manichean? Amazing how old heresies never die, they just keep reincarnating.

 

[hopelessrom_grl]

lol…poor star wars geeks

 

[Reuben_J]

Wow!!

That is SO… cool!!

Finally a religion based on something I can relate with - my childhood obsession with Star Wars!! George Lucas is really cool too, I put him up there with Jesus and Muhammad any o’l day, I mean, Star Wars is so deep and meaningful, and with the FORCE, I can do anything!, manipulate people’s minds, win at bowling, destroy evil empires… If I ever have to fight a war, I want the Force with me, Yay! Force!..

For a moment you nearly had me there, until you said this …

Idiots

May Jesus’ force be with us all.