Jedi Religion the 4th biggest in the UK!!

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-02-14 09:09am

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3 ... 06,00.html

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-02-14 09:27am

Even though I'm an arrogant stuck up lazy egocentric American, I'm glad to say that I think the UK rocks.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-02-14 09:52am

Strange but really pretty cool.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2003-02-14 11:02am

I wonder why they won't accept it as a true religion.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-02-14 02:38pm

Samething happened in Aussieland, several thousand marked their religion as Jedi, but it was ignored. I think it takes several million to make it an official religion.

Hehe, can you imagine if it were to be deemed an official religion. I'd love to see the Jedi Council.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-02-14 02:41pm

Such high hopes for something that will never happen Aya.

For Jedi to be considered a religion we have to follow it's ways such as the force, lightsaber and etc....

Sucks right?

Cyaround,
Jason

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-02-14 02:45pm

Is that all? We can do that and we do have sabers, we'd just need to go to a toy store and get them. Then, we'll launch a crusade against the infidels!

Muwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Post by **AdmiralKanos** » 2003-02-14 02:59pm

Soontir C'boath wrote:Such high hopes for something that will never happen Aya.

For Jedi to be considered a religion we have to follow it's ways such as the force, lightsaber and etc....

Sucks right?

Cyaround,
Jason

Hmmm, let's see where this logic leads.

For positive Christianity to be considered a religion they would have to follow its ways such as turning the other cheek, giving all of their money to the church so that they're impoverished (because it is easier for a cow to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven, and even a bus driver in America is wealthy compared to the standard of living enjoyed in Jesus' time), refusing to enforce laws unless they are completely without sin (which no one is), etc.

For negative Christianity to be considered a true religion they would have to follow its ways such as hating all members of other faiths, being hopelessly intolerant of anything and everything that offends them ... OK, I guess negative Christianity is a true religion.

For Christian fundamentalism to be considered a true religion they would have to show that the Bible is scientifically accurate, which they can't.

See the problem with your logic? There is no argument that can be levelled against Jedi which cannot also be levelled against Christianity or any other religion. So in the end, it comes down to simple ego and appeals to popularity: "we think our religion is valid because there's a whole lot of us, so there."

As I've said before, one believer is a lunatic. A hundred believers is a cult. And a million believers is a "legitimate" religion.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-02-14 03:13pm

Then again, do we really want to see fundie Jedi in our lifetimes? Imagine arguing with people who argue endlessly about canonicity and events in the films, not becasue it's their hobby, but because they serriously believe in it. Not to mention how easy it is to 'turn to the dark side'; we could end up with assholes almost as cruel as fundie christians. Scary thought.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-02-14 03:39pm

people are weird already. claiming jediness would just make the symptoms obvious.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-14 05:08pm

I was one of the people who put down Jedi. I did it mainly as a piss take. For race I ticked other and stated that "I'M A HUMAN GOD DAMN YOU". Drove my parents nuts seeing it but who cares.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-02-14 05:19pm

Utsanomiko, I'd rather have people worshipping Star Wars over the Bible. Think, which is inherently a better moral foundation?

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-14 05:48pm

AdmiralKanos wrote:A hundred believers is a cult.

Nah, any fundie will tell you that a cult is any religion that isn't the right (read their) religion.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-02-14 05:54pm

kojikun wrote:Utsanomiko, I'd rather have people worshipping Star Wars over the Bible. Think, which is inherently a better moral foundation?

Jedi, but that wont stop morons from still fucking it up.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-14 05:56pm

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:Jedi, but that wont stop morons from still fucking it up.

Its a lot harder to "Fuck up" the Jedi religion than Christianity. There is no known canon jedi scripture that approves of mass murder. All jedi canon information tells us that cold blooded murder is bad.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-02-14 06:11pm

I'll be the first to declare myself a Dark Jedi / Sith.

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-02-14 08:00pm

Coooolllllllllll! England rocks so much more now.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-02-14 10:01pm

Jedi is a far better religon than Christianity

Jedi Values: "A Jedi uses his powers for knowledge and defense, never for attack."

Bible Values: Intolerance and Religous Prosicution, Barbaric rules, Stupid sins.

Jedi View on Death: "There is no death there is the Force."

Bible View on Death: You die. If you followed the Bible up to Heaven, if not, down to eternal suffering.

Jedi Power: Force. "It's an energy field created by all living things. It surronds us, penetrates us and pinds the universe together.

Bible Power: One (Un)compassionate, (Un)caring God.

Jedi Enemies: [img]http://supreme_sheridan.tripod.com/images/vader1.txt[/img]

Bible Enemies: Heavy Metal music.

Jedi Weapon: Lightsaber. "An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age."

Bible Weapon: A cross and a prayer.

Jedi Music: Duel of the Fates.

Bible Music: Church Choir.

See? :p

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-02-14 10:29pm

Jedi, 4th largest religion in UK?

It's things like that makes hard-core sci-fi fans fodder for comedians!

Anyway, I guess it could be worse.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-02-14 10:43pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Jedi is a far better religon than Christianity

Jedi Values: "A Jedi uses his powers for knowledge and defense, never for attack."

Bible Values: Intolerance and Religous Prosicution, Barbaric rules, Stupid sins.

Jedi View on Death: "There is no death there is the Force."

Bible View on Death: You die. If you followed the Bible up to Heaven, if not, down to eternal suffering.

Jedi Power: Force. "It's an energy field created by all living things. It surronds us, penetrates us and pinds the universe together.

Bible Power: One (Un)compassionate, (Un)caring God.

Jedi Enemies: [img]http://supreme_sheridan.tripod.com/images/vader1.txt[/img]

Bible Enemies: Heavy Metal music.

Jedi Weapon: Lightsaber. "An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age."

Bible Weapon: A cross and a prayer.

Jedi Music: Duel of the Fates.

Bible Music: Church Choir.

See? :p

*Proclaims GAT an Archbishop in the new Jedi religion*

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-02-14 10:57pm

paladin wrote:Jedi, 4th largest religion in UK?

It's things like that makes hard-core sci-fi fans fodder for comedians!

Anyway, I guess it could be worse.

Remember, it can always get worse. :p

Anyway, that's kinda cool. I'm thinking of doing that myself, when the next census is taken in the US.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-02-15 01:54am

Darth Servo wrote:
Darth Utsanomiko wrote:Jedi, but that wont stop morons from still fucking it up.
Its a lot harder to "Fuck up" the Jedi religion than Christianity. There is no known canon jedi scripture that approves of mass murder. All jedi canon information tells us that cold blooded murder is bad.

Ever heard of the Sith??

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-02-15 02:00am

But the Sith are not Jedi.

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-02-15 09:11am

Actually, people put that on their census to make fun of the goverment. It was in I think Time a few years back when this all started. The people got tired of al te gverment censuses, so they decided to start some trouble.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-02-15 02:17pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:But the Sith are not Jedi.

But what if some people start a real-life Sith religion??

Get out of the road, Norwegian Black Metal Satanism, (as opposed to ordinary Satanism) here comes a religion that is TRULY evil!!