Star Wars: Church of Jedi 'sees 1,000 new recruits per day' as The Force Awakens

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/star-wars-church-jedi-sees-080000128.html

The Force is clearly strong with the Church of Jediism, but expression of Jedi belief is nothing new, and has hit the headlines in recent years. Earlier this year thousands of Turkish students petitioned their university to build a Jedi temple in response to an increased numbers of mosques being built on campuses across the country.

In 2010 a Jedi benefits claimant who was escorted out of a Jobcentre for refusing to take down his hood subsequently received a written apology. Last year a Jedi inmate accused prison authorities of intolerance for refusing to recognise his Star Wars-based religion.

Definitely the faith of the antichrist

 

[Billyd]

I think that Hillary wants to be a Jedi. She finished her debate appearance with "May the force be with you."

 

[Sirk]

I think that Hillary wants to be a Jedi. She finished her debate appearance with "May the force be with you."

I thought it was pretty corny..she was trying to be like the little people.

 

[Reborn]

I think that Hillary wants to be a Jedi. She finished her debate appearance with "May the force be with you."

Or, she's taking donations from Disney.
If you listen very closely, at the end she whispers......

"Go see Star Wars : The Force Awakens out on December 18th in theaters...or IMAX 3D, and vote Clinton."

 

[WarriorForChrist]

This is just a fan boy club. I see it more like someone who wants to play a knight once a month. I'm sure they will have a blast trying to force lift each other or choke each other out while crossing their eyes from the strain.

 

[Dude653]

Silly this is.

 

[Desdichado]

This is just silly. If you want to be a modern Jedi, just convert to eastern mysticism.

I do hope that Jediism makes waves in the muslim world. Let's pump more of their evangelists into Turkey.

 

[Dude653]

Spread, this religion will not.
Lame they are.

 

[Desdichado]

It sounds like something from a Douglas Adams plot line- a religion based on a popular movie.

Of course, people would eventually forget it was from a movie. In thousands of years, historians will argue over where jediism actually came from and if it's alleged founder, Yogi-da, walked the earth.

Radical Jedis will then try to kill off the skeptics, adding the prefix "Darth" to the names of their targets and collectively referring to them as "Sith."

And so it goes.

 

[Tintin]

Taoism for lazy nerds, The Force is. Say this as Star Wars fan, I do.

 

[Desdichado]

May the Chi be with you.

 

[Dino246]

This is just silly. If you want to be a modern Jedi, just convert to eastern mysticism.

I do hope that Jediism makes waves in the muslim world. Let's pump more of their evangelists into Turkey.

Or, we could just pump more turkey into their evangelists... make 'em all sleeeeepy!

 

[Desdichado]

Or, we could just pump more turkey into their evangelists... make 'em all sleeeeepy!

You don't know the power...of sleep.

 

[Tintin]

Star Wars is an odd beast. Much of it is derived from Taoism-lite, but then you have a very Judeo-Christian worldview where good must conqueror evil and self-sacrifice is good etc., even though they keep going on about there needing to be a balance of both the light and the dark side.

 

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Star Wars is an odd beast. Much of it is derived from Taoism-lite, but then you have a very Judeo-Christian worldview where good must conqueror evil and self-sacrifice is good etc., even though they keep going on about there needing to be a balance of both the light and the dark side.

Sure, no problem TinWalker...

 

[JonahLynx]

Well it looks like I have no choice....

It's time to reveal myself as a Sith lord before 2 other people think of it and I end up being some meaningless Sith hopeful.

 

[Desdichado]

Star Wars is an odd beast. Much of it is derived from Taoism-lite, but then you have a very Judeo-Christian worldview where good must conqueror evil and self-sacrifice is good etc., even though they keep going on about there needing to be a balance of both the light and the dark side.

The mindless Jedi musings were always my least favorite part of Star Wars. All I have to say to master Yoda is "be angry and sin not." I mean what does he know? He has the voice of Miss Piggy.

Thankfully, the Jedi religion itself isn't too developed outside videogames, expanded universe books, jediism practitioners, and the moldy imagination of George Lucas. The Judeo-Christian aspects of Star Wars you mentioned are what people think of first. The jedi mumbo jumbo is more for the hard core fans.

It's kind of like how most Star Trek fans come for the scifi, not Gene Roddenberry's Utopian tripe.

 

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The Judeo-Christian aspects of Star Wars you mentioned are what people think of first. The jedi mumbo jumbo is more for the hard core fans.

This reminds me when my daughter and I first encountered the SIMS (computer version). At first I tried making out what language the family was speaking, sounded kinda Japanesee but later realized I was just a dinosaur

 

[Desdichado]

This reminds me when my daughter and I first encountered the SIMS (computer version). At first I tried making out what language the family was speaking, sounded kinda Japanesee but later realized I was just a dinosaur

That's how I feel when I walk on a college campus. And I've only been gone for 'round about two years.

 

[crossnote]

That's how I feel when I walk on a college campus. And I've only been gone for 'round about two years.

You shoulda worn winged tipped shoes and carry a briefcase LOL
(that was still the going thing when I first entered college)
baby, how far we've come.

-sandals, tied dyed and bells by the time I left HAHA.