by Clam 22 Replies latest jw friends
Two self-styled Jedi Knights are stepping up an intergalactic campaign for formal recognition. Umada and Yunyun, also known as John Wilkinson and Charlotte Law, want the UN to acknowledge "The Force" is worthy of being called a religion. The couple claim to be part of the UK's fourth largest religious group, after 400,000 people recorded their faith as "Jedi" in the 2001 Census.
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16112006/140/pair-use-force-jedi-religion.html
Perhaps prophetically, Futurama said that Star Trek became a religion in the mid 2000's:
We have a proud heritage dating back 195,000 years to our first Jedi, the blue haired, blue eyed Kaja Sinis, who was born on Coruscant.
I'm sure that will mean a lot to whichever UN department considers this request. I can think of more harmful religions that are recognised, so good luck to them.
I was going to say "Oh come on, get real!" but then I remembered that Scientology got passed as a religion and is alot more dangerous and wacky than either Star Wars or Star Trek.
Hmm....if there's one way I could possibly get my father out of the Borganization, this could be it.
Live long, and prosper....
Hmm... I wonder if there are any Sith groups out there waiting for this as well?
Ohhhh... the Flying Spaghetti Monster is going to be VERY upset with this news!
Actually, I thought exactly the opposite in regard to Flying Spaghetti Monster; if Jedis are recognized, why not FSM? I'm definitely a worshipper of FSM, aren't you? Heh heh heh heh. I think it would be great fun if the UN starts recognizing every half-baked religious group that comes along, the way they let the JWs in; it would only help to promote atheisim, which really does make more sense than religiosity. All religion is pretty much a fantasy-turned-institution, anyway. Why not recognize that by recognizing the Jedi Knights as just another religion, (which is exactly what it is)?
I think it would be great fun if the UN starts recognizing every half-baked religious group that comes along, the way they let the JWs in; it would only help to promote atheisim,
I think that rather than promoting atheism, this sort of thing actually promotes fundamentalism. People see this sort of thing and it turns them off religion because they see it being made a laughing stock, but that doesn't make them lose their faith. They then start looking for religions that condemn things like this, and so the number of fundamentalists increase.
