Originally posted by Blax_Hydraliskpost more often in this forum i never see ya blax. ya know your flare could be used here.
Ha. I'm an Atheist. You're force can't harm me, because it can't be scientifically proven to be real!*Goes off on a long, boring lecture about why I'm smarter then you, and how the world would be better off without the force*
I think this was made some time ago, and they actually did a better job giving it some credit.
It's very much similar to Buddhism/Taoism, just insert "The Force" for "The Tao" or "Enlightenment," but it also gives people an excuse to dress up like Jedi. Silly, sure, but as a philosophy, one could do a lot worse.
I think at some point, Europe took a census, and enough people responded "Jedi" to their religion that various countries recognize it as an official, though minority, religion. Maybe that's just a myth, though, since I've never seen the rumor confirmed.
I think this is their official site:
http://www.thejediismway.org/
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Maybe that's just a myth, though, since I've never seen the rumor confirmed.
It's a TOTAL myth. No such thing ever happened or could happen- no census in any of the countries that the myth speaks of actually has the ability to create a new religion., They simply note that people responded that way, in the same way a certain amount of people respond with 'up yours' and so on.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
It's a TOTAL myth. No such thing ever happened or could happen- no census in any of the countries that the myth speaks of actually has the ability to create a new religion., They simply note that people responded that way, in the same way a certain amount of people respond with 'up yours' and so on.
Originally posted by Storm
"Jedi Knight" being given its own code merely means that it has been registered as a common answer to the "religion" statistic.
Basically what Storm said. You make "starting a religion" sound like it is more involves than just gathering adherents. It's basically like any other cult (i.e. religion) that has started off as a social meme, then congeals into an official dogma (or in Jediism's case, semi-official). Get enough people to answer as such on a census, and it becomes officially recognized, even without places of worship or a centralized governing body.
So yeah, people might write "up yours" but that doesn't invalidate the numbers that answered "Jedi." Some likely did it as a joke, but there are a number of people who take it seriously as a philosophical doctrine. It's not bat-sh*t crazy like believing in Jedi, Sith, etc. in a literal sense (though the discussion boards are amusing) but it mainly just borrows heavily from established Eastern traditions, then injects some sci-fi flair into it.
Again, maybe the rumor I heard is a lie. But I think it's far more plausible than you're making it out to be.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
😱 Broke it, more like. 😛
As you can tell, I am a Stars Wars fan. I have lost one game of Star Wars trivial pursuit and that was because I lost by one question. (Neimoidians was the answer.)
Originally posted by Schecter
id rather be sith
Internet badassery FTW.
However, there is literal merit to following the Sith teachings.