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Canadian Census: 20,000 Jedi Worshippers
Lev13than writes "Canada.com is reporting that some 20,000 Canadians listed "Jedi" as their religion in the last national census (2001). Apparently this is the offshoot of an Internet joke which originated in Australia a few years back. The results are interesting on a couple of levels. While it show that some people may have too much time on their hands, it also raises questions of privacy rights, Internet activism and data integrity. Although it's not statistically significant given Canada's population of 31.5 million, 20,000 lightsabre-wielding census-takers is nothing to sneeze at. StatsCan's full report (with no mention of Jedis) can be found here."
There are about 20,000 single guys who enjoy D&D and star wars in Canada!
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How else can you explain all the Americans who can't figgure out where the heck Canada is! And yes I'm Canadian :)
p.s. This isn't the country you're looking for.
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This is no surprise. Besides drinking beer and watching hockey, what else is there to do in Canada besides using the force?
Besides, the hairy palms insulate against the cold winters.
I think you mean census respondents... census-takers are the people who come to your door asking you to fill out the census form. If one of those folks whipped out a lightsaber on me I think I'd try to do an extra-good job of filling in the little bubbles...
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*waves hand* There is nothing to see here. Move along.
if the jedi religion has a god, this kid is it:
. sh tml
http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/04/29/star_war
The force will be with you, always, you hoser!
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Nothing like a sucky sequel to weed out the unbelievers.
All of a sudden, I have this vision of a bunch of Christians in ancient Corinth, huddled around the latest of Paul's writings. "Wait, this sucks so much compared to his first letter! That's it, I'm leaving!"
;-)
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Why do you think we're so damn good at hockey?
This is left as an exercise for the reader.
Hell - people believe in a lot of religions. At least this one has special effects you can actually see ... something other religions fail at miserably. I mean it's all fiction, might as well pick one that comes with a movie.
If I was gonna pick though, I'd want something Romulan. Romulan chicks are hot!
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I find their lack of faith disturbing.
[ducks]
That would make them Sith, eh? :-P
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like Oprahism?
Anyone remember the Star Trek religion on futurama? All the worshippers were killed by being tossed into volcanoes, the method most befitting virgins.
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A few years ago, BEFORE the Episode 1 came out, we named our soccer team "The Jedi". I played fullback and during one game I was having a particularly easy time thwarting the the opposing teams attempts to get by me. Finally one play I miscalculated and a player with the ball slipped by me and started to rush up the field, about 2 seconds after he got by he collapsed with a leg cramp and had to roll himself off the field. For the rest of the season my team was convinced I had used The Force :)
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The one that really gets me is when the option of Aetheist is listed as a religion. What's that about? Anyone else tripped out by that one?
They only have it because most census respondents don't know who the hell that CowboyNeal guy is.
16% of Canadians have "no religion", from 12% in the 1991 census. That's nearly 5 million people in a country of 30 million. Europe and the U.K. have similar makeups. B.C. leads Canada in the "no religion" category at 35% and it is also the largest religious group in the Province.
Also quite interesting was the shift from mainstream Protestantism to groups such as "born again" and "evangelical christian" (121% increase)and perhaps "no religion" (43% increase) or the eastern religions (roughly 85% increase). Not sure if that indicates an ideological shift or one of identity with respect to "christian". Certainly the rise in Muslin, Sikh, etc. practice can be traced to immigration, Canada has experienced enourmous diversity since the 1991 census.
I tried to find similar information on the U.S. Census website, but was unable.
Now, we get to the bottom of a comment where Slashdotters rarely spend time. This is where the real meat and potatoes of many comments are made. Not is this case. I am taking this space to talk of my collection of women's undergarments. Why was this not included on the census form? Surely there are large numbers of lingerie collecting atheist computer geeks out there, how could this be overlooked?
Do or do not, eh.
Some, maybe alot, are sincere. The rest put "Jedi" because there's no checkmark for "bugger off".
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
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Excerpt from Census form:
9. Describe your religious beliefs:
a. Christian conservative
b. Other Christian
c. Please add my name to John Ashcroft's list of "suspicious persons"
Remember the days when Republicans were the party of fiscal responsibility?
From the same episode of futurama.
"And a voice was screaming: 'Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?'" - HST
Charlton Heston, as Moses in the 10 Commandments. That bit where he parts the red sea is pretty damn spetacular. Definatly on par with yoda i'd say.
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
SUCH A THING ALREADY EXISTS
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The Jedi religion didn't come from New Zealand. It began a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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Screw it, I'll be a polytheistic athiest...in other words, I disbeleive in many gods :)
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1. There's more freaky people with no life in Australia.
2. Australians are more likely to take the piss out of something they think is stupid or pointless.
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Shouldn't that be,
:)
5. PROPHET!!!
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My journal has hot
There's just one fatal flaw with your otherwise excellent proposal, exemplified thus:
Checkout Guy: That'll be $22.95, please.
Darth Jeff: We don't have any proper money, but (waves hand) Jedi Dollars will do fine.
You see the problem? :)
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That my religious affiliation was "Elbonian". Alternatively, you could say you're Izzian or Izbian.
Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
Getting married will kill your sexlife 9 times out of 10. The one guy is the lucky bastard :)
Hey, my parents were married when I was conceived!
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