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Britain's First Jedi Member of Parliament
earthlingpink writes "In his maiden speech to the House of Commons, the Hon. Member for Copeland, Jamie Reed MP, announced that he is a Jedi: "as the first Jedi Member of this place, I look forward to the protection under the law that will be provided to me by the Bill" (the quotation is a fair way down the page; search for 'Jedi,' not surprisingly). How long before we have a Congressional equivalent?" Update: 06/29 23:15 GMT by T : Reader JE_Hoover adds a correction: "Although the previous MP for Copeland was the Hon. Member for Copeland, the current MP for Copeland is not a member of the privy council. Debretts make it all clear."
This gives immense insight into the type of people that get voted into Parliment. The voters are either oblivious, don't care, don't know better or maybe they are also members of that movement.
Either way, the next time the British Parliment critizes something in the world I will be rethinking where they are coming from.
Evolution or ID?
made up in a movie, made up in a book, what's the diff?
Do you do anything other than post on slashdot?
Actually, in a few minutes, I'll be going over to my fiancee's place of employment, to surprise her with flowers and take her out to dinner (it's her birthday), so I won't be posting much during that time.
Thanks for caring, though.
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Don't blame me, though - I didn't vote for him.
For what it is worth, Catholics believe that the priest turns the sacramental host and wine into the literal body and blood of Jesus Christ during mass. which is not too far removed from your example.
Yep.
And yet, bizarrely, many of them now offer gluten free communion wafers for people with food allergies.
Why?
After all, you're not eating the wafer - you're eating the body of Jesus, so it doesn't matter what the wafer is made of.
Or could it be that maybe they secretly know it's all a pile of steaming shite?
Curiosity was framed. Ignorance killed the cat.
Catholics aren't Christians. They are Catholics and believe in all kinds of superstitions.
Christians on the other hand don't believe that nonsense.
I hope you're just trolling, because otherwise I'd have to feel true pity for you because your brain must be hung like a gnat.
I've NEVER SEEN ANY PROOF OF A RELIGION. I *have* seen lots of good software, and lots of bad software.
Countries do in fact exist, and there is lots of proof of them. Edible food that doesn't kill you does in fact exist because we're here to fucking read your asinine words.
Your analogy sucks Jesus-riding donkey dick.
The New Testament was written to promote the religion, and is hardly likely to be true. It's spam and propaganda written by unknown madmen, criminals or idealists.
It differs in that most religions aren't derived from a series of increasingly lame fictional movies.
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