Supermarket Bans Jedi Knight

The employees at Tesco seem to be immune to mind tricks, and have kicked out the founder of the International Church of Jediism. Daniel Jones, 23, who founded the religion based on the Star Wars movies, was asked to leave because his robes were against store rules which forbid the wearing of 'hoodies' in their premises. "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave," he told The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone." It's exactly this kind of stuff that turns young Jedis to the dark side.

Comments

Re:Discrimination

[Chelloveck]

No, the last two paragraphs weren't jokes, and I stand by them. You can't just make shit up then bitch about "religious discrimination" when no one else takes you seriously. If you can, I'm going to found the First Church of Chelloveck and start with the basic tenet that God wants us to only work 1 day and have 6 days of rest. Maybe for fun I'll throw in that He also doesn't want us to wear pants, but on special holy days you can cover up your unmentionables with a smiley face cut from the hubcap of a 1966 Ford Mustang.

I don't care if one nutcase claims to be a follower of jedism and says that he has to wear his hooded robe when he's in a grocery store. I don't expect the store to honor that kind of nonsense. And yeah, most (if not all) mainstream religions have equally arbitrary rules. The difference is that of scale. One person claiming special treatment is a nutjob. It's not a religion (in the sense that it can be discriminated against) until that nutjob is backed up by lots of his nutty friends who all believe the same crap.

Re:Jediism, a.k.a. $CIENTOLOGY.....

[Andrei D]

You only prove that you are completely clueless. No matter what you think about Christianity, comparing Jesus to this Jedi clown or Joseph Smith is just plain stupid. Try to spend less time on Slashdot and read some books. Maybe something written by C.S. Lewis or G.K. Chesterton. Like you, they were also firm atheists, but they managed to use their brains and understand their errors. Get smart, will you?