Jedi-ism Becomes a Serious Religion

An anonymous reader writes: 390,127 Brits declared their religion as Jediism in their last census — many as a joke, but some are quite serious, the BBC reports. Cambridge University Divinity Faculty researcher Beth Singler estimates at least 2,000 of them are "genuine," around the same number as the Church of Scientology. The U.K. Church of Jediism has 200,000 members worldwide. Their belief system has expanded well beyond the Star Wars universe to include tenets from Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Samurai. Former priest, psychotherapist and writer Mark Vernon finds real power in the Jedi story: "The reason it's so powerful and universal is that we have to find ourselves. It's by losing ourselves and identifying with something greater like the Jedi myth that we find a fuller life."

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Re:Serious Religion...

[Anonymous Coward]

Millions of people have been murdered in the name of religions.
Millions of people have been brain washed in the name of religions.
Millions of people have had their freedom to think what they want, feel what they want, or express what they want in the name of religions.
Most modern governments enforce law that is heavily based on religious roots within their history.

You may not think it's serious, but the entire world around you has been shaped by these religions, as sad and terrifying as it is.

Re:Worked for me.

[narcc]

Most Buddhists would strongly disagree with you.

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