Surely the real point behind this whole jedi/census issue is that it hilights the hypocrasy underpinning all major religions. Namely that they all seek to understand, explore and explain what is ultimately unknown. No religion is based upon fact and furthermore no religion has been proven to be anything other than fiction anyway!
So why, I find myself thinking, is the 'religion' Jedi any different? The answer is political power and who controls it. Here in the UK the church has been devolved from Parliament for hundreds of years (since the reformation) and yet shops were only allowed to open on sundays 10 years ago...!
The point is that people have the right to believe whatever they want to believe, it should never be tied to politics, ever.
For the record I placed my belief as jedi in the recent UK census, I will however be counted as an 'other' - hmmm
Is the CoS a religion or a company??
If it's the latter then most of the hollywood studios are in deep do do because they've been quoting the bible since the movie business began... Kinda highlights the absurdity of the situation really.... *sigh*
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>well, bush just lost my vote.
and he had it in the first place?!?!?!?
The man is an ignoramus, as decision after decision continues to demonstrate.
Surely the real point behind this whole jedi/census issue is that it hilights the hypocrasy underpinning all major religions. Namely that they all seek to understand, explore and explain what is ultimately unknown. No religion is based upon fact and furthermore no religion has been proven to be anything other than fiction anyway! So why, I find myself thinking, is the 'religion' Jedi any different? The answer is political power and who controls it. Here in the UK the church has been devolved from Parliament for hundreds of years (since the reformation) and yet shops were only allowed to open on sundays 10 years ago...! The point is that people have the right to believe whatever they want to believe, it should never be tied to politics, ever. For the record I placed my belief as jedi in the recent UK census, I will however be counted as an 'other' - hmmm
Is the CoS a religion or a company?? If it's the latter then most of the hollywood studios are in deep do do because they've been quoting the bible since the movie business began... Kinda highlights the absurdity of the situation really.... *sigh*
err... the japanese have been doing this for a while... the link is to their public images:m al.html
http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/doc/sk/photo/nor