JEDI

admin

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:05:12 GM

The . Jedi census. phenomenon is a grassroots movement that was created in 2001 for citizens of a number of English-speakin​g countries to record their . religion. as . Jedi. or . Jedi. Knight (after the quasi-religious​ order of Force-attuned ...

Star Wars Religion Doesn't Make Census

unknown

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:32:01 GM

Will filling in '. Jedi. ' as your . religion on census forms. force the government to recognize it as a legitimate faith?

Take the Poll - Is Jedi a Valid Religion ?

paganwiccan

ue, 21 Apr 2009 12:37:37 GM

The . Jedi Census. Movement became something more, and since 2001, a number of . Jedi. churches have sprouted up in both the United Kingdom and the US. Instead of just writing it in a box on a . form. , there are a number of people who appear to ...

Compiling data on belief needs to ask the right question to avoid ...

Kevin Dixon

ue, 16 Feb 2010 15:29:46 GM

For example, the question in the 2001 . Census. 'What is your . religion. ?' gave a far higher figure for 'Christian' than all other surveys the 'Christian' box being selected by 71.74 per cent of respondents. ... Torbay's NHS Trust has a monitoring . form. that asks about an applicant's faith or belief. Along with a wide range of religions, from Christianity and Islam to Judaism and Hinduism, an applicant could identify themselves as a follower of Jainism. ...

Heresy Corner: Avatar and the future of religion

The Heresiarch

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:18:00 GM

I prophesy that in 10 years' time the UK . census. will show more adherents of Eywa than there are of . Jedi. , and that is saying something. With James Cameron poised to do at least two sequels to Avatar, and with the frenzy likely to grow, it is time, ... Taylor appears to see this . form. of naturalistic green consciousness as the future of . religion. . He writes that "traditional religions with their beliefs in nonmaterial divine beings" have been in decline since Darwin's time, ...

Nerds Gone Spiritual?

unknown

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GM

Boekelaar - 1/29/2010, 12:10 AM. Wasn't jediism added to the british . census. a few years ago due to it getting enough write ins? I think I remember reading that somewhere. ... Well gee scientology formed from Hubbard's power of the mind book so why not a . Jedi. knight . form. of . religion. in the end there all geekiods. And now Klingon lingo is now a recognised world languge (S.P.) because enough people speak it. I know my spelling sucks.lol ...

Sense and the Census

The Heresiarch

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:02:00 GM

The notorious . religion. question will still be on the paper. I'm hoping to see healthy growth in the . Jedi. community, though the followers of Yoda now face stiff competition, numbers-wise, from devotees of His Noodliness the Flying ...

Tesco and the Dark Side

Whealie

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:53:02 GM

This cracked me up . A man who founded the . Jedi religion. based on Star Wars was todl to remove his hood and is claiming religious victimisation. Tesco. ... I put down . Jedi. on the . census form. ...

Liberty Scott: Census prosecution

libertyscott

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:57:00 GM

Census prosecution. Nik Haden, Wellington economist, is being charged by the Statistics Department, because of his alleged behaviour in relation to protests last year against the compulsion around filling out . census forms. . ... By contrast, the UK Office for National Statistics was relaxed about it for the 2001 UK census, because more people filled it out because they enjoyed putting their . religion. as . Jedi. . If you want to know who supports this sort of prosecution then you ...

Pluralism Gaining Ground

Rev Nev

ue, 02 Feb 2010 14:25:45 GM

Don't get me wrong. I have definite convictions about the truth of Christianity but will still fiercely fight for your right to follow whatever . religion. you choose. You could put . Jedi. on your . census form. this year, if you want to. ...

John Williams is my Religion | The Extratextuals

Jonathan Gray

hu, 29 May 2008 03:19:36 GM

Goto comments Leave a comment. I am a . Jedi. , like my father before me. Seriously. When I lived in England in 2000, there was a movement to claim a Jedia or a Jedi Knighta as onea s . religion. on the . census. . Some did this because theya re ... And hearing his music play in a theatre is a . form. of communion. Moreover, while there may only be a few hundred thousand . Jedi. in the world, I wonder how many millions of childhoods the world over were in effect scored by Williams? ...

jediism

Esther

ue, 25 Aug 2009 09:15:26 GM

some people did this as they received a chain-mail e-mail stating . jedi. would become an official . religion. if enough people wrote it on their . census forms. , when in fact, the uk for example does not officially recognise religions. ...

Is Jedi now officially a Religion ?

NeoVenom

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:15:53 GM

Apparently you used to get arrested if you put . Jedi. as your . Religion. on a . census form. , but now it has enough members to be an official . religion. .. Is there a website? Do you get a free toga? And Lightsabre?

the jedi faith

John of Celtic Ways

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:21:26 GM

the cause of the interview was that 39000 people in the uk claimed their . religion. was the ". jedi. faith" on the 2001 uk . census forms. and, thus, making the faith the fourth largest . religion. in britain. the interview was with umada and ...

'i find your lack of faith disturbing.' [darth vader]

laeshel

ue, 18 Nov 2008 23:18:00 GM

jedi. '. religion. ' grows in australia tuesday, 27 august, 2002, 07:29 gmt 08:29 uk 70, 509 people in australia declared themselves followers of the . jedi. faith on their . census forms. , ...

jedi knight are out there

Wondering Wanderer

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:18:46 GM

it's census night tomorrow, a very important night where we've gotta stay home and make sure we fill out the . census form. with due diligence. this important data collected plays a critical role in the development of the nation making ...

lightsabres / the myth and technology of the jedi weapon

Joe Kissell

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:01 GM

that's not to say i'd record my . religion. as . jedi. on a . census form. star wars is, after all, just a story. still, . jedi. knights are very cool, in the way comic-book superheroes are. they have mysterious telepathic and telekinetic powers; ...

the failure of the jedi

unknown

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:40:00 GM

there was a thing in australia where people were writing ". jedi. " as their . religion on census forms. , because urban myth said that if enough people did that then the government would legally have to recognize it as a . religion. . ...

Official: UK law now says ManBearPig-worship is a religion to rank ...

James Delingpole

ue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:44 GM

self down as a Climate Change Denier as my . religion. on the . census form. . The last time I Ripped the form up but my wife tapped it together and sent it in. Next year I'm going to lie to every single question. Revenge of the . Jedi. what. ...

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Ted Friedman / Georgia State University - Atlanta

hu, 06 Aug 2009 18:55:31 GM

The Force is not exactly a religious concept: while a handful of fans mark . Jedi. down as their . religion on census forms. , most recognize that it's a fictional conceit. But it's nonetheless central to a story that resonates - a myth that ...