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Title: It\'s official, I\'ve picked a religion
Post by: shockwaves on February 13, 2003, 12:11:29 PM: Due to the overwhelming number of people choosing it as a write in option on the 2001 British Census, a new religion has been officially recognized in the UK. That religion: Jedi Knight. 390,000 people declared themselves to be Jedi\'s during the census, well above the 10,000 needed to make it an officially recognized religion.

Maybe my views on religion might be changing afterall :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm
Title: It\'s official, I\'ve picked a religion
Post by: Jumpman on February 13, 2003, 12:15:35 PM: Sad, sad people over there...
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Post by: videoholic on February 13, 2003, 12:17:04 PM: They are going to go after Saddam with their Jedi Mind tricks.
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Post by: GigaShadow on February 13, 2003, 12:18:36 PM: Hmm strange, I thought the island of Cyprus was where the Jedi Temple was located :D
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Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on February 13, 2003, 12:21:44 PM: That is so freaky that you have posted about that today coz i was just about to post to c how many people actually did put that on the cunsus form!!!! =]
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Post by: Kurt Angle on February 13, 2003, 01:23:45 PM: Lot\'s of people did it thinking it would be a made a recognised religion but unfortunately it was all a hoax. It will never be recognised as a religion.
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Post by: SwifDi on February 13, 2003, 02:53:50 PM: Geez... England has some sad individuals.
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Post by: SER on February 13, 2003, 03:40:49 PM: OMG!!!! I laugh at this.... :laughing: Dumb.
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Post by: CHIZZY on February 13, 2003, 03:44:14 PM: this happened in austrailia last year....I think.
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Post by: Silent D on February 13, 2003, 04:41:10 PM: Jedi wasn\'t even a religion in the movie...

Those crazy brits.
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Post by: (e) on February 13, 2003, 04:47:57 PM: What a bunch of \'tards...
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Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 13, 2003, 05:26:58 PM: don\'t knock starwars dood.. without it alot of new computer technologys wouldn\'t have been invented. LOTR may not have been what it is today without starwars.

sad sad sad sad sad...
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Post by: (e) on February 13, 2003, 05:37:25 PM: I just thought it was sort of lame. People take it way too seriously now.

I mean they camp out at the movies,
Now they have a religion
They have well over 100 books,
They have well over 20 games,
They have millions of action figures,
They dress like them,
They think its real (some of the pathetic people).

Theirs so much more. I mean, It was GREAT before they made the new episodes how they are today. I just think they could\'ve done much better without having to start the Crazyiness back up.

Hopefully Episode 3 will be up to the first starwars standards.
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Post by: Avatarr on February 13, 2003, 06:11:54 PM: I told my mum I was a Jedi when she was filling out the form, BUT SHE SAID NO!@$ :( Must\'ve happend to lots of other kids, cuz its not official in Australia. :( ........ YET :evil:
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Post by: Avatarr on February 13, 2003, 06:14:08 PM: \'tater! its just a bit of fun. sif we\'d walk arround in jedi robes with our fake lightsabres.
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Post by: (e) on February 13, 2003, 06:27:45 PM: Yeah,

You do that.
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Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 13, 2003, 06:43:44 PM: so we can\'t live the life of the Jedi? oh crap... why not?
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Post by: Avatarr on February 13, 2003, 06:51:24 PM: sure u can live the life of a jedi.... its just that you\'ll be bagged out for being a nerd.... BUT IF THERES ENOUGH OF US!!!!!!!!!!!! ........... :evil:
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Post by: theomen on February 13, 2003, 10:50:14 PM: spudz=empire supporter?
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Post by: (e) on February 14, 2003, 04:46:41 PM: Quote
Originally posted by theomen
spudz=empire supporter?
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Post by: Titan on February 14, 2003, 05:22:56 PM: That\'s England for you :D I may be a pretty big SW fan but I\'d never make Jedi Knight my religion.
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Post by: FatalXception on February 14, 2003, 07:29:44 PM: They were going to try that in Canada too... it\' fizzled when we were told that they weren\'t going to recognize it as a religeon....

It\'s persecution I tells ya! But just you wait... once our "cool" generation of computer-trek-wars nerds hit\'s their fifties and gets all the power..... then you\'ll see some sweeping changes..

My platform?
I favor lightsaber-control.
Harsher sentences for three-time dark-force users.
Cheaper post-secondary training for the jedi padiwan.
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Post by: Darth Joyda on February 15, 2003, 02:09:27 AM: Star Wars, from episodes 4 to 6, is good entertainment. But it is still fiction, created by George Lucas. Religion based on pure fiction can not have a spiritual base; for at least the elder religions are shrouded with mysteries.

Jedis in the films didn\'t follow a religion, they followed a philosophy.
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Post by: clowd on February 15, 2003, 04:39:34 AM: I usualy dont tell people this because it is very rude but I\'ll make an exception.

Get a life
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Post by: Avatarr on February 15, 2003, 06:07:32 AM: teehee. :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Post by: Titan on February 15, 2003, 09:10:36 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Darth Joyda
Jedis in the films didn\'t follow a religion, they followed a philosophy.

In the movie the Force is a religion :D Like one of the Imperial officers said to Vader "don\'t patronize me with that hoaxy religion Lord Vader" or something around those lines. Check out a new hope when they are talking about making the Death Star operational. Man, I\'m such a geek :nerd:
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Post by: Soul Reaver on February 15, 2003, 09:33:59 PM: Quote
390,000 people declared themselves to be Jedi\'s during the census, well above the 10,000 needed to make it an officially recognized religion.

That\'s a lot of losers.
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Post by: Darth Joyda on February 16, 2003, 03:18:51 AM: Darn - and I thought I knew Star Wars :D
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Post by: Avatarr on February 16, 2003, 07:00:51 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Titan

In the movie the Force is a religion :D Like one of the Imperial officers said to Vader "don\'t patronize me with that hoaxy religion Lord Vader" or something around those lines. Check out a new hope when they are talking about making the Death Star operational. Man, I\'m such a geek :nerd:

I think it went "Don\'t try to scare us with your ........ " I need to check the tapes again! OMG I FORGOT A LiNE!#@ OMG@!!!!!!!!!

*panicks
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Post by: Titan on February 16, 2003, 09:41:21 AM: I think your right Avatarr. Either that or "Don\'t threaten us with your......"
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Post by: ooseven on February 16, 2003, 09:45:36 AM: Who cares

what i am waiting for is the census people to go knocking on peoples doors about miss using the form.

there is a Fine for doing that :laughing:

oh and

Christ its like Geek Heaven in here :eek:

GET A LIFE ALL OF YOU ;)

:P

P.S.

Boba Fett was a FAG !
Title: It\'s official, I\'ve picked a religion
Post by: Titan on February 16, 2003, 09:48:20 AM: Boba Fett was cool! You take that back :rpissed: