Who would have thunk it?
In Britain a growing number of people are declaring themselves to be adherents of the Jedi faith.
About 390,000 people listed their religion as Jedi in the 2001 Census for England and Wales. In Scotland the figure was a reported 14,000.
This made news because eight Scottish police officers declared themselves to be Jedi.
I don’t know if this makes it an organized religion.
Last year, brothers Barney and Daniel Jones founded the UK Church of the Jedi – which offered sermons on the Force, light sabre training, and meditation techniques.
“Light sabre training?” Sign me up.
Not to be outdone, the nation of Iran is apparently raising an army of Wookies.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
Let me tell you a little story ’bout a man who was a Jedi
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed-eye
He was wand’rin’ in the woods with his buddy, the Wookiee
A-thinkin’ ’bout Princess Leia, that sweet bit of n——
“When men cease to believe in G-d they do not then beleive in nothing, they believe in anything.” attributed to G. K. Chesterton
Light saber training? Is it taught by the Star Wars kid? These are the same type of folks that go out in the woods and pretend to throw fireballs at orcs and ogres.
Strange, but I’ll bet they are good people.
I’m sure the light saber training will come in very handy when those policemen have to do riot control on crazed Muslim rioters in Bradford or elsewhere, over a grave insult to Islam like naming a teddy bear “Muhammed”.