Is the force with you?

Anime Jedi · Post by **Anime Jedi** » Wed May 14, 2003 5:23 pm

In the latest census, approxiametely 20,000 Canadians said their religion is that of "Jedi". Last time checked, 400,000 people in the UK said that their religion was that of "Jedi" as well.

Of course this is all a joke. Many people say it's much too personal a question to ask what your religion is, so they pretty much just like to joke around. Unfortunetaly, when you joke around this much, it hurts the stats. With these numbers, there are more Jedi in the UK, than there are people who are Jewish! -_-

Talk about weird.

Veldrin · Post by **Veldrin** » Wed May 14, 2003 5:25 pm

LOL! I knew about the whole jedi religion thing, but not that there were more people who put that then there are jews. Although if Hitler had his way there wouldn't even be a percentage of jews. Oh well...

Anime Jedi · Post by **Anime Jedi** » Wed May 14, 2003 6:18 pm

I found the approxiamate number of a 2001 census.

In the UK:
400,000 Jedi religion to 260,000 Jewish religion

I not trying to point anything specific out, but this is one of the main stats they pointed out.

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Wed May 14, 2003 7:26 pm

IS DA FORCE WIT ME ... YA DAM STRAIGHT YO! ... DA FORCE BE UP MAH GRILL YO! ... [/Ghetto crack ranting]

lol more jedi then jews ... thats funny ...

Savia · Post by **Savia** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:31 am

The UK census thing was a kind of running joke that some people set up to say 'look, isn't this census thing stupid?'. You see, if there're a certain minimum number of people who register themselves as being of a certain religion, then the government recognises that religion as 'real'. Somebody thought it would be cool to make 'Jedi' an official religion. Word got around, and a lot of reliogion-sceptics thought it would be more interesting to but Jedi down than none. At one point, there was talk of the government fining people who put it down

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:43 am

Anime Jedi wrote: 400,000 Jedi religion to 260,000 Jewish religion

Puts a damper on the Torah, but at least they still have badass hair and hats.

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:45 am

Damnit, I'm thinking of the Amish again. Good thing they'll never read this though.

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Thu May 15, 2003 6:15 am

Pie Row Maniac wrote:Damnit, I'm thinking of the Amish again. Good thing they'll never read this though.

no, Hasidic(sp?) Jews look very much like Amish people, just they usualy have the really long cruly sideburns, the amish are allowed to cut them. The hacidic's usualy wear long dark coats, and dress pants/shirts with those hats your usualy thinking of, or they wear those weird russian bear skin hats in the winter.

chaoticstormbringer · Post by **chaoticstormbringer** » Thu May 15, 2003 7:39 am

I put down Anime Creators as my religion.
I worship the creators of samurai x, rurouni kenshin, excel saga, EVA, zoids, ninja ressurection, ninja scroll... (goes on and on)

At least there i'm worshipping someone thats Physically there

I have yet to see zeus hurling a thunderbolt at me or aphrodite feeding me grapes or god getting rid of my ingrown toenails

either way, at least there is something to take away the pain of reality

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Thu May 15, 2003 7:42 am

Anime religion? you mean, fanatical "you like eva or you die kind of stuff!' right?

I wanna be jedi! I want da force!

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