What is the Jedi Religion and where can I find more information about it?
2007-07-03 07:47:46 · 18 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As the wise Yoda said, "Do or do not, there is no try." Go my son. Google you will use. Answers, find them you will. The llittle green man, worhship you will!
2007-07-03 07:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you're British (like me), but a few years ago there was a census taken which asked people what religion they were. Some people didn't agree with that question being there, so they put 'Jedi' or 'Jedi Knight' as a protest. Because more than 50,000 UK citizens did this, the British Government was legally obliged to recognize 'Jedi' as a religion, whether they liked it or not (they didn't like it).
2007-07-03 07:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 2001 census reveals that 390,000 people across England and Wales are devoted followers of the Jedi "faith" made famous by the blockbuster films.
Could Yoda appear on R4's Thought for the Day?
Census officials bowed to pressure after a massive internet campaign to include Jedi on the list of chosen religions.
2007-07-03 07:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by ruralsouthwell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Jedi seem to me to be modelled upon chinese Taoism and Ch'an, with the martial aspect bound up with spirituality.
Before you become a Jedi, bear in mind that the movies clearly conclude that the order collapsed because it ignored the dark side, which became polarised and ultimately destroyed both. Annakin's salvation by Luke is the reunion of the light and the dark.
Taoism knows the yin and the yang. The Jedi learned to it's cost that both are necessary.
2007-07-03 08:02:43 · answer #4 · answered by joju 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will star this, hopefully Jedi master will see. The philosophies it follows were actually practiced in some cultures under a different name, but I do not remember the name.
There wasn't force though, just the:
Fear leads to Hate, hate leads to anger, anger leads to suffering. etc
The Jedi religion outside the films was a Census Joke, and I don't think Wikipedia is correct.
2007-07-03 07:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Jedi Religion was around a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
Shouldn't we have moved beyond that ancient fairy tale by now?
2007-07-03 07:56:52 · answer #6 · answered by Mystine G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Will go to the Jedi section category entertainment.
2007-07-03 07:53:32 · answer #7 · answered by God is love. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone trying to practice Jedi for real needs to see a shrink, pronto.
2007-07-03 07:50:42 · answer #8 · answered by Bill W 【ツ】 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one practiced this religion before 1977 when Star Wars came out.
2007-07-03 07:51:00 · answer #9 · answered by Rob P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And they call Christianity a "delusional belief system", and here's a guy asking about a purely fictional film idea known as such by hundreds of millions of people.
Stupidity thy name is MAN.
2007-07-03 07:53:47 · answer #10 · answered by RIFF 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋