IS "THE FORCE" WORTHY OF BEING CALLED A RELIGION?

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IS "THE FORCE" WORTHY OF BEING CALLED A RELIGION?

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IS "THE FORCE" WORTHY OF BEING CALLED A RELIGION?

[+] serious ballot by winston
created Tue Jan 30, 07
Two self-styled Jedi Knights are stepping up an intergalactic campaign for formal recognition. Umada and Yunyun, also known as John Wilkinson and Charlotte Law, want the UN to acknowledge "The Force" is worthy of being called a religion. The couple claim to be part of the UK's fourth largest religious group, after 400,000 people recorded their faith as "Jedi" in the 2001 Census. They say that as a religion, they deserve tolerance and respect. November the 16th is the annual International Day for Tolerance. As part of a global battle worthy of Luke Skywalker's efforts against the Empire, the band of self-styled Jedis want the UN to re-name the day as Interstellar Day of Tolerance.

So should "the force" be considered a Religion?

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'May the Forest be with you'!

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes
I think the real question is how do we judge what "Religion" really is, and by what merits?

by winston on Tue Jan 30, 07 11:50am [+]

Voted : Maybe
Given that all religions are based on belief rather than proven fact, it gives them a pretty strong arguement lol.

by minni_the_minx on Tue Jan 30, 07 12:20pm [+]

Voted : No
They know for sure it is based on fictional work, so I don't think it qualify as a bona fide religion...wanna be "trekkies" don't count...

by thesoothsayer on Tue Jan 30, 07 2:07pm [+]

Voted : No
Sounds like a joke.

by skylab on Tue Jan 30, 07 4:24pm [+]

Voted : Maybe
Well, there are people who worship rats in the world. For me, though, it's not enough. And I can't help but wonder what would've happened if "Star Wars" had flopped...

by Truthseeker013 on Tue Jan 30, 07 4:42pm [+]

part of the philosophy i live by is based on the shadow jedi. the idea is basically that the light and dark sides are not of the force, but of people's minds, and without using both, nothing functions. passion (dark) is meant to fuel reason (light).

by neothe1 on Tue Jan 30, 07 10:08pm [+]

Voted : No
Religion is defined as faith, practice, rite and ceremony.
If this group registers their Articals of incorperation as a non profit organization and compose principle by-laws of governence Constituting a Church (per se), attributed to worship of *the Force*, at least in the US, they become a religion.

Will they be taken seriously?

Not Likely!

by passiveson on Wed Jan 31, 07 1:08am [+]

Voted : Yes
An irrational belief in a fairy tale. Sounds like religion to me.

by thc2883 on Wed Jan 31, 07 6:29am [+]

Voted : Yes
What I consider to be the best definition of religion is: "A culturally varied response to the sacred."
I suppose sub-cultures could be included in that definition, and to the extent their conviction is sincere and they truly believe the Force plus ideas peripheral and attached to be sacred, then it's a religion. You can't be part of the Force as a religion just because you like Star Wars. You really have to commit yourself to it.

by Applerod on Wed Jan 31, 07 10:07am [+]

Why not?

The Christian Spiritualist Church was {purportedly} founded on the back of a hoax perpetrated by two young sisters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualist_Church

So why not spawn one off the back of a concept in a movie. esp. as that concept looks to me like an amalgam of many different real cultural/religious trad.s

by willistine on Wed Jan 31, 07 10:24am [+]

Voted : Yes
What winston said.

by himself809 on Wed Jan 31, 07 7:24pm [+]

yes, the jedi are a blend of shaolin monks, samurai, and knights of the round table, and the force is almost identical to qi.

by neothe1 on Wed Jan 31, 07 7:28pm [+]

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