Comments on: UK Church of the Jedi http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109875 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109875 Good rule of thumb: Don't join any new cults started by guys named "Jones." It might be fun and games now, but you know sooner or later the leaders are going to freak out and order their flock to fall on their lightsabers. Good rule of thumb: Don’t join any new cults started by guys named “Jones.” It might be fun and games now, but you know sooner or later the leaders are going to freak out and order their flock to fall on their lightsabers.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109892 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109892 "OK everybody, now line up and drink your Mountain Dew" “OK everybody, now line up and drink your Mountain Dew”

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109708 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109708 are they tax exempt? are they tax exempt?

]]> By: kuanes http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109711 kuanes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109711 does George Lucas receive subsidies from their soon-to-be meager coffers? does George Lucas receive subsidies from their soon-to-be meager coffers?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109715 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109715 mmmm, good point; when does divine revelation trump copyright? If have a vision that the Jedi Way is the one true faith, does freedom of religion absolve me of paying Lucas? Seriously, look at $cientology, all the other rackets (organized religions).They uniformly have no rational basis but are protected anyway. Tax them all I say. Like any other vice. mmmm, good point; when does divine revelation trump copyright? If have a vision that the Jedi Way is the one true faith, does freedom of religion absolve me of paying Lucas?

Seriously, look at $cientology, all the other rackets (organized religions).They uniformly have no rational basis but are protected anyway.

Tax them all I say. Like any other vice.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109719 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109719 Why not. It's part of our modern mythology and can be used as a mystical platform on which to build a disaplin, of sorts. I imagine that all you would have to do is live like a monk and speak with Star Wars lingo. May the Force be with you Why not. It’s part of our modern mythology and can be used as a mystical platform on which to build a disaplin, of sorts. I imagine that all you would have to do is live like a monk and speak with Star Wars lingo.

May the Force be with you

]]> By: Rick. http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109722 Rick. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109722 Just when I start to think that I'm a huge nerd, someone comes along and makes me look like George Clooney. Just when I start to think that I’m a huge nerd, someone comes along and makes me look like George Clooney.

]]> By: Michael Brutsch http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109733 Michael Brutsch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109733 It's good to see they are serious about being a "real" religion; identifying those who must be excluded because of their heretic beliefs is always a necessary first step. It’s good to see they are serious about being a “real” religion; identifying those who must be excluded because of their heretic beliefs is always a necessary first step.

]]> By: acb http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109735 acb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109735 <i>Although the current members are all men, women are not excluded, as Barney Jones points out: "Princess Leia helped them out a lot."</i> They don't say... Although the current members are all men, women are not excluded, as Barney Jones points out: “Princess Leia helped them out a lot.”

They don’t say…

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109736 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109736 It's all expected as the evil empire of Scientology and Tom Vader will fall under the onslaugh of the dual might of Barney and Daniel. It’s all expected as the evil empire of Scientology and Tom Vader will fall under the onslaugh of the dual might of Barney and Daniel.

]]> By: UrinalPooper http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109743 UrinalPooper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109743 *yawn* Let me know when the First Church of the Sith is opening. *yawn*

Let me know when the First Church of the Sith is opening.

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109761 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109761 I'm guessing that Chastity will not be an issue for Jedi priests. I’m guessing that Chastity will not be an issue for Jedi priests.

]]> By: Webbie http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109779 Webbie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109779 I'm a Jedi and so's my wife. Nobutseriously I am. Put "Jedi" down as my religion on the 2000 Census I think it was ? Me and a couple of million others. Hey I'm in the States now so maybe I should set up a branch here. If Cruise and his mates can... I’m a Jedi and so’s my wife.

Nobutseriously I am.
Put “Jedi” down as my religion on the 2000 Census I think it was ?
Me and a couple of million others.

Hey I’m in the States now so maybe I should set up a branch here.

If Cruise and his mates can…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109782 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109782 nor a vow of poverty nor a vow of poverty

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/01/22/uk-church-of-the-jed.html#comment-109783 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-109783 There are female Jedi. But chaste you must be! The Jedi must give all of him/herself to the Order. There is no time or place for sex and romance! The utter distruction of the Sith is obviously one of the Order's goals. And Rick, I think you have more of a Colin Farrell thing going. Not so much George Clooney. There are female Jedi. But chaste you must be! The Jedi must give all of him/herself to the Order. There is no time or place for sex and romance! The utter distruction of the Sith is obviously one of the Order’s goals. And Rick, I think you have more of a Colin Farrell thing going. Not so much George Clooney.

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