Tens of thousands of Brits and Aussies declare themselves practicing Jedis.
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It IS recognised on the official UK statistics website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=954
But only at the bottom of religeon page:
Notes:
The chart of non-Christian religions excludes Christians, people who had no religion and those who did not state their religion.
No religion includes people who ticked 'None' at the religion question plus those who wrote in Jedi Knight, Agnostic, Atheist and Heathen and those who ticked 'Other' but did not write in any religion.
So the Jedi are part of the 15% (8.5M) people who voluntairily put that they had NO religeon.
So: Obi wan k'NO by
Posted by Obi Won Knobby in Scotland on Fri Nov 26, 2004 at 11:52 AM
Okay so I admit I did write Jedi as my religion. I guess I figured it wouldn't do any harm. I have no religion, I am a scientist. I was pleased to see that so many others did the same as me, it was a great hoax.
Adam Garratt (Teacher)
Posted by Adam Garratt in Sweden on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 05:43 PM
Jedi is a real relgion i am a Jedi Knight of one of the highest ranks however i am not part of the jedi council just yet please join everyone is welcome we currently have just under 200,000 people in England that are members
Posted by nicholas ross in england on Mon May 22, 2006 at 04:11 PM
There's actually more to this than first meets the eye to somebody outside the UK, particularly the USA where secularism is enshrined in the constitution.
Believe it or not, the anglican church in the UK is "established", meaning that it forms part of government; there are 21 bishops in the upper house of our parliament. With decreasing church attendance and increases in other religions, particularly islam, this situation is clearly unsustainable. Many of us want to see it replaced with a secular state (ideally a republic but that's another matter), but the religious nutters in New Labour would like to see some kind of mish-mash solution with different religions holding special privileges. The census question on religion was the first step in testing the waters. Entering "Jedi" was a neat way of showing up the ludicrousness of the concept of an "official" religion.
Posted by Neil Hoskins in Aylesbury, UK on Fri Jul 20, 2007 at 04:51 AM
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Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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It IS recognised on the official UK statistics website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=954
But only at the bottom of religeon page:
Notes:
The chart of non-Christian religions excludes Christians, people who had no religion and those who did not state their religion.
No religion includes people who ticked 'None' at the religion question plus those who wrote in Jedi Knight, Agnostic, Atheist and Heathen and those who ticked 'Other' but did not write in any religion.
So the Jedi are part of the 15% (8.5M) people who voluntairily put that they had NO religeon.
So: Obi wan k'NO by
Posted by Obi Won Knobby in Scotland on Fri Nov 26, 2004 at 11:52 AM
Okay so I admit I did write Jedi as my religion. I guess I figured it wouldn't do any harm. I have no religion, I am a scientist. I was pleased to see that so many others did the same as me, it was a great hoax.
Adam Garratt (Teacher)
Posted by Adam Garratt in Sweden on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 05:43 PM
Jedi is a real relgion i am a Jedi Knight of one of the highest ranks however i am not part of the jedi council just yet please join everyone is welcome we currently have just under 200,000 people in England that are members
Posted by nicholas ross in england on Mon May 22, 2006 at 04:11 PM
There's actually more to this than first meets the eye to somebody outside the UK, particularly the USA where secularism is enshrined in the constitution.
Believe it or not, the anglican church in the UK is "established", meaning that it forms part of government; there are 21 bishops in the upper house of our parliament. With decreasing church attendance and increases in other religions, particularly islam, this situation is clearly unsustainable. Many of us want to see it replaced with a secular state (ideally a republic but that's another matter), but the religious nutters in New Labour would like to see some kind of mish-mash solution with different religions holding special privileges. The census question on religion was the first step in testing the waters. Entering "Jedi" was a neat way of showing up the ludicrousness of the concept of an "official" religion.
Posted by Neil Hoskins in Aylesbury, UK on Fri Jul 20, 2007 at 04:51 AM
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