 news.bbc.co.uk 190px x 150px | 7.80kB [source page] If 8 000 New Zealanders have heeded an e mail asking them to declare Jedi as their faith on this week s census forms then Star Wars will have spawned an officially recognised religion Kiwis who went along with the jape may have to explain themselves to the authorities since it is an offence to enter false information in the census But then surely no one can From Yahoo Image Search: "Jedi Religion on Census Forms"  askpang.typepad.com Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:39:08 GM A campaign on the internet claimed - wrongly - that . Jedi. , the belief system at the heart of the Star Wars films, would receive official government recognition as a . religion. if enough people quoted it on their . Census forms. . ... From Google Blog Search: "Jedi Religion on Census Forms"
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 news.google.com Huddersfield Examiner (blog) Even my mate Kev the Sparky declared on the last census form that he was a Jedi Knight. Or was that Chewbacca? Star Wars has legions of fans worldwide and ... news.google.com Stuff.co.nz (blog) I did once claim that my religion was " Jedi " on a census form , purely on the basis that I'd tried doing the Jedi mind trick at least as many times as I'd ... news.google.com DigitalJournal.com The Jedi movement saw some 39000 people mark " Jedi " as their religion on the census and there is now a Jedi Church. It's not certain if there will be a ... From Google News Search: "Jedi Religion on Census Forms" Anyone on R & S a Jedi? Q. In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8 percent) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the country.[12] In the 2001 Census 2.6 percent of the population of Brighton claimed to be Jedi. -- Source: Wikipedia (of course) Asked by there is no spoon - Tue Nov 24 01:17:03 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. When 900 years old, you reach Look as good, you will not. Answered by rz - Tue Nov 24 01:24:47 2009 If Congress passed a law that discriminated against Pastafarians, would the US Supreme Court strike it down? Q. Or would it fail to recognise it as a religion? I believe that the US Supreme Court have a number of tests to determine whether an ideology constituted a religion. Would someone elaborate what those tests are? Would a law against the Illuminati pass or fail the same tests? What about those who wrote Jedi on their census forms. What are the boundaries of religion as protected by the First Amendment? Asked by film aficionado - Tue Nov 10 22:04:17 2009 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments A. That's one of the problems with trying to "delineate" things through law. We try to insure that prisoners have freedom of religion, but does this include providing animals for sacrifice or allowing cannibalism? There is no real way to define what is a religion or what is not. For any religion that exists or can exist there are those that will vehemently protest that it is not a religion or that it is a evil cult. On the other hand, providing for all religions, as silly as they may be, protects any and all religions. Answered by Pirate AM - Tue Nov 10 22:31:42 2009 JEDI KNIGHTS are you one ? 2001 census 400,000 people in britain claimed this as their religion we need.......
Q. another 170,000 to get it as an option on the next forms,are you with us ?imagine the harmony between celtic and rangers fans. Asked by unknown - Thu Nov 16 05:14:07 2006 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments A. yep, i put Jedi on my census form. i don't actually know what a practicing Jedi does but it's seems far more interesting than the current conventional religions. use the force luke! Answered by Semper Nox - Thu Nov 16 05:38:46 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Jedi Religion on Census Forms" |
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