Pleased Not I Am

[MarillionFan]

Jediism not a religion, Charity Commission rules - BBC News


Disgraceful. As if there's some omnipresent god character anyway.


Well I will still be observing Star Wars day on May the 4th.

[Gibbon]

"The commission said to be classed as a religion it must have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members."

Maybe instead of being "inward" they should adopt some of the other religions traits, either past or present:

Suppression of free thought
Misogyny
Crusade
Jihad
Sex abuse
Patriarchal supremacy
False hope
Intolerance of difference
Slavery

[AtW]

I am surprised they did not get sued by trigger happy Spowners of Star Wars franchise...

[greenlake]

Disgraceful. As if there's some omnipresent god character anyway.

[greenlake]

Well I will still be observing Star Wars day on May the 4th.

[original PM]

You sir seem to spend your days plumbing the depths of t'internet finding the worst photos ever.

Hats off

Good job!!!

[greenlake]

You sir seem to spend your days plumbing the depths of t'internet finding the worst photos ever.

[xoggoth]

All religions are bollux. Founders of the more modern one like Smith, Hubbard, Miller, are known to be fraudulent or deluded. Any real facts about Moses, Christ, Muhammad etc., if they even existed, have been lost in the mists of time but they would have been been no different.

The only positives of religion are that it can make people feel happier and can sometimes bring about a sense of community. Apply just as much to Jedis as anyone else.

[vetran]

I think MF is more like this

[d000hg]

"The commission said to be classed as a religion it must have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members."

Maybe instead of being "inward" they should adopt some of the other religions traits, either past or present:

Suppression of free thought
Misogyny
Crusade
Jihad
Sex abuse
Patriarchal supremacy
False hope
Intolerance of difference
Slavery

Yeah but it's like booze and fags, they were around before the new rules.

It does seem odd that the grounds on which they seemed to make the decision is "moral betterment". Many entirely legitimate religions, Gibbons's nonsense aside, certainly do NOT meet that criteria, several don't even claim to.

Apparently they can't use common sense they have to find legal precedent. Does this mean Scientology is a religion or not?