# Jedi 'religion' grows in Australia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825 "2002-08-27T19:56:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/1 "2002-08-27T19:56:13Z")
[Jedi ‘religion’ grows in Australia](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2218456.stm) > [@](#): > > More than 70,000 people in Australia have declared that they are followers of the Jedi faith, the religion created by the Star Wars films. [The Jedi Creed](http://212.168.23.160/creed/index.shtml) > [@](#): > > The Jedi Creed is the faith in a Force that exists in all things. We are one with it. We can’t run away from it simply because it exists within ourselves. We are part of it, and we spread our Creed, our principles, our teachings, and our words of faith to others that seek it. Our knowledge is here so that others may learn…so that you may find your own answers. So that you can make the decisions for your own self. > > To be enlightened is to understand your own Creed. To be educated and to be taught of the ways in which we are part of, in which we are made of. Ones who believe in perusing the truth. To be wise, to respect others and to listen and learn from those who live and has lived life…as we do now. > > We are the caretakers. We are the peacemakers. We are the truth, the just, the order of peace. We are Jedi. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/2 "2002-08-27T20:16:52Z")
Didn’t we just do this a few months ago? It’s just a set of movies, fer cyin’ out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/3 "2002-08-27T20:32:43Z")
Some people just don’t know when a joke isn’t funny anymore. It’s not even going to make the alleged difference to census statistics – > [@](#): > > The Australian Standard Classification Of Religious Groups (ABS Cat. No. 1266.0) lists all religions which the ABS has identified and is used for coding census responses. **The criteria used for recognising something as a religion are discussed in that publication and go beyond the number of responses a particular answer receives in the census.** > > The classification is is periodically updated when new information comes to light. **Answers such as Jedi and others which have not to this point in time been identified as a religion in the classification will be coded to the one category"not defined"** , which is the label to be used in standard census output reports. (from [the Australian Bureau of Statistics](http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3110124.NSF/24e5997b9bf2ef35ca2567fb00299c59/86429d11c45d4e73ca256a400006af80!OpenDocument)) ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/4 "2002-08-27T23:24:00Z")
I’m personally waiting for the religion of [Muad’Dib](http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Paul_Atreides) to get started. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/5 "2002-08-27T23:29:14Z")
what, no worshippers of the ipu? ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/6 "2002-08-28T03:06:50Z")
I still prefer the philosophy of Homer Simpson. “Everyone is stupid except me”. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/7 "2002-08-28T10:44:00Z")
Am I the only one who thinks it would be cool to be a Bene Gesserit? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/8 "2002-08-28T10:51:09Z")
How embarrassing :rolleyes: My Brother-In-Law fell for this too. After he told us, I directed him to Snopes, which warned that no matter how many people put it down, it wouldn’t become an official religion AND the Bureau of Statistics could fine you for providing false or misleading information. Of course, my BIL was in hospital with pneumonia the night of the census. In 100 years when they release the census, his descendants will wonder exactly what kind of hospital he was in…! ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/9 "2002-08-28T15:01:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by anya marie \* > \*\*Am I the only one who thinks it would be cool to be a Bene Gesserit? \*\* But only girls are allowed to be taught the Bene Gesserit way. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/10 "2002-08-28T15:04:40Z")
Jedi vs Bene Gesserit vs Kolinar Vulcans _WHO WOULD WIN?_ ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jedi-religion-grows-in-australia/125825/11 "2002-08-29T12:31:54Z")
Interesting to note that the initial rumour (at the time of the census) said that the amount needed to “register” a religion was 10,000 …