# The Jedi Religion UK Census Hoax

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jedi-religion-uk-census-hoax/62615>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jedi-religion-uk-census-hoax/62615 "2001-04-20T01:01:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jedi-religion-uk-census-hoax/62615/1 "2001-04-20T01:01:57Z")

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[E-mail hoax creates ‘Jedi’ religion](http://computingcentral.msn.com/ip/msnart38.asp)

BWAH-HAHAHAHA-HAH!!!

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jedi-religion-uk-census-hoax/62615/2 "2001-04-20T01:21:03Z")

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This was covered in a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=66785) a couple of weeks ago:

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**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jedi-religion-uk-census-hoax/62615/3 "2001-04-20T02:05:07Z")

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We all have to believe in something…

Hmmm. I smell a potential lawsuit here. If a sufficient number of people actally did want to declare themselves Jedi, wouldn’t the British gummint eventually be forced to recognize the Jedi religion?

It started off as a hoax…