I Reject Lucas and All His Empty Promises

This kind of thing always makes me want to get rid of all the Star Wars junk in my apartment..

JOIN 'THE FORCE' & BECOME A CENSUS JEDI KNIGHT

 For the 15th time since Federation the every man, woman and child will be counted in the 2006 Australian Census and this time you can do it on the internet. But how does this relate to Star Wars you might ask? Last time some 70,000 people put down "Jedi" as their religion in an effort to get it officially recognized. Let's see if we can do better this time round come 8th August 2006.

Plenty of people tried to put the scare into people saying "You'll be tracked down and fined for giving false information"...WRONG (Read more here). If you have no real religion yourself but you're a HUGE Star Wars fan, or if you are a follower of the Jedi Faith this is your chance to be heard. Wookiees may not exist, lightsabers may not be real (yet) but do you believe in a UNIVERSAL FORCE?!?!

 On the question of religion, VOTE JEDI. Put down "Jedi" on their census form. And remember, if you are a member of the Jedi religion then you are by default a 'Jedi Knight'. So If this has been your dream since you were 4 years old. Do it  cos you love Star Wars. Tell all your Star Wars friends to join the coolest religion this side of  the outer rim.

via http://www.mousedroid.com/

First of all, as any real Star Wars folklorist knows, being a "member of the Jedi religion" does not by default make you a Jedi Knight. That title has to be conferred upon you by the Jedi Council. Secondly, how sad is it 70,000 people, most of whom (as good British subjects) I'll assume were baptized into some form of Christianity, renounced God on a census?

I can see caving under fear if some Roman Emperor is threatening to disembowel you publicly, but to openly declare yourself the follower a fictional religion when all you have to do is fill out a form?  My hope is that anyone who would claim to be a jedi at the expense of Christ would be spared because of his or her obviously profound ignorance. It's like Esau giving away his inheritance for a bowl of food...only he got a meal out of it  at least.

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity, will accumulate teachers

 

and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths.(2 Timothy 4:3-4)