As British fans prepare to flock to the cinema for the reboot of 'Star Wars', it seems this enthusiasm has been reflected in the large numbers turning to Jediism, the religion inspired by the fictional light sabre-wielding Jedi Knights in George Lucas's record-breaking franchise, now helmed by director JJ Abrams.The Daily Mail reports that the Jedi church now has more than 250,000 followers worldwide, including more than 100,000 in England, 65,000 in Australia, 15,000 in the Czech Republic and 9,000 in Canada.I'm rather glad that the first movie came out when I was in college and not when I was a ten-year-old comic book aficionado, or else I might have been irreparably harmed.
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Thursday, January 7, 2016
When People No Longer Believe in God, They'll Believe in Anything
And they will make a religion of it.