Jediism, The Religion Of The Jedi, The Force is strong with this one... Options

Just when you think you've seen it all...

http://www.thejediismway.org/

While many see it as a joke, a small minority of people have truly adopted "The Force" as their religion and its early practitioners called it "Jedi," as George Lucas didn't give a name for the religion that the Sith and Jedi practiced. Though a new movement has decided to call it "Jediism."

This has got me thinking. What if more people started to believe in it? What if in 20 or 30 years enough devout followers adopted this as their religion that their combined faith and energy pooled together to bring the Force into existence? Do you think it would come into existence? If it did, would you try to master its ways? Merely hypothetical conjecture for now, as, in my opinion, it is too new of a religion to have any real power. But what about in a few decades? Lucas did admit that he based most of his ideas for the Force on Taoism.

Your thoughts?

This post has been edited by Slayden: Jul 15 2007, 06:45 AM

Honestly, what tickles me a lot about the Jedi in the Star Wars movies is that they are not mere run of the mill musclebound and idiotic barbarians/warriors/etc... These guys actually had powers - powers that augmented their physical skills, and power that was trained, cultivated, etc... according to a master/student relationship with actual philosophical lessons and a freakin CODE - so that density of muscle didn't determine destiny.

What I really wish is that Lucas would make two specific and crucial contributions to his Star Wars mythos that (to my knowledge) he has not yet done: I wish he would offer a single term that indicates those who choose to walk the way of the Jedi and those who choose to walk the way of the Sith; and, I wish he would add one more group in addition to Jedi and Sith (that also is referenced by that single term), with a new name, that use the Force, who do not walk the ways of either the Jedi, or the Sith.

This post has been edited by Praxis: Dec 3 2008, 04:09 PM