Jedi Is One Of The Fastest Growing Religions In Australia, And It's Causing Some Problems
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/jedi-one-fa...e-problems
I wonder how many are joking? Maybe the spirituality some people find is close enough to Jedi?
Or they would rather pick Jedi than be associated with anti-theistic faiths like New Atheism?
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/jedi-one-fa...e-problems
Quote:In the nation’s census, a staggeringly high number of Star Wars fans have been putting “Jedi” down as their religion — a number that has climbed to 65,486 Australian citizens in 2011, according to Mashable. For those wondering, that’s more than the Seventh-Day Adventists, Salvation Army and Orthodox churches in the country.
This is hilarious, right? So, what’s the problem? Well, it’s apparently skewing the religious statistics — making it seem like there are more religious people than actually reside in the country. Oops. So, with the 2016 census looming, atheist groups are making a push to inform residents not to joke in the religion question, and check the “No Religion” box if applicable.
The president of the Atheist Foundation of Australia, Kylie Sturgess, told The Brisbane Times that the Jedi joke can misrepresent the number of religious people in the country, possibly skewing everything from perception to potential spending.
I wonder how many are joking? Maybe the spirituality some people find is close enough to Jedi?
Or they would rather pick Jedi than be associated with anti-theistic faiths like New Atheism?
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell