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Title: Australians urged not to pledge ‘Jedi’ as their religion in Census
Source: [None]
URL Source: https://www.rt.com/viral/354211-australians-urged-jedi-religion/
Published: Aug 2, 2016
Author: staff
Post Date: 2016-08-02 04:09:08 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 306
Comments: 1

RT... The people of Australia have been urged not to put ‘Jedi’ down as their religion in the upcoming census, as the trend has grown so big it is messing up the census results.

Don't Mark yourself as Jedi if you are non-religious #census2016 Pass it on. pic.twitter.com/YQdFUKC69T — Julius Flywheel (@JuliusFlywheel) July 26, 2016

What started as an email joke in 2001 has now become a real problem as more and more people are choosing to put the fictional Star Wars religion down as their own.

The problem has spawned a movement on social media. The ‘Don’t Mark Yourself As Jedi’ group tells people to stop with the joke for the next census.

The results of the 2011 census showed there were more than 65,000 Australians who identified as following The Force.

So many have caught on to the call to Jedi that the census revealed there were more Jedis than members of Orthodox churches and Seventh Day Adventists. There were only slightly fewer than the number of Sikhs in the country.

After misguidedly listing Jedi as my religion for most of my adult life... pic.twitter.com/awq4wvwUR2 — Adam Valentine (@Adam86Valentine) July 27, 2016

The Don’t Mark Yourself As Jedi group are urging people to tick the box for ‘No Religion’ instead of citing Star Wars on the August 8 census.

Aside from bizarre-looking results, the Jedi census can mess things up for Australians, due to the fact it will look like the country is more religious than it really is, which can affect how money is spent by the government.

The upcoming census will be the first to place the ‘No Religion’ option in the top ten response options. It will also include an option for people who don’t identify as male or female.

However, there are a number of Australians who truly identify as Jedi. The Brisbane Times reports one serious follower, Chris Brennan, who describes some people’s decision to go Jedi as “a serious commitment.”


Poster Comment:

Haven't watched Star Wars so don't know Jedi mores but don't expect them to be all that different from current mythologies.

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

Oh, so in this day and age it is acceptable for 1st world nation to tell its subjects how to worship. 200 years ago people mocked a lying gambling womanizer but the mormons are still here. Another dude kept marching on a mountain claiming every year was the year of revelation but the jehova wittnesses are still here. People wanna claim jedi to the government bean counters, so what. Not a big deal till government makes it a big deal saying you cant do that.

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titorite  posted on  2016-08-02   6:42:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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