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Date: 2006-11-16 12:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:13 pm (UTC)True, but...
LMAO!
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Date: 2006-11-16 01:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-11-16 01:18 pm (UTC)in the social terms of how a religion is defined. . .
yes.
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-16 01:48 pm (UTC)Those are very wise words from Master Yoda, young padawan. Hehehehe.
I have to agree with everyone here... yes it is a religion. There are people who live that life, having gotten so involved with the series. I am with one of your friends though.. if I were to choose the ways of the Jedi, I wanna real lightsabre!! :)
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:18 pm (UTC)Excellent point!
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Date: 2006-11-16 03:41 pm (UTC)Jedi IS a religion - a fantasy one made up by George Lucas that has aspects of shamanic practice.
But you know what? Every religion, that is or ever was, was made up by someone. That's a hard truth. God/s do not a religion make. If they exist, they do whatever it is they want to do. We are just the ants that crawl around on the earth, doing whatever it is that we want to do. I don't believe the gods pay us any more mind than we do ants in a field.
I believe that religion is a subscription to dogma and doctrine that is designed to control how a human being thinks and feels. It preys upon our desire for hope and the need for divine love - that we are not alone out there and can be loved if we do what a bunch of ancient old men told us to do. When in truth I think we are just little programs running our agendas before we expire.
Religion destroys understanding and presents spoon fed values for those who cannot think for themselves. However, I believe spirituality, on the other hand, is the great quest to find the reflection of divinity in ourselves, and to continue our evolution as spiritual beings.
And I bet that was a WHOLE LOT MORE than what you wanted. ^__~
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:21 pm (UTC)Yes, spirituality Vs religion is a wonderful debate :D
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Date: 2006-11-17 03:44 am (UTC)Religion is what someone tells you about God.
Spirituality is what God tells you about God.
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Date: 2006-11-16 06:32 pm (UTC)why dilute serious belief with common sci-fi nomenclature?
does darth vader influence mohammed. does luke sky walker change the belief of christians. will R2D2 change the pope's outlook?
is this is a serious post ot just intended as throw-away gossip?
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:25 pm (UTC)I can see it being classed as a religion because of size of the following, but I can't see it being more than a monastic way of life...
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Date: 2006-11-18 05:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-20 01:30 pm (UTC)If they believe, then to them, it IS a religion :)
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Date: 2006-11-20 09:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-21 10:34 am (UTC)Islam says to respect other's beliefs **shrugs the teflon** And if they want to believe in a work of fiction, let 'em...
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Date: 2006-11-16 06:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-11-16 08:59 pm (UTC)*viscious grin*
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-16 09:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-16 09:29 pm (UTC)This is talking of the prequels Jedi, of course. The new Jedi order that Luke starts sounds (from the few tie-in novels that i read) to be a lot more practical and less mystic on the whole.
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:34 pm (UTC)Yes, even though a lot of it seems lifed from Buddhism...
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-11-17 03:23 am (UTC)And for you and anyone as curious as me, these are comments on belief net at the end of what looks like a quiz:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/105/story_10570_5.html#realist
And this is a BBC Article from 2002 about the Jedi Religion in Australia:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2218456.stm
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Date: 2006-11-17 09:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-17 07:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-17 10:21 am (UTC)Well, to each their own :)