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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    Yes yes but what position do they take on poofs?
    He who smelt it, dealt it.

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  • Major Hassle
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    Yes yes but what position do they take on poofs?
    They are behind them all the way

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Those are part of the Dark Side of the Force.
    Yes yes but what position do they take on poofs?

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
    "The commission said to be classed as a religion it must have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members."

    Maybe instead of being "inward" they should adopt some of the other religions traits, either past or present:

    Suppression of free thought
    Misogyny
    Crusade
    Jihad
    Sex abuse
    Patriarchal supremacy
    False hope
    Intolerance of difference
    Slavery
    Those are part of the Dark Side of the Force.

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    This is actually not true. Many historical persona from that far back are known to be real, many of who we take their existence as gospel(!) have less historical evidence than Jesus (I do not know if there is historical evidence for Moses or others quite that far back but Gibbon might).

    It doesn't make it true because it's written down or because people believed it back then or because the historical people existed, but it's a bad path to go down "there's no evidence for the existence of X".
    I guess that's why the call it faith!

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    Any real facts about Moses, Christ, Muhammad etc., if they even existed, have been lost in the mists of time
    This is actually not true. Many historical persona from that far back are known to be real, many of who we take their existence as gospel(!) have less historical evidence than Jesus (I do not know if there is historical evidence for Moses or others quite that far back but Gibbon might).

    It doesn't make it true because it's written down or because people believed it back then or because the historical people existed, but it's a bad path to go down "there's no evidence for the existence of X".

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
    "The commission said to be classed as a religion it must have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members."

    Maybe instead of being "inward" they should adopt some of the other religions traits, either past or present:

    Suppression of free thought
    Misogyny
    Crusade
    Jihad
    Sex abuse
    Patriarchal supremacy
    False hope
    Intolerance of difference
    Slavery
    Yeah but it's like booze and fags, they were around before the new rules.

    It does seem odd that the grounds on which they seemed to make the decision is "moral betterment". Many entirely legitimate religions, Gibbons's nonsense aside, certainly do NOT meet that criteria, several don't even claim to.

    Apparently they can't use common sense they have to find legal precedent. Does this mean Scientology is a religion or not?

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  • vetran
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    I think MF is more like this

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  • xoggoth
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    All religions are bollux. Founders of the more modern one like Smith, Hubbard, Miller, are known to be fraudulent or deluded. Any real facts about Moses, Christ, Muhammad etc., if they even existed, have been lost in the mists of time but they would have been been no different.

    The only positives of religion are that it can make people feel happier and can sometimes bring about a sense of community. Apply just as much to Jedis as anyone else.

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    You sir seem to spend your days plumbing the depths of t'internet finding the worst photos ever.

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by greenlake View Post
    You sir seem to spend your days plumbing the depths of t'internet finding the worst photos ever.

    Hats off

    Good job!!!

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Well I will still be observing Star Wars day on May the 4th.

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Disgraceful. As if there's some omnipresent god character anyway.

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  • AtW
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    I am surprised they did not get sued by trigger happy Spowners of Star Wars franchise...

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  • Gibbon
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    "The commission said to be classed as a religion it must have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members."

    Maybe instead of being "inward" they should adopt some of the other religions traits, either past or present:

    Suppression of free thought
    Misogyny
    Crusade
    Jihad
    Sex abuse
    Patriarchal supremacy
    False hope
    Intolerance of difference
    Slavery

    Leave a comment:

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