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Second Best

For those of you who know me, you know that I believe very strongly in my religion. That's why this post is called second best. Because if had to choose a back-up, this would be it. The Jedi Church. It's for real. The Jedi Church was officially estabilished in this, the year of our Lord 2008. It's no secret that they've been around for years - putting down "Jedi" as their religion on census bureau data for quite a while. But what's different now is that is officially recognized by the UK as a religion. Ned Flanders admitted in one episode of the Simpsons to "eating Kosher - just in case." Well, here's to the Force - just in case.

A quick survey of their site reveals that they "have no doctrine", and that their members are almost exclusively males between the age of 10 and 40 who live in the US and UK. Most are students, although quite a few work for the government. Which reveals a rather bleak future for the religion. How far could a religion go without women? Then again there's always this girl:



I guess it's like the Smurfs. They only needed one Smurfette to populate an entire village of mushrooms.