Jedi Church ... Why Not?

It turns out that there is now an official "Jedi Church" ... and why not?

Sure, you have to get past the obvious tongue-in-cheek Star Wars movie tie-ins. But otherwise ... if you think about it, the underlying philosophical principles of the Jedi are not so completely out of whack with our current society. Given the political, economic, and sociological turbulence surrounding us across the globe, it seems to me that people are craving something new and refreshing to believe in. Perhaps a "religion" whose core tenets include beliefs that "there is one all powerful force that binds all things in the universe together" and "there is an innate sense of morality inside every one of us" is just the cure for what ails many people today. Folks tend to find solace wherever they feel most comfortable.

Hey, then again, as a disillusioned Catholic who married a Jewish woman and spent most of last year in Islamic countries, perhaps I'm not the best judge of religious doctrines?! After the latest Star Trek movie comes out in a few weeks, I might switch my affiliation to either "Vulcan" or "Klingon" (I don't think I'd fit in as well as a "Romulan"). ;-)