Nerds Gone Spiritual?

There's way to many different types of Heavy Metal to form a religion, you know too many subgenres like thrash and groove etc

but the Jedi thing is pretty funny, it is to my understanding that Jedis don't have "relations' with the opposite sex. I think it's pretty funny that a bunch of mega nerds built a church around that belief system. And yes, offence was intended :P

Wow. I just like comic books and CBMs. Why is that we have to be grouped up with these clowns in the media??? I tell people that I like comics or CBMs and suddenly they think I just walked out from a Star Trek convention speaking Klingon. I'd really like to see some stereotypes broken from these fringe sorts.

I worship GWAR

PHINES @ Has a point, wtf is a nerd anyway lol??

[frick]ing hate STAR TREK with a passion (well like the new movie), damn suppose its better to be in a JEDI crowd than the Klingon one! : P

Talking nerds, only nerds i liked was REVENGE OF THE NERDS movies! Loved them!! : D

I honestly done think its going "overboard". What you are finding difficult is that it is based on the ideas of a movie and that its so far away from your reality. The truth is there is spiritual truth in everything. So if people who are "nerds", which tend to be rather disconnected from reality, find such truth in star wars then it makes perfect sense. Nothing wrong with it. What is wrong is when people who wake up a little hold on to that instead of branching out from there which is the issue with all the ways we learn to stay identified to one way of being. All moments in our life and revelations are in fact stepping stones to higher and more in depth truths and relations with life. So in the end I think you could be right. Nerds are in fact becoming spiritual. But it might serve you to define what a nerd is.

To me everyone is a nerd at something. You could be a sports nerd, car nerd, computer nerd, spiritual nerd, or comic book nerd. The list is endless. The meaning has more to do with love and exploration than it does with something derogatory which it was meant as for such a long time. After taking that in then we are all nerds and obviously we all wake up here and there. Those that seek any spiritual relationship with life are waking to what life is in a new way.

@tea hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

take that Christianity! You've been teabagged!

Lol! Teabag, you are on fire this morning!

p.s. On fire with the quips, not flaming.

I found out about this a couple years ago. There are some cops in Scotland who have gotten their government to recognize it as a religion.

@Boekelaar Remember, there are some Christians on this site who may be offended by your comments. So, it would be best to keep all flaming to yourself on all religions. Thank you.

@JJ don't worry I only express my opinions on religions when they're expressed to me first. Plus you know I only said take that Christianity. Not like I was posting offensive pictures *cough* teabag *cough* :P

rofl @ Tea!!!!! awesome. Just awesome

@ Fartman: You have never heard of Jediism before this?

Man that's been going on for years now. And if I am not mistaken, they will even put that on US military dog tags now. lol

@ fartman: I am curious though... why did you call it a "perversion" ? It's no worse than polygamy (Islam) or worshiping human sacrifice (the crucifixion)

All due respect guys, but I'm a pretty active christian and this site really isn't all about debating faith or religion. In this article if we're gonna talk about one, it should probably be the Jedi one. Not trying to make anyone mad, but it's an important thing to me. :-/

If u seen my article last year I did put homepage address. Here it is again.
Here is the link for the official Jedi Church
http://www.jedichurch.org/

Jedi's, Christianity, Atheism, Fascism. I can't wait to see what's next :D hope someone goes on the attack soon, I love a good religious debate I just love debating in general you could call me a mass debater ;)

I'm a masturbater. I flat out masturbate. No link what so ever to being a master at debating. I can debate my ass off, don't get me wrong. But i also masturbate.

@Teabag you missed a chance to make a joke about the photo fartman posted with his article.
in the photo Leia is obviously leaning on Han setting up a story for a Di Lucas code.

well to be fair, even if you don't believe in religions, they still offer some great teachings.
however the world's just clogged up with people who take it way too seriously.

@ Teabag: I love the "Conventional Logic" one. That's actually pretty philosophical. The simplistic black and white dichotomy of the atheistic perspective includes even simple doubter or people that take the "doubt by lack of evidence" position which includes me. So essentially even agnostics are atheists IF you accept the atheistic nomenclature as being universally meaningful. Personally I don't, but in terms of conversation it's just as well to go ahead and use the term Atheist because it's ususally no good gatting into nuances.