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According to the British government, being a Jedi Knight is not being a religious person, thus, so-called Jediism is not recognized as a religion in England. <\/span>The determination is from the Charity Commission, the government body responsible for registering and supervising charitable associations and religious entities. <\/span>The decision displeased the almost 200,000 fans residing in the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Jediism is <\/span><\/span>a new philosophy<\/span><\/span><\/a> , considered by its followers to be a religion. <\/span>It was born in 2001, when the United Kingdom held a census for the first time asking the religion of its citizens. <\/span>In that sense, almost 400 thousand people accepted the \u201cjoke\u201d of answering that they believed in the Force of the jedi knights, like the characters in the \u201cStar Wars\u201d movies. <\/span>From then on, some people decided to take religion seriously and, in the 2011 census, 177,000 Jedi were registered. <\/span>Today they are spread across several countries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n According to Temple of the Jedi Order, as the Church is called, this is “a religion based on the observation of the Force, a metaphysical and omnipresent power that a Jedi (a follower of Jediism) believes to be the underlying and fundamental nature of the universe.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Charity Commission disagrees. <\/span>For them, the Jedi Order does not have the necessary spiritual concepts to be considered a religion nor does it bring benefits to the community, as a religion should.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n What is your religion?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, I want to make it very clear: I am a vehement defender of people’s freedom to worship and worship whoever or whatever they want. <\/span>Want to worship stone? <\/span>Go ahead. <\/span>Is your religion science? <\/span>Feel free. <\/span>Is your god the devil? <\/span>Good luck. <\/span>You are free. <\/span>This is how God (which I believe, the one in the Bible) created him\u201d, says speaker Renato Cardoso in his blog. <\/span>\u201cReligion is a product of the human mind. <\/span>A dream, a vision, a ‘special revelation’, a self-appointed leader \u2014 that’s usually how a religion starts. <\/span>A system is <\/span><\/span>created to control<\/span><\/span><\/a> people and make them enter the religious carousel, where they go around.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n According to Renato’s explanation, God never created a religion. <\/span>They were born by the hands and minds of men who sought to hinder communion with the Lord. <\/span>Dogmas and superstitions were born with the <\/span><\/span>promise of bringing people closer to God<\/span><\/span><\/a> , but in fact, they keep them further and further away from Him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Religions \u201cdon’t want you to know God \u2013 because the day you get to know Him personally, you will realize that religions don’t know Him. <\/span>That is why it is in their interest to make God as mysterious, unreachable and incomprehensible as possible\u201d, says the speaker.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n