People actually DO worship the Jedi!

Yesterday I learned about a small group of people in the U.S. (and possibly elsewhere) who speak the language Klingon. Today I learned about a group of people in the UK who worship Star Wars characters, more specifically the Jedi, who are comprised of such make-believe personalities as Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.

In 2001 about 404,000 people in Great Britain listed their religion as Jedi. The government laughed its ass off and put them down as atheists. Last year two brothers founded the UK Church of the Jedi, where they offer sermons on the Force, lightsaber training, and meditation techniques.

So now maybe the UK government will reluctantly add another category for Religion once the next census comes around. Or maybe they'll just laugh it up again and keep intentionally mistaking the Jedi worshippers as atheists. I'd bet on the latter.

Extra: Eight of these morons are serving with Scotland's largest police force. And they managed to proselytize two staff members.