Eight police officers with Scottland's largest force have declared their religion to be Jedi

[Are_grits_groceries]

Strathclyde Police said the officers and two of its civilian staff claimed to follow the faith, which features in the Star Wars movies.

The details were obtained in a Freedom of Information request by Jane's Police Review.

Strathclyde was the only force in the UK to admit it had Jedi officers.

The UK Church of the Jedi was founded last year by brothers Barney and Daniel Jones.

The two offered sermons on the Force, meditation techniques and, of course, training with light sabres.

Nearly 400-thousand people in England and Wales listed their religion as Jedi in the 2001 Census for those countries.

The figure in Scotland is at 14-thousand
http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/04/the-force-is-strong-with-these-cops/

This is a new one for me...

[T_i_B]

1. Well if they insist on asking people daft questions when they apply for jobs...

[Indy Lurker]

4. typical question for first responders

In case they go down in the line of, they want to know what type of Chaplin to send.

[MrSlayer]

2. No crazier than any other religion.

But it does take geekdom to the next level.

Light saber training huh? Ohhhhkay.

:dunce:

[Xipe Totec]

3. May the Farce be with them n/t

[Skidmore]

5. meh....

I'd be impressed if they followed the weirding way of the Fremen.

[Norrin Radd]

6. Cops with super speed?

[BoneDaddy]

8. Fear

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

[havocmom]

11. Bene Gesserit? Now THERE'S a religion!

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn to the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
— Frank Herbert (Dune)

The guy had some interesting observations on men/women. But I liked the female dominated* religion and species development concept, and the all girl army**

* up until the dominate male showed up despite their best efforts to prevent him

**headed up by a dead guy.

Dune.... ah, now THERE's a story.

[BoneDaddy]

7. Hell I can think of worse religious practices

May the Force be with them.

[get the red out]

10. That's right

If they were typical patriarchal misogynists who despised gay people and ethnic minorities there wouldn't even be a story.

[Canuckistanian]

9. Hmm, Jedi mind tricks might be useful in interrogations

"You will now tell us when the bank robbery will take place"

Unless of course, the suspect is a Toydarian.

[Dr. Strange]

12. Don't use excessive force, Luke.

[federationfilms]

13. finally....

....some police some sense!!

[Seeking Serenity]

14. I'm in the mood to play spelling/grammar Nazi today, so...

it's "Scotland," not "Scottland."

But, then, I just came here from reading the "mangling the English language" thread, so I'm primed for that sort of thing.