Jedi is the second largest religion in New Zealand!

Jedi is the second largest religion in New Zealand!

The Jedi census phenomenon is a grassroots movement that was created in 2001 for citizens of a number of English-speaking countries to record their religion as "Jedi" or "Jedi Knight" on the national census.

The campaign was loosely organized by circulating e-mails claiming that if enough people entered "Jedi", it would be recognized as an official religion by the government.

The emails also implored people to report their religion as "Jedi", "Because you love Star Wars" or "just to annoy people".

If "Jedi" had been counted as an answer in the 2001 census it would be the second largest religion in New Zealand. Looks like the movement worked pretty great!

(Source)

3d wooden brain teasers for you to try via OMG Facts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/omg-facts/WpAq/~3/S9RBjnWm8bs/59153

3d wooden brain teasers for you to try from Net Sauce http://netsauce.blogspot.com/2013/10/jedi-is-second-largest-religion-in-new.html