Type4_PTS
Diamond Invictus SP
177,000+ Jedi's in the U.K. are disappointed because the Charity Commission for the U.K. and Wales rejected an application for charitable status submitted by the Temple of the Jedi Order.
Full Article: http://religionnews.com/2016/12/20/star-wars-jedi-rejected-as-religious-group-in-uk/
Note: I have no idea as to whether this organization actually possesses any of the characteristics of a cult or not. I just placed it into this sub-forum as I couldn't think of a better one to place it in.
If they really are determined to get identified as a religion perhaps they should contact the Church of Scientology to see if they offer a seminar on religious cloaking?
Daniel Jones, leader of the Church of Jediism in the U.K., told the BBC he was confident “Jediism’s status will change in the next five years.”
The commission’s decision is “not what anyone in the Jediism community wants to hear, when you have churches like Satan and Scientology with charitable religious statuses,” Jones said.
Full Article: http://religionnews.com/2016/12/20/star-wars-jedi-rejected-as-religious-group-in-uk/
Note: I have no idea as to whether this organization actually possesses any of the characteristics of a cult or not. I just placed it into this sub-forum as I couldn't think of a better one to place it in.
If they really are determined to get identified as a religion perhaps they should contact the Church of Scientology to see if they offer a seminar on religious cloaking?