Hollywood Blockbusters Spawn New Religions
October 22, 2010 6:25 AM   Subscribe

Hollywood movies spawn new religious movements As Christianity has been losing ground among the younger population in western societies, new religious movements are being introduced to fill the void. Hollywood blockbusters such as star wars , the big lebowsky or Star Trek has been inspirations to new religious movements called Jediism , the dudeism and Klingons for Christ. According to Religionnerd.com, jediism has become the 4th largest religion in the UK and there are over 60,000 dudeist ministers around the world.
posted by tsagis (2 comments total)

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I am expecting the movie Avatar will lead to another religious movement. Curious to see if these people will choose to paint themselves blue.
posted by tsagis at 6:30 AM on October 22, 2010


According to Religionnerd.com, jediism has become the 4th largest religion in the UK

Until the next census in 2011 when it will disappear since no one will be interested in doing the same internet stunt twice.
posted by ninebelow at 6:35 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


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