"Star Wars" is My Co-Pilot Apparently there are more followers of the Jedi faith than Scientologists in Britain, according to the country's 2001 census. Given the opportunity to join a religion that offers mind control techniques, and light sabers as part of the deal, I can see why. Anyone who wants to become a member signs up through our Website. We give them the Jedi handbook and that's their ... Read full entry
“Star Wars” is My Co-Pilot
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 to the comment subset
Religion a figment of human imagination
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 29 April, 2008 to the comment subset
Religion a figment of human imagination So says London School of Economics anthropologist Maurice Bloch. Humans alone practice religion because they're the only creatures to have evolved imagination. Maybe the Pope could therefore consider canceling his upcoming Sydney visit, and the millions of dollars spent laying it on could instead be diverted to the state's hospitals and schools that are falling apart.
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