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    Who is this man?

    Some random white dude in historical clothing.

    How does his death help us?

    I don’t know, should I be concerned? Is this man in danger!?

    Why is it important that we remember him?

    I don’t who this dude is, why do you want him dead? Should I contact the authorities!?

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      Holy crap, that’s Greg Smitherson. He is the pastors wife’s ex-husband. He’s a pastor at a mega church down town and is super successful.

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    When some disfigured guy in the cantina starts telling me that he and his ugly friend don’t like me, this is who I pray to.

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    Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Darths, I will fear no evil: for Obi-Wan art with me!

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        He prepare a council before my enemies. He fills me with midichlorians. My body overflows.

        I shall dwell in the jedi temple all the days of my life.

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        Yup. Apparently they are even formally recognized as a church and as such have tax exempt status with the IRS.

        Interestingly, their creed is apparently adopted from the Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi, while the remainder of their tenets seem to be adopted from various sources, including Buddhist teachers such as Thich Naht Hahn, Christian writer C.S. Lewis, and New Age teachers such as Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra.

        https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/index.php/doctrine

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    I thought it was Walker Texas Ranger and 3pm at the retirement home rec room would be a disaster.

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    “Sounds like your god has everyone covered. Apparently one guy dying was all it took.”

    “… why would my participation matter, if your god killed that guy on everyone’s behalf? Was that guy magically blocking everyone’s submission? I don’t get how begging for mercy and killing one dude can both be important.”

    “Your god killed his own kid? Like Saturn devouring his son? That’s fucked up! If you have infinite power to do anything, why would you choose that?

    “Well if he came back then what’s it matter that he died?”

    “What do you mean he’s also his own son? Your-- your god killed himself? Your god was dead for three days. Was anything different on those three days?”