Do you support euthanasia, worship Satan, or think you’re a Jedi? If so, there is a church for you! These past couple weeks in theology we have been discussing other religions besides Catholicism, and writing papers on the strangest religions we could find. Let me assure you, we were not disappointed.
Our last theology unit before finals is all about different religions throughout the world, some boring and some extremely out there. To end the unit we had to research a religion that we hadn’t discussed yet in class and explain it in an essay. Multiple people I talked to throughout this assignment chose to write about the Church of Euthanasia. This church is built on the idea that to save the Earth we have to kill ourselves, hence their slogan, “Save the Planet- Kill Yourself.” They encourage any and all types of death- from abortion to suicide- and even have their own record label. Check out their website, www.churchofeuthanasia.org/index.html to read up on their marches, music, and beliefs.
Another religion commonly chosen to research was the Jedi Church, based off of the different religions you see throughout the Star Wars movies. There are two ways Jediism is practiced, philosophically and religiously. If you’re a Jedi, you believe in the force, which can be good or bad as the force has two sides- one light and one dark. Once you pick a side they see it very difficult to transfer to the other side, so you better hope your inner knowledge leads you to the light and not the darkness. If this interests you, you should take a trip on over to www.jedichurch.org/ to find more on how to be a Jedi.
This assignment was really great because we were able to take a look at different religions from a perspective other than from a theology class and we could pick them, so if you chose the right religion you had a pretty good time learning about them.
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