Tomorrow is census night in New Zealand and a light-hearted e-mail is circulating the country encouraging Star Wars buffs who don't hold strong religious beliefs to consider putting an alternative on their forms.
Question 18 asks Kiwis what their religion is and the e-mail, believed to have been sent to thousands of people, is encouraging them to tick the "other" box and fill in their religion as "Jedi".
The e-mail said the point of the exercise was two-fold: it was an experiment in the power of e-mail and, if 8000 people throughout the country filled in their form this way, then Jedi would become an officially recognized religion of New Zealand !!!
Question 18 asks Kiwis what their religion is and the e-mail, believed to have been sent to thousands of people, is encouraging them to tick the "other" box and fill in their religion as "Jedi".
The e-mail said the point of the exercise was two-fold: it was an experiment in the power of e-mail and, if 8000 people throughout the country filled in their form this way, then Jedi would become an officially recognized religion of New Zealand !!!
