To learn more about Jediism.

Im a student from sweden with is trying to learn more about Jediism. I am finding it hard to find all the answers to questions i have.

1.What is right and what is wrong?

2.What rules of life, a person should live by?

3.What penalties and / or rewards people believe in?

4.Do you guys believe that there is a god?

5.How do you guys see evil and good and the human being?

6.How do you see the history of Jediism and the future of it?

7.Who were important protagonists?

8.Has the movement / group / sect has been involved in some famous events?

Please answer these questions for me it would be a really big help for me to understand jediism better

read the FAQ's. they will help. also jediism isnt a religion in a way but a path ontop of your current religion. if you click on home then scrool down there is more info. we belive in the force. you can always pm a master if you need help or me:)

The thing is i have been looking there for a really long time and i can't find answers to the questions i wrote. it would really help if you could wright the answers to the questions

ok
1. i dont quite know you should pm a master on that.
2. well we dont kill, hurt or create pain for anouther human. youe should, with every question ask a master.
3. ask master(im but a mere member. sorry if this doesnt help)
4. we believe in the force not a god though you dont have to give up on any other religions you may have.
5. we see that by being greedy, looking at yourself as more important and causing pain so is being bad but without darkness the world would be, well, to nice. we are all equals amoung our brothers and sisters in the order.
6. i wouldn't know.
7.havent got a clue
8. dont know
hope i helped a bit. but do private message a master:)

shadowmare wrote: read the FAQ's. they will help.

Always sound advice....

also jediism isnt a religion in a way but a path ontop of your current religion.

This is noe persons definition.... It is a religion to some.... If you follow your religion closely, couldn't it be construed ad a "path", and, vice-versa?

if you click on home then scrool down there is more info. we belive in the force.

It states on the front page, "Jediism is the religion of the Force"....

you can always pm a master if you need help or me:)

Always... .....

Ill answer more in depth to each point in a while....

Thx guys this information is helpful toad that i didn't got all the info i needed though

fiskrumpa wrote: 1.What is right and what is wrong?

There are several ways this can be approached. Morally? (I assume not factually) or maybe even divinely?

I do not believe that anything even remotely 'divine' influences my morals or tells me what to do so right and wrong as set down by god is non existent to me. But then some others might disagree...

In terms of morality? There is no objective answer to such a subjective question

The best answer to that is on the 'Jedi Believe' part of the front page

http://www.templeofthejediorder.org/

Is it right to abort pregnancies in their 20th week? How about 24th or even not at all?

For some people 20 weeks is 'right' for others it is wrong. We do not agree on every point

Not every Jedi will agree with every other Jedi on every issue. But the 'Jedi Believe' page is a very good outline

fiskrumpa wrote: 2.What rules of life, a person should live by?

Some may have different variations but for myself I guess putting what you believe into practice. That includes caring, helping, saving, listening etc. You can't really go wrong that way

fiskrumpa wrote: 3.What penalties and / or rewards people believe in?

Lawfully? Divinely?

As you might have guessed from my previous answer I do not believe in divine morality (others here might) so I don't reckon I'll be getting any kinds of rewards or punishments from God

Lawfully? Well that's different. I believe more in rehabilitation than just locking people away. But I can't really answer this unless you give specific examples

fiskrumpa wrote: 4.Do you guys believe that there is a god?

I personally do not. I also do not equate The Force with God

fiskrumpa wrote: 5.How do you guys see evil and good and the human being?

Being good and evil is dependent on the human themselves no one else. Yes you can be heavily influenced as a child or by constant and unavoidable pressure from others, but ultimately you are responsible for yourself. If you were 'made' that way by someone else then that's an awful shame but only you do what you want to...

fiskrumpa wrote: 6.How do you see the history of Jediism and the future of it?

Br. John I know has a create knowledge of the history and you can also ask ren. Alethea Thompson and Streen as well (those two have no rank at this site but are Jedi I know who have been around for a long time)

They are in a better position to tell you the past (I know a fair bit but it's second hand)

As for the future... well we are growing and will in all likely hood continue to do so. From there? Maybe more churches will pop up, as we grow more Jedi will be close to each other so physical communities (some already exist) will become more commonplace

Eventually someone will build a Jedi Church/Temple etc...

fiskrumpa wrote: 7.Who were important protagonists?

I'll assume you mean in the real world. Well... there are far too many to count and certainly far more than I know off the top of my head!

Who do I think were brilliant? Gandhi. Martin Luther King. Buddha. The Dalai Lama. You see the list can go on... Joseph Campbell and Alan Watts are included in our initiates programme and are brilliant teachers

For someone else it might be their parents or a close friend...

This is a question asking an opinion so expect as many different answers as there are people willing to respond!

fiskrumpa wrote: 8.Has the movement / group / sect has been involved in some famous events?

I know people in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Is that the kind of thing you mean? Have there been world famous Jedi events? Not that I'm aware of no.

Please answer these questions for me it would be a really big help for me to understand jediism better [/quote]

I hope that's some help. Some of those questions need clarification from yourself perhaps but I did my best to help you

Feel free to ask me anything else or to clarify anything I've said

I do not know if this will help ...

1. Yes, both ... (look into metaphysics of morals, but it basically comes back to that)

2. a. Love as much as you can (agapè)
b. don't hate
c. don't take yourself (or anything you believe to know) so damn seriously

3. Nothing generally. These are usually momentary or situational considerations. People are not very good at determining fairness or what makes us happy. We are not even very good at remembering what made us happy by the past. Penalties/rewards essentially comes back to the âge-old question : What is Justice ? This has never been completely solved. There are only theories (see Rawls, 1971).

4. This I am ...

5. Yes, both ... (The Trial of Adolf Eichmann)

6. Everything that ever was, is or will be always happens "now". So how do you perceive it ?

7. All of us.

8. In every event in all of History.

The answers you seek are within yourself no? Better finding them, that is the Jedi way!
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Adder wrote: The answers you seek are within yourself no? Better finding them, that is the Jedi way!
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I just want my edit reasons to be that awesome!

I wish I could quote yours!