Fact Checking Daniel M. Jones and The Church of Jediism

http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/news/jediism-faith-or-fantasy

I can not begin to express the disappointment I have watching this. I can not speak for him or any other Jedi and I won't but wow, dude wasn't ready for the grill. Seems the intention was to poke fun and ridicule Jedi with a old grouchy expired interpitation of the Abrahamic faith. Both faiths were poorly represented in my opinion but hey , I'm allowed two opinions and they may both stink.

Woooooooowwwwww!

He sounds like Disney. Great at promoting himself until people actually start to believe that he's done the things he says he did.

Walt ?Lassater ? Or the franchise that is in charge of marketing ? Try to be a bit more spacific if you don't mind for clearification that is on my behalf pls. Disney is way to broad a statement . To me ...it sounds like he wasn't ready for the stream of hate and objection that was thrown tword him. Not ready he was... not prepared , that young Jedi was...to soon was his five minutes of fame...

I feel sorry for Daniel , he did not deserve to be ambushed like that We are Jedi , we don't take pleasure in other people being made to look ridiculous, no matter what our personal feelings are about someone. It was very painful to watch and we should learn from this and be better prepared for media vultures.

Carlos.Martinez3 wrote: Walt ?Lassater ?

Lol I shoulda clarified. Definitely Walt. "The Founder of Modern Animation" and all that... sorta all lies.

Amyntas wrote: I feel sorry for Daniel , he did not deserve to be ambushed like that We are Jedi , we don't take pleasure in other people being made to look ridiculous, no matter what our personal feelings are about someone. It was very painful to watch and we should learn from this and be better prepared for media vultures.

I'm not speaking of karma but also of choice, this is a show that is notorious for ambushes, this is what they do and how they get their ratings, and he chose to go on it anyway. I agree we shouldn't take pleasure in others being made to look ridiculous. It was painful to watch, but this is also the path he chose to take, hindsight being 20/20 I think he realizes the same as the rest of us in that it was a poor choice, not only for him, or for his church but hopefully he realizes it was a poor choice for Jedi in any community, because that to the common eye will be how we ALL are represented when you go in front of a major tv show like that.

Arisaig wrote:

Carlos.Martinez3 wrote: Walt ?Lassater ?

Lol I shoulda clarified. Definitely Walt. "The Founder of Modern Animation" and all that... sorta all lies.

I feel your fistration on that ... I held the same view for many ... many a year . Walt created somthimg that was denied him, the child hood he never was given. He had a way difrent view of things not shared by many. I learned he went thru a lot to get Travers Kippling H C Anderson and many more authors and Myths out to kids . In that light you can see he had to literally fight to get out the few Myths held by the then common and commanding archaic "Abrahamic" ideas in charge of media and so on. The lie ... I eventually noticed was to that... the opposition ...so others can see the stories rather than the common driving themes of his day. Lassater , used the built stage and began a more open Myths... circle of life type of , thing changing your destiny ... no longer the objection for objection sake .. that spoiled no, but now more of a society , I don't fit in to this mold or there's a better way... type of mindset.


It depends on which light you look at things I guess... in a matter of opinion and study. Hope this brings some new light . As far as this dude goes , yea I feel bad for him. He was mauled and humiliated... into aumbmission by journalist with close minds... in my own opinion. But hey , I wasn't the one who volunteered.
As a Temple I am so thankful we have folks like Hatter . My man, thanks for not ... I repeat Thanks for NOT being a part of that. That would have been difficult to keep that sinking ship afloat.
Mean time there's got to be a way we can remedy this... this view of Jedi. Maybe put a two minute response or a few introduction videos up by difrent members as the actual explanation of Jedi ism. A few we can all stand by , the universal answer lol so to speak. Maybe ? Somthimg more applicable and open to ... the individuals chaises and such . Any how may the Force we share seek and serve be with y'all.
-arisaig feel free to pm me or hit me up on skype brotha ! We are one with the Force and the force is one with .. we!

Tellahane wrote: I'm not speaking of karma but also of choice, this is a show that is notorious for ambushes, this is what they do and how they get their ratings, and he chose to go on it anyway.

Agreed. I saw the hosts and knew this was gonna be a hack job. Daniel Jones held his ground very well, wont take that away from him. Prolly did better than I would have done, but I wouldn't have accepted an invite onto that show.

Arisaig wrote:

Tellahane wrote: I'm not speaking of karma but also of choice, this is a show that is notorious for ambushes, this is what they do and how they get their ratings, and he chose to go on it anyway.

Agreed. I saw the hosts and knew this was gonna be a hack job. Daniel Jones held his ground very well, wont take that away from him. Prolly did better than I would have done, but I wouldn't have accepted an invite onto that show.

Yes but all publicity is good publicity. Jones is a master of this sort of manipulation. Its the reason he commonly holds the title of founder of Jediism. Because he was able to capitalize on the census data when it came out in England. I think he knows exactly what hes doing.

Kyrin Wyldstar wrote:

Arisaig wrote:

Tellahane wrote: I'm not speaking of karma but also of choice, this is a show that is notorious for ambushes, this is what they do and how they get their ratings, and he chose to go on it anyway.

Agreed. I saw the hosts and knew this was gonna be a hack job. Daniel Jones held his ground very well, wont take that away from him. Prolly did better than I would have done, but I wouldn't have accepted an invite onto that show.

Yes but all publicity is good publicity. Jones is a master of this sort of manipulation. Its the reason he commonly holds the title of founder of Jediism. Because he was able to capitalize on the census data when it came out in England. I think he knows exactly what hes doing.

Self proclaimed ... founder . That's ok, the world is full of difrent denominations of founders and owners of titles . . . We are the youngest faith currently to come out and it's only the first two minutes. Expect more "leaders " to emerge and even more ... self proclaimers. They are in every place there are people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Luis_de_Jesús

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_de_Palingboer

All claim to be a label ... Jesus . Every orginasation and sect will have these self proclaimed folk.

Jedi ism has its first!

http://www.flashnews.com/news/wfn02100707fn32530.html

Edit: smiley face

Carlos.Martinez3 wrote:
Self proclaimed ... founder . That's ok, the world is full of difrent denominations of founders and owners of titles . . . We are the youngest faith currently to come out and it's only the first two minutes. Expect more "leaders " to emerge and even more ... self proclaimers. They are in every place there are people.

Maybe, but it still does not change the fact that he is also commonly publicly regarded as the founder as well. He has been able to capitalize on that term and been accepted by the general media for the most part it seems. Anytime there is a news story about jediism his name is prominent.

He has managed to get the underdog masses on his side and he has managed to get those that find Jediism silly to focus on his pursuits. Its what he wants. Attention, in any form. Did you see how he never really looks at his attackers and floundered as he did. All master manipulation to further his plight and become an even greater sacrifice for others to rally behind, buy his stuff and take up the name Jedi. Anytime something has to be purchased to get secret knowledge it makes it more valuable to those seeking.

That's ok too. You are right in believing that. I won't ever tell another human what to believe. Not my cup not my chair , That's on you. Force we share be with you.
Tough stuff to watch. He didn't found anything in my opinion. I was Jedi before I labeled my self Jedi with the first simple teaching ... we believe in the inherit merit and worth of all life . This simple teaching isn't founded ... it's not even ours. We simply share it. I had it before I was Jedi. Can't claim what isn't meant to be possessed but shared. My own opinion.
Jedi ism doesn't even belong to the Jedi , it's a practice of all myth and all ideas... the label that removes labels ! Lol

While watching that made me cringe, I think there are a couple of things that came out of it worth considering.

I don't think anyone curious about Jediism was turned off of the idea by watching a couple of Good Morning Britain hosts act like jerks to two people ready to explain their faith. They never had a platform to speak, and I think that is fairly plain to see. Anyone who didn't feel some degree of sympathy for them probably isn't the kind of person we'd like to see in any forum anyway.

With the reputation carried by that show and by Piers Morgan, I'm not sure Daniel Jones really could've been prepared for equitable, reasonable discussion in the first place. I don't think he set out to 'win' or 'convince' Morgan and the hosts of anything. However, if what he did on that show equates to more visits to his site...then he can call that a win in his corner of the universe.

I would like to meet Daniel Morgan Jones over Skype or Gmail chat /google hang out
Jedi to Jedi I bet he is pretty cool

FTPC wrote: I would like to meet Daniel Morgan Jones over Skype or Gmail chat /google hang out
Jedi to Jedi I bet he is pretty cool

I did. Several years ago we had a long Skype visit. Almost two hours. We seemed to have things resolved and all the issues laid to rest. Then he stars lying again. More and more with bigger and bigger lies.

In his book that was just published he said we, TOTJO, are a Christian Church and we follow the teachings of Joseph Smith. That's total rubbish and he knows it. Things like that keep him off my Christmas card list and left out of my will.

At the time he was pleasant to talk with.

I agree with Kyrin on this Daniel I don't think he walked into this unprepared and from the sounds of it and observing his expressions and lack of eye contact he was in control the whole time without his attackers ever knowing it. I feel bad that he seems to get alot of heat from media, the jedi community at times and many others.

As far as being the "Founder" of Jediism or the Jedi Church being the "First" now that is alot to bite off. Br. John, I didn't know he said that about TOTJO and I think that is ridiculous claim for him to make that claim about TOTJO I didn't know he had a book out yet I am intrigued to read it and see what he has to say.

That was bit cringe inducing to watch. I personally wouldn't have posed with the lightsabers at the start, gimmicks like that seldom go down well with a British audience when you're trying to get them to take you seriously. It does irritate me a little that he seems to be the British media's go-to-guy on all things Jedi though, as his version of 'Jediism' doesn't necessarily represent the wider community's version of 'Jediism'.

Also, after people see him, they'll go to his site, see that you have to pay and look at the celebrities he lists as being members and think it looks a bit 'Scientology', which again to a British audience, doe not look good