Jediism is vastly different form Christianity. Let's start with the view of God. Christians believe in a triune God who created the world and is still working in it. Jedi believe in a force that connects everything in the universe. The best definition I have seen is in episode 8 of the StarWars movies when Luke explains it to Rey. There is also no mention of creation just the force. Jedi also believe that when we die we become one with the force no matter what you believe or how you lived your life. Christians on the other hand believe in a heaven and a hell. For those who reject Jesus and his gift and live a life for themselves go to hell. Those who accept Jesus get to live for eternity in the presence of God in heaven. Then there's the religions
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The way these religions were founded are also drastically different. Christianity's founding and its ancient history is written in the bible. It starts with Abraham in the Old Testament and the Jewish religion then in the New Testament Jesus comes and reveals himself to more than just the Jews allowing others to follow him, starting Christianity. Jediism is much more modern. While a Jedi will tell you that Jediism has been around since the beginning of time there is no real validity to that. The reason for this is that the religion was based on the Jedi in the StarWars movies, which drew its inspiration for the force and Jedi from other religions like Buddhism. Jediism first started to gain a larger following in 2001 and the first official church was founded in 2007 and is based mostly on the beliefs of the Jedi in those movies. Also the bible claims to be divinely inspired which is the complete opposite of Jediism which was founded by a man who said to have discovered it himself. This sort of thing as well as the hazy outline of the Jedi religion raises the question of what is the real reason so many people started to become
The way these religions were founded are also drastically different. Christianity's founding and its ancient history is written in the bible. It starts with Abraham in the Old Testament and the Jewish religion then in the New Testament Jesus comes and reveals himself to more than just the Jews allowing others to follow him, starting Christianity. Jediism is much more modern. While a Jedi will tell you that Jediism has been around since the beginning of time there is no real validity to that. The reason for this is that the religion was based on the Jedi in the StarWars movies, which drew its inspiration for the force and Jedi from other religions like Buddhism. Jediism first started to gain a larger following in 2001 and the first official church was founded in 2007 and is based mostly on the beliefs of the Jedi in those movies. Also the bible claims to be divinely inspired which is the complete opposite of Jediism which was founded by a man who said to have discovered it himself. This sort of thing as well as the hazy outline of the Jedi religion raises the question of what is the real reason so many people started to become