'Try not. Do or do not, there is no try...' [Yoda]

The wise prophet behind it all...
...he may be small and green, but everyone listens when he has something to say.

'Size matters not! Judge me by my size, do you?' [Yoda]

Lets take a look at some other blogs addressing the Jedi faith and see what their opinions are:

The Spitting Vessel

'This "religion" may be an offshoot of an erosion of faith in the established churches, other institutions of society, and government; in their search for meaning, justice, and equality among men. Honor and integrity are valued and hungered for, but their search has led them to worship the "force" and seek to be with "it". Little do they realize that it is the force of insanity they have embraced, much like insatiably greedy businessmen and power hungry politicians have.
Its mantra is "May the force be with you". Perhaps it should be "May the Farce be with you".'

Against the Grain
Steve in 2006 encourages people to list Jedi as their religion in the Australian census.

The Yoda Sermons (not much there)
A Jedi deciphering the wisdom of the 'prophet' Yoda.

Blog Me

'So I'm a Jedi...ish
Not 1 of those Jedi church Jedi cos that really lame. Have you looked at it? It should just be call the religion where we quote Star Wars lots but don't try to find true meaning in it all cos were just massive Star Wars nurds.
So I've came up with my own way of looking at the whole Jedi religion.'

Merely glancing at these four different blogs and their four very different opinions on the Jedi faith which they express, just goes to show how much controversy has been stirred up over the issue of the Jedi faith.
While I am by no means a believer of Jediism (although I do love the books and films) I do not see the problem with people following the Jedi philosophy as a religion. After all there is nothing very negative in the Jedi code, in fact it is all quite positive and people have believed in worse.

'A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind.' [Yoda]

I have just realised I haven't addressed the issue of membership... until now that is.
The Jedi Church is an accessible website and so too is it's membership. While there is no fee to join the Jedi Church they do ask for you to part with some cash and support them by purchasing a certificate of membership of the Jedi Church.
But you don't just get the membership certificate, oh no, there's more.
All certified Jedi Church Members get:

• An A4 glossy laminated certificate as above.
• Access to the inner circle forum, where Jedi orders from around the world discuss what they are doing with their orders, without the clutter of the public forum, and access to a Treasurers summary of the Jedi Churches financial accounts.
• Their own optional web ministry page, that they can update themselves. These pages facilitate those ordained members who wish to set up their own orders.
• Participation in suggesting questions for the voting section of our website.
• Discounts on some businesses advertised in the new Jedi Economy page

As I live in Britain the price for joining would be £12, which may not sound that bad if I was a devotee of the Jedi faith and wanted membership. However if you don't pay for the certificate and want to join the Jedi Church then you are excluded from the Jedi Council area of the website; which sounds all mysterious and will remain a mystery as I'm not coughing up the money to join.

While the Jedi Church website is quite open with its membership this is not the case for all memberships in the Jedi community. For example the House of Sith requires all member to pass an initiation process and offer no other information to the public apart from a method of contacting them. Very (and here's that word again) mysterious.