I'm sorry for a kind of late answer, but first I've been mulling it over if I have anything of substance to add. Then the board ate my post and I had to take time to deflate, because I'm no Jedi and get angry over stupid things lol.
Essentially I agree with you that Jediing is more than religion, it's an entire way of life that's quite limiting as far as a chance at personal happiness goes (though to be fair, religion can also severely limit a person's liberty depending on a specific interpretation... hello there, Saudi women!).
When it comes to the Republic's/Senate's stance on the Jedi, I guess we've got to keep in mind safety concerns. I must confess that I don't know what the current canon take on the Order's genesis is - is the Ruusaan reformation even still canon? Considering that the Sith were not just "any" darkside users, but an offshoot of the Jedi, I imagine the public of that era might have felt that having the Jedi around is useful, but not quite safe. Consequently the Senate would have put the Order under (a closer) supervision and asked to put in place preventive measures to stop such a problem from arising again.
Also, the Jedi need the Republic as much as the Republic needs them - if not more so. If necessary, the Senate would be likely able to find other enforcers, diplomats, and healers, but the Jedi can't go full vigilante and step on toes of planetary leaders and megacorps without a mandate from a legitimate authority. Not to mention, who else would be able to shoulder the cost of living of an organization whose members count thousands, yikes! Unsurprisingly, it ultimately led to the Jedi putting their mouth where their money is.
OTOH I'm not sure how the Order could have operated before raising their adepts since infancy. I mean, there are thousands of inhabited planets in the GFFA with thousands of sentient species and even more cultures and religions. Seat together around one table a prototypical American, a Brit, an Irishman, a Frenchman, a German, a Pole, a Russian, a Serbian, a Bosnian, an Israeli, an Iranian, an Iraqi, a Kurd, a Turk, a Saudi,etc. etc. and ask them to forget all their prejudices and differences, accept a new faith, and make them work together. Personally I don't see it happening.
Either the Jedi of the Old Republic accepted members mostly from tolerant, liberal worlds, but proved pickier with possible candidates from planets known for religious intolerance, xenophobia and speciesism... or I don't know.
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Re: Recruiting
Date: 2019-02-07 12:05 am (UTC)Essentially I agree with you that Jediing is more than religion, it's an entire way of life that's quite limiting as far as a chance at personal happiness goes (though to be fair, religion can also severely limit a person's liberty depending on a specific interpretation... hello there, Saudi women!).
When it comes to the Republic's/Senate's stance on the Jedi, I guess we've got to keep in mind safety concerns. I must confess that I don't know what the current canon take on the Order's genesis is - is the Ruusaan reformation even still canon? Considering that the Sith were not just "any" darkside users, but an offshoot of the Jedi, I imagine the public of that era might have felt that having the Jedi around is useful, but not quite safe. Consequently the Senate would have put the Order under (a closer) supervision and asked to put in place preventive measures to stop such a problem from arising again.
Also, the Jedi need the Republic as much as the Republic needs them - if not more so. If necessary, the Senate would be likely able to find other enforcers, diplomats, and healers, but the Jedi can't go full vigilante and step on toes of planetary leaders and megacorps without a mandate from a legitimate authority. Not to mention, who else would be able to shoulder the cost of living of an organization whose members count thousands, yikes! Unsurprisingly, it ultimately led to the Jedi putting their mouth where their money is.
OTOH I'm not sure how the Order could have operated before raising their adepts since infancy. I mean, there are thousands of inhabited planets in the GFFA with thousands of sentient species and even more cultures and religions. Seat together around one table a prototypical American, a Brit, an Irishman, a Frenchman, a German, a Pole, a Russian, a Serbian, a Bosnian, an Israeli, an Iranian, an Iraqi, a Kurd, a Turk, a Saudi,etc. etc. and ask them to forget all their prejudices and differences, accept a new faith, and make them work together. Personally I don't see it happening.
Either the Jedi of the Old Republic accepted members mostly from tolerant, liberal worlds, but proved pickier with possible candidates from planets known for religious intolerance, xenophobia and speciesism... or I don't know.