Working overtime today on a job that requires absolutely no thought on my part because I have done it so much, I allowed my mind to wander. I didn't let it go far because it is small and gets lost easily. While it was out it wandered across some old ideas and came up with a question. When does a religion become a religion. For example, years ago during the Star Wars craze, people in several countries listed their religion as Jedi on census forms. We all know this is a fictional way of life from the movies. But what if enough people were serious about it and followed it's practices. Then in time it becomes a belief system with a lot of people following. What point does have to get to to become a religion that is taken seriously? Say like Wicca, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc.

This is a quick response for now, I may go into more into detail later on about this.
In my opinion a religion actually becomes a religion when the beliefs of a religion becomes popular you have quite a few people following that religion.
However, I believe there's a fine line, like you mentioned Star Wars, I remember the same thing happening when The Lord of the Rings movies came out.
A lot of people started looking at these films in spiritual way and that's fine, if you get some spirituality from it and there's definitely a spiritual theme in both movies, however a religion? Hmm..based on fictional characters that  Tolkien and George Lucas developed, I find that pretty far fetched. Like I said, I need to come back to this thread when I have a little more time to think and my brain is less fried! lol

Almost like a fad... Wait... Just like a fad...

Edit: Geez I can't spell today!

I heard a saying once that applies here. And this is just me quoting, it is not meant to be demeaning to Christianity in any way. The phrase was"Christianity was the cult that made it." It has always made me think.