Comments on: Vader joins the Lutheran Church of Iceland http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 12:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gutierrez http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369920 Gutierrez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369920 Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, Lutherans. Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, Lutherans.

]]> By: Shrdlu http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369933 Shrdlu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369933 Gee Whiz. You sure are hard on Lutherans. You ever heard of Southern Baptists or Opus Dei? Here is a sort of "Chanukah Song" for Lutherans who might be feeling bad now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRJ15gopRA Gee Whiz. You sure are hard on Lutherans. You ever heard of Southern Baptists or Opus Dei?

Here is a sort of “Chanukah Song” for Lutherans who might be feeling bad now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRJ15gopRA

]]> By: Caroline http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370259 Caroline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370259 I believe this is Cult Procession Very Much Win, actually. I believe this is Cult Procession Very Much Win, actually.

]]> By: XuYu http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370283 XuYu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370283 And now Iceland's economy is in the toilet. GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED!!!!!!! And now Iceland’s economy is in the toilet.

GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED!!!!!!!

]]> By: ekricyote http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370546 ekricyote Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370546 Lex Luthor: "Gods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don't share their powers with mankind." Vader (activates lightsaber): "...I find your lack of faith disturbing." Lex Luthor: “Gods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don’t share their powers with mankind.”

Vader (activates lightsaber): “…I find your lack of faith disturbing.”

]]> By: W. James Au http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369795 W. James Au Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369795 Iceland! "I find your lack of Bjork disturbing, Reverend." Iceland!

“I find your lack of Bjork disturbing, Reverend.”

]]> By: a_user http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369799 a_user Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369799 I think this would have made a better sound track http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=6KAORhWnLWk I think this would have made a better sound track

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=6KAORhWnLWk

]]> By: iveexa http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369805 iveexa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369805 He looks very penitent. He looks very penitent.

]]> By: a_user http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369812 a_user Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369812 while I was looking for the video posted above, I came across this which is ... amazing http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ht85OEOEcdY while I was looking for the video posted above, I came across this which is … amazing

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ht85OEOEcdY

]]> By: skramble http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369813 skramble Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369813 sure made me laugh sure made me laugh

]]> By: Warll http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369815 Warll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369815 Lutherans eh? When I saw this linked to earlier, another site, it was referred to as a cult. Lutherans eh? When I saw this linked to earlier, another site, it was referred to as a cult.

]]> By: C White http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369818 C White Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369818 I like how a few seem to barely notice/acknowledge him as he comes into their field of vision. I like how a few seem to barely notice/acknowledge him as he comes into their field of vision.

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370330 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370330 Wæit Ari, ýou hæve to sign æ pæper to leæve? It's opt out, not in? Wæit Ari, ýou hæve to sign æ pæper to leæve? It’s opt out, not in?

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369821 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369821 <b>cult</b>    /kʌlt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuhlt] –noun 1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult. 3. the object of such devotion. 4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. 5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols. 6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. 7. the members of such a religion or sect. 8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific. –adjective 9. of or pertaining to a cult. 10. of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie. Origin: 1610–20; L cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equiv. to cul-, var. s. of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of v. action cult
   /kʌlt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuhlt]
–noun
1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
3. the object of such devotion.
4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
7. the members of such a religion or sect.
8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.
–adjective
9. of or pertaining to a cult.
10. of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.
Origin:
1610–20; L cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equiv. to cul-, var. s. of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of v. action

]]> By: a_user http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369823 a_user Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369823 I don't know about anyone else but I just love reading dictionary definitions. I don’t know about anyone else but I just love reading dictionary definitions.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369826 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369826 careful, I may look up "user" next careful, I may look up “user” next

]]> By: Avarice http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369830 Avarice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369830 Hah. Hah.

]]> By: monument http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369832 monument Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369832 #4: There's actually a longer version to it: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=M0LbMQTvlBU excellence. #4:

There’s actually a longer version to it:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=M0LbMQTvlBU

excellence.

]]> By: jjasper http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370099 jjasper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370099 <a href="http://james.nerdiphythesoul.com/bennyhillifier/?id=npHWX1dciOE" rel="nofollow">Now with Yakety Sax</a> Now with Yakety Sax

]]> By: a_user http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369867 a_user Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369867 @ Monument I started with that but then thought it might be veering to far off topic and posted the link to the shorter one. Cue for the best "Imperial March" thread? @ Monument

I started with that but then thought it might be veering to far off topic and posted the link to the shorter one.

Cue for the best “Imperial March” thread?

]]> By: arikol http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369875 arikol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369875 Lutherans are considered quite extreme christians in most parts of the world. That always surprises Icelanders because that state church is just another spineless state church with no soul, no power. The Icelandic Lutheran church is more like a (very boring) club. There is no fire. Icelanders are also ninety some percent lutherans. That's just because we get born into it and have to gice a damn to be bothered to register us out of it. That takes all of 5 minutes but you do have to get the right paper thingy to fill out. I wasn't banished when I did so. To end up, here are a few of our funny extra letters. When I come back you better have learned them. á, ð, é, í, ó, ú, ý, þ, æ ,ö (still easier than the Slovak alphabet) All the best Ari Lutherans are considered quite extreme christians in most parts of the world.
That always surprises Icelanders because that state church is just another spineless state church with no soul, no power.

The Icelandic Lutheran church is more like a (very boring) club. There is no fire.

Icelanders are also ninety some percent lutherans. That’s just because we get born into it and have to gice a damn to be bothered to register us out of it. That takes all of 5 minutes but you do have to get the right paper thingy to fill out.
I wasn’t banished when I did so.

To end up, here are a few of our funny extra letters. When I come back you better have learned them.

á, ð, é, í, ó, ú, ý, þ, æ ,ö

(still easier than the Slovak alphabet)

All the best

Ari

]]> By: Alpinwolf http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369877 Alpinwolf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369877 Took me till half way thru the long one to hear R2 in his beats. Sick. Nice find. Took me till half way thru the long one to hear R2 in his beats. Sick. Nice find.

]]> By: Pam Rosengren http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370903 Pam Rosengren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370903 Nice video. This isn't a first, though, and it isn't the best. Darth Vader attended the Papal procession at World Youth Day in Sydney, at Bondi Beach. A friend of a friend took a photo and posted it on Facebook. I don't know how to share that here (otherwise I would have at the time). Nice video.

This isn’t a first, though, and it isn’t the best.

Darth Vader attended the Papal procession at World Youth Day in Sydney, at Bondi Beach.

A friend of a friend took a photo and posted it on Facebook. I don’t know how to share that here (otherwise I would have at the time).

]]> By: campidg http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369881 campidg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369881 This isn't the first time the Dark Lord of Sith has been spotted at Christian events. Here he is at World Youth Day, a catholic event held in Sydney last year.(http://www.eatlard.com/2008/07/spotted-darth-vader-celebrates-world-youth-day-in-sydney/). Could it be the same prankster/performance artist/anti-church protester? A long way to go poke fun at Christians. Cheers, Cam This isn’t the first time the Dark Lord of Sith has been spotted at Christian events. Here he is at World Youth Day, a catholic event held in Sydney last year.(http://www.eatlard.com/2008/07/spotted-darth-vader-celebrates-world-youth-day-in-sydney/).

Could it be the same prankster/performance artist/anti-church protester? A long way to go poke fun at Christians.

Cheers,

Cam

]]> By: spazzm http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369882 spazzm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369882 <i>That always surprises Icelanders because that state church is just another spineless state church with no soul, no power.</i> I always thought that was the reason for having a state church - to take the passion out of religion. There's a reason there is no Church of Scientology in Iceland. It's like having a cat; sure it sheds hair everywhere and stinks the place up, but it's better than having mice. That always surprises Icelanders because that state church is just another spineless state church with no soul, no power.

I always thought that was the reason for having a state church – to take the passion out of religion.

There’s a reason there is no Church of Scientology in Iceland.

It’s like having a cat; sure it sheds hair everywhere and stinks the place up, but it’s better than having mice.

]]> By: Teapunk http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369883 Teapunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369883 I do prefer religion without passion, I really do. It gives people the freedom to enjoy their own mind and life without too many shackles. Seriously, look where religion with passion has led us: Never anything good. I do prefer religion without passion, I really do. It gives people the freedom to enjoy their own mind and life without too many shackles.
Seriously, look where religion with passion has led us: Never anything good.

]]> By: a_user http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-369888 a_user Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-369888 hmm Darth Vadar and churches.... OMG!1!!!! OMG!!!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/avatar1/1471279846/ A new internet conspiracy theory is born. Oh and one more gem found trawling Youtube - mildly NSFW http://youtube.com/watch?v=bAJe4XWWx1Q hmm Darth Vadar and churches….

OMG!1!!!! OMG!!!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/avatar1/1471279846/

A new internet conspiracy theory is born.

Oh and one more gem found trawling Youtube – mildly NSFW

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bAJe4XWWx1Q

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370145 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370145 Too funny. Thanks for posting this vid. Too funny.

Thanks for posting this vid.

]]> By: altgrave http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-371938 altgrave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-371938 anakin is backsliding, again! anakin is backsliding, again!

]]> By: Kyle Goetz http://boingboing.net/2009/01/04/vader-joins-the-luth.html#comment-370147 Kyle Goetz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-370147 Shrdlu: Thanks for that link. I can't help but notice that practically everyone there has a Germanic surname! I wonder why... Arikol: Lutherans are considered extreme Christians? Pray tell why. To the best of my knowledge, Lutherans are quite moderate Christians, and one might even go so far as to label them liberal Christians. Many divisions of Lutheranism are quite secular in nature, supporting the theory of evolution, the age of the earth, prioritizing scientific discovery, having no problems with gay marriage (three and a half years ago (ages, by Christian standards) the largest Lutheran body in the US approved gay marriage, etc. I was raised Lutheran, and was repeatedly taught that my religion essentially espouses a metaphorical reading of any part of the Bible that contradicts scientific discovery. Basically, this makes it so science is never hindered by Lutheranism. Now, I may have just grown up in a hippie quasi-Lutheran church, except that the church is in South Texas (hardly a bastion of liberalism), was the first Lutheran church in the area, and is/was run by a largely aging group of elders. Take from it what you will, but at least in my neck of the woods, Lutheranism tends to be quite liberal in my opinion. Shrdlu: Thanks for that link. I can’t help but notice that practically everyone there has a Germanic surname! I wonder why…

Arikol: Lutherans are considered extreme Christians? Pray tell why. To the best of my knowledge, Lutherans are quite moderate Christians, and one might even go so far as to label them liberal Christians. Many divisions of Lutheranism are quite secular in nature, supporting the theory of evolution, the age of the earth, prioritizing scientific discovery, having no problems with gay marriage (three and a half years ago (ages, by Christian standards) the largest Lutheran body in the US approved gay marriage, etc.

I was raised Lutheran, and was repeatedly taught that my religion essentially espouses a metaphorical reading of any part of the Bible that contradicts scientific discovery. Basically, this makes it so science is never hindered by Lutheranism.

Now, I may have just grown up in a hippie quasi-Lutheran church, except that the church is in South Texas (hardly a bastion of liberalism), was the first Lutheran church in the area, and is/was run by a largely aging group of elders.

Take from it what you will, but at least in my neck of the woods, Lutheranism tends to be quite liberal in my opinion.

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