I am not making this up

[bibliophile]

I was reading about Washington National Cathedral, offically the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and I came across this picture. It is a picture of one of the gargoyles on the cathedral.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Darth_vader_grotesque.jpg

I am not making this up.

[Rutskarn]

Okay, where were you reading this? That kinda does look shoop'd.

[Alteran]

:smalleek:

When was that carved? Is it possible that this was the inspiration for the face of Darth Vader? Or maybe that it's just photoshopped? My first assumption is that it's just an unlikely coincidence, but still. Wow.

[randman22222]

Okay, where were you reading this? That kinda does look shoop'd.

I thought the same thing. But it's right here (http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/darthVader.shtml), with an explanation.

[bibliophile]

Your sceptism is understandable. I found the pic on wikipedia, but more evidence:

http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/darthVader.shtml

http://www.nationalcathedral.org/pdfs/darth.pdf

[AstralFire]

It's good to know that the Dark Lord of the Sith is defending the nation's church.

[Rutskarn]

Your sceptism is understandable.


Okay, I'm torn. On the one hand, I grateful that you pointed this out, but on the other hand, I want to castigate you for not saying "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

[MethosH]

Holy pudim! That would almost make me think about almost go to church :smallbiggrin:

EDIT: That just made me die on World of Warcraft :smallfrown:

[bibliophile]

Holy pudim! That would almost make me think about almost go to church :smallbiggrin:


You don't go to church? I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[Rutskarn]

You don't go to church? I find your lack of faith disturbing.

There we go. Now how hard was that?

[AstralFire]

You don't go to church? I find your lack of faith disturbing.

I find your lack of restraint perturbing.

[randman22222]

I find your lack of restraint perturbing.

I find your lack of humour unnerving. Okay, a stretch...

[Coidzor]

I find your sexiness.... unswerving...:smallwink:

[Serpentine]

I find your lack of praise... deserving :smalltongue:

[Rutskarn]

I find your snake-y body curving.

[Yarram]

I find your beard is attatched to your chin.

[Lamech]

lol rofl lol
I find your great jokes humoring?
Yeah, I got nothing...

[Trog]

Darth in the lurking place, observing.

[randman22222]

I find his stalking ways perturbing.

[Rutskarn]

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was written by a man whose first name was Washington.

[Icewalker]

I find this trend absurd(ing). :smallwink:

[Player_Zero]

I find this frankly awful and I refuse to perpetuate this long-dead joke.

[Flame of Anor]

I find Player_Zero and a severely derailed thread. :smallbiggrin:

[Anuan]

See, this is the best candidate for the pants-replacement game.

I find your lack of pants disturbing!

[Flame of Anor]

I feel a great disturbance in the pants.

You came here in pants? You're braver than I thought.

I have a bad feeling about pants.

No...I am your pants.

Han will have those pants down, we just have to give him some time!

[Jade_Tarem]

These are not the pants you're looking for.

The pants are down! Commence attack on the Death Star's main reactor!

Concentrate on the turrets, you let me worry about the pants.

Set pants to attack position.

If you are correct about the chancellor, you will have earned my pants.

[Gorgondantess]

I find your talk of shorts perturbing.:smallbiggrin:

[skywalker]

It's definitely real.

I was told about it when I went there in 8th grade.

Some of my classmates claim to have seen it (I was too busy staring at girls, most probably).

[Icewalker]

Just as a rather offtopic note, I just want to give that the best example of the pants replacement game I have ever seen:

V for Vendetta:
Beneath these pants there is more than flesh. Beneath these pants there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.

:smallwink:

Anyways, I must say that's quite a fantastic thing, Vader on the Washington National Cathedral. I'm surprised they let that happen.

[The Extinguisher]

This is not the gargoyle you're looking for?

[Berserk Monk]

I was reading about Washington National Cathedral, offically the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and I came across this picture. It is a picture of one of the gargoyles on the cathedral.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Darth_vader_grotesque.jpg

I am not making this up.

Real or fake, I want twelve on my home right now.

[billtodamax]

Alright, we've successfully derailed this thread, onto the next one! :smalltongue:

@^: Plus one. And maybe a deathstar style interior, although we might have to dig some really big holes for that.

[Coidzor]

Anyways, I must say that's quite a fantastic thing, Vader on the Washington National Cathedral. I'm surprised they let that happen.

How could they not let it happen? Frankly, the Sith are an underrepresented minority and this kind of spotlight was long overdue.

Also, I want one. And a full-size darth vader replica robot.

[Bouregard]

Future generations archeologists surely have to think about this...

Maybe they think George Lucas was a prophet that brings our holy bible "Star wars movie 1-6"

[Dracomorph]

How could they not let it happen? Frankly, the Sith are an underrepresented minority and this kind of spotlight was long overdue.

Also, I want one. And a full-size darth vader replica robot.

I second that, though I would settle for James Earl Jones doing my speaking for me for a day.

[Miss Nobody]

Real or fake, I want twelve on my home right now.

You made me want some too. Though I'd prefer Darth Revan instead of Vader.

[Ravens_cry]

In other cathedral oddities, there is a astronaut carved the wall of a 16th century Spanish cathedral.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6541/astro5.jpg

[Serpentine]

I can has source on that?


Y'know, gargoyles are meant to keep away evil spirits or the Evil Eye or somesuch... Maybe Vader is scary to evil spirits?

[Keld Denar]

Maybe they think George Lucas was a prophet that brings our holy bible "Star wars movie 1-6"

There is evidence in the Dead Sea Scrolls that proves that Episodes 1-3 are in fact false and should be stricken from the gospel of St. (George) Lucas. The fact that this has been covered up is obviously a Sith ploy for more airtime.

Also


http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0262/ack1.jpg
ITS A PANTS!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

What, that was carved in the 16th century, or added later?!?

[SilverSheriff]

Addition to the Pants jokes and References: My User Name.

Also: Awesomest Church EVARRR!!!!!

[Ashen Lilies]

I can has source on that?


Y'know, gargoyles are meant to keep away evil spirits or the Evil Eye or somesuch... Maybe Vader is scary to evil spirits?

Well, if evil spirits could be considered to be 'faithless'... >.>

[Telonius]

I can has source on that?


Y'know, gargoyles are meant to keep away evil spirits or the Evil Eye or somesuch... Maybe Vader is scary to evil spirits?

My wife worked at the National Cathedral up until last year, and the picture is legit. Good ol' Darth is one of the big draws. He's actually a "grotesque," rather than a gargoyle, since he doesn't have a spout on him. Reference to it here (http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/darthVader.shtml) and here (beware PDF) (http://www.nationalcathedral.org/pdfs/darth.pdf).

He's there because a kid won a contest.


In the 1980s the Cathedral, with National Geographic World magazine, sponsored a competition for children to design decorative sculpture for the Cathedral. The third-place winner was Christopher Rader of Kearney, Nebraska who submitted a drawing of this futuristic representation of evil. Darth Vader was placed on the northwest tower with the other winning designs: a raccoon, a girl with pigtails and braces and a man with large teeth and an umbrella.

A few other interesting things about the Cathedral: it's the final resting place of President Woodrow Wilson; one of the stained glass windows contains a moon rock; and the cathedral cat, Katherine of Tarragon, pretty much has the run of the place.

[Froogleyboy]

I think it is time for us to come out and say it. We all know that Darth Vader is God

[RS14]

I can has source on that?



Here. (http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/salamanca.asp)

The message you have entered...

[Delwugor]

I find that every one here is amusing.

I tip my pants to you all.

[TheThan]

this thread makes my day, and its only 10AM here.

[skywalker]

My wife worked at the National Cathedral up until last year, and the picture is legit. Good ol' Darth is one of the big draws. He's actually a "grotesque," rather than a gargoyle, since he doesn't have a spout on him. Reference to it here (http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/darthVader.shtml) and here (beware PDF) (http://www.nationalcathedral.org/pdfs/darth.pdf).

He's there because a kid won a contest.

Beat me to the explanation.

I guess I should get up earlier in the morning (quite literally).

[Ravens_cry]

I can has source on that?

If this is directed at me, here. (http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/salamanca.asp)

[Athaniar]

Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your gargoyle.
He told me enough! He told me you destroyed it!
No. I am your gargoyle.

But seriously, the head of an iconic representation of evil on a cathedral? Were they going for the redemption angle, or won't it be long before we see the heads of Sauron, the Lich King, Xykon, Apophis, the Joker, and other such characters adorning our holy sites?

[13_CBS]

Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your gargoyle.
He told me enough! He told me you destroyed it!
No. I am your gargoyle.

That's not true! That's impossible!

Search the internet, you know it to be true.

Noooooo! Nooooo....

[Keld Denar]

won't it be long before we see the heads of Sauron, the Lich King, Xykon, Apophis, the Joker, and other such characters adorning our holy sites?

Sephiroth, IMO

[littlebottom]

Sephiroth, IMO

i agree full heartedly, we need a church with a carving of Sephiroth AND I WANT IT NOW! :smallbiggrin:

[paddyfool]

May the pants be with you ... always.

Pants matter(s) not ... judge me by my pants, would you? Hmm?

They've encased him in pants!

It is obvious this contest cannot be settled by our knowledge of the force, but by our skill with pants

Help me, pants, you're my only hope

The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more pants will slip through your fingers.

[Faceist]

Sephiroth, IMOKefka. Hell, he had his own church in FF6. (Well, a cult, but let's not split hairs.)

[Lord Magtok]

I think it is time for us to come out and say it. We all know that Darth Vader is God

I have a bad feeling about this...

[The Orange Zergling]

May the pants be with you ... always.

Pants matter(s) not ... judge me by my pants, would you? Hmm?

They've encased him in pants!

It is obvious this contest cannot be settled by our knowledge of the force, but by our skill with pants

Help me, pants, you're my only hope

The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more pants will slip through your fingers.

I find your lack of pants disturbing.

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Wow, I had no idea that there were any cathedrals out there that would do such a thing. Awesome. :smallbiggrin:

[billtodamax]

I find your lack of pants disturbing.

TOZ just won the internet.

[Anuan]

*coughs, points Bill to the first page of the thread politely*

[The Orange Zergling]

Aww... I suppose that should teach me to actually read threads before posting. <.<

[billtodamax]

Like I can remember what was said on the first page of this thread.

[soozenw]

This thread made my day.

[Fredthefighter]

I want to find the peope that did those and hug them. Seriously. Those are awesome.

[Thufir]

But seriously, the head of an iconic representation of evil on a cathedral? Were they going for the redemption angle, or won't it be long before we see the heads of Sauron, the Lich King, Xykon, Apophis, the Joker, and other such characters adorning our holy sites?

I now kind of want to start building a church of geekdom, with these gargoyles. And more, of course. Heroes as well as villains.

[thorgrim29]

What's this pants replacement game? Oh and awesome, it's the Darth Cathedral.

Edit: many Bothan pants died to steal these plans
OR
Many bothan spies died to steal these pants