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MineralMan

(146,325 posts) Sat Oct 20, 2018, 01:44 PM Oct 2018

Good News: Researchers Now Know What God Looks Like

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/973117/God-face-photograph-Christianity-what-does-god-look-like-study

A BIZARRE photograph of a young looking man represents the face of God, it has been spectacularly claimed by a group of US psychologists.
By SEBASTIAN KETTLEY
PUBLISHED: 12:47, Tue, Jun 12, 2018 | UPDATED: 13:00, Tue, Jun 12, 2018

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) constructed an astonishing portrait of God himself based on a survey of 511 American Christians.

The psychologists questioned a group of devout Christians to find out how they envision the face of God in their minds.

The surprising results of the study found God is not the archetypal bearded old man from Michelangelo’s paintings in the Sistine Chapel.

Instead, most people questioned seemed to think God looks like a young Caucasian man.

The article doesn't say, but I'm guessing the "devout Christians" they questioned there in North Carolina might have been white menfolk. You think? "Damn! That there looks like Beau, from over in Foxboro."

"And then, men created God. In their own image created they him."

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Good News: Researchers Now Know What God Looks Like (Original Post) MineralMan Oct 2018 OP

reminds me of the song MFM008 Oct 2018 #1

Yup. What if... MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

What, God can't afford a haircut? But then, again, is it possible to cut Superman's hair? 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #3

Anyway, that ain't good news. I thought the post was gonna be about the Catholic Church 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #4

Hold it. God is Brad Pitt? underpants Oct 2018 #5

No it doesn't. NeoGreen Oct 2018 #7

A very misleading title. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #6

Maybe it is because... NeoGreen Oct 2018 #8

You are incorrect in your assumption. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #10

That is more or less the claim I'd make. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #32

You might be surprised. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #33

I doubt it. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #34

See, Guy, it's a joke. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13

Idiocy. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #14

Maybe he was trying to reply to a different post, MineralMan Oct 2018 #15

It is pretty clear that mindfulness is not Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #16

Well, mindfulness is a difficult practice for many. MineralMan Oct 2018 #18

It's about time! Permanut Oct 2018 #9

Now YER 'just sayin''. sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #12

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. marylandblue Oct 2018 #20

True, true. Altho' I 've been told I'm inimitable. sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #21

What did Jesus look like? It depends on whose living room wall his picture is hanging. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #11

Why repeat the headline in the message? Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #17

We must be reading different articles. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #19

Why are you pickin'? sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #22

One line too many. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #23

You need a late night teevee variety slot to showcase your comedic gift. sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #24

Tee many martonis. 🍸 sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #25

Oh, My God... Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #26

Say "Hey!" to him for me, OK? MineralMan Oct 2018 #28

Okay... Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #29

Thanks, Mike Nelson.. Permanut Oct 2018 #30

Cool! Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #31

Pipo. Iggo Oct 2018 #27

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

1. reminds me of the song

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:20 PM

Oct 2018

"What if God was one of us"
Just a slob like one of us.....

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)

2. Yup. What if...

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:22 PM

Oct 2018

3Hotdogs

(12,405 posts)

3. What, God can't afford a haircut? But then, again, is it possible to cut Superman's hair?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:32 PM

Oct 2018

3Hotdogs

(12,405 posts)

4. Anyway, that ain't good news. I thought the post was gonna be about the Catholic Church

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:33 PM

Oct 2018

declaring bankruptcy and folding.

underpants

(182,873 posts)

5. Hold it. God is Brad Pitt?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:06 PM

Oct 2018

Okay now "Meet Joe Black" makes more sense.

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)

7. No it doesn't.

Reply to underpants (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 05:52 PM

Oct 2018

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

6. A very misleading title.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:13 PM

Oct 2018

It amazes me that some progressive Democrats are so quick to attack faith, when faith is such an important part of the lives of so many progressive Democrats.

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)

8. Maybe it is because...

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 05:56 PM

Oct 2018

..."faith" has nothing to do with self identifying as a member of a progresive democratic caucus. I.e. there is no "faith" test to be progessive or democratic.

And that is something that can't honestly be said for the red team.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

10. You are incorrect in your assumption.

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 06:31 PM

Oct 2018

Unless you claim is that there is no progressive who is progressive because of faith.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

32. That is more or less the claim I'd make.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 09:48 AM

Oct 2018

Political ideology is largely determined by one's immediate peer group. Faith may reinforce those political positions, but I'd be really fucking surprised if it informed them.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

33. You might be surprised.

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #32)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 02:29 PM

Oct 2018

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

34. I doubt it.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #33)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 06:11 PM

Oct 2018

But I understand your need to believe it.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)

13. See, Guy, it's a joke.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 10:19 AM

Oct 2018

It's funny. You laugh at it, if you possess a sense of humor. My op had nothing to do with "faith." It had to do with a silly experiment to see how people visualized God.

Now, I could have shown the representation of God's buttocks as painted on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. Even then, people had a sense of humor about such things. Here is that depiction of God mooning Moses:

Voltaire2

(13,127 posts)

14. Idiocy.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 10:53 AM

Oct 2018

What is being discussed here is idiocy. If you choose to conflate faith with idiocy that is your problem.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)

15. Maybe he was trying to reply to a different post,

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #14)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 10:55 AM

Oct 2018

one in which I mentioned faith. There are a couple of those in the group's thread list. Faith was not even mentioned in this OP.

Perhaps he meant to reply to this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218295794

Voltaire2

(13,127 posts)

16. It is pretty clear that mindfulness is not

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #15)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 10:58 AM

Oct 2018

a practice with this one.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)

18. Well, mindfulness is a difficult practice for many.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #16)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 11:01 AM

Oct 2018

Distractions and misdirection fly at one from every compass point. It can be difficult to orient oneself in the midst of all that.

Permanut

(5,628 posts)

9. It's about time!

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 06:13 PM

Oct 2018

We've known exactly what Jesus looked like since about 400 AD, what with all the portraits floating around. God doesn't look like his father, though, just sayin'.