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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:13 PM
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Why does Jesus always look like a bearded lady?



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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:16 PM
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1. Christian kids wanna know ...
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 06:17 PM by meegbear


Why Did Jesus Have Long Hair Like a Homo?

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0205/jesushair.html
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politicaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:16 PM
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2. It's the soft chin, the subtle pouting lips, the long flowing curly hair..
and the dress.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:19 PM
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3. Jezuz is a FAG!
Garsh ... I just knew it.

Next they'll be going after Spongebob.

--p!
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:31 PM
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4. Those Artists' Depictions Portray Jesus
as an 'Aryan,' so they've softened his features in order to remove any vestiges of swarthiness. They'd probably depict him as a blond Scandanavian if the notion weren't so completely ludicrous. More realistic depictions of Jesus would probably look more like



Not pleasing to those who want to claim Jesus as a member of the 'master race,' however.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:38 PM
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6. A more logical representation, given the geographical and chronological
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 06:39 PM by HypnoToad
aspects. Thanks for the edification!
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:41 PM
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7. I know that he looked nothing like the 'Sacred Heart' style image
But portraying Christ as part of which ever race the art is for gives a strong message about the incarnation, and Christ becoming one of us. I would, therefore, fully support pictures of a black Christ, or an Asian Christ; because Christ is white, and black, and Asian &c.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:36 PM
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5. Because he works in a circus?
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