Now, you just know the Asshole Christians are jizzing over this image

I mean, seriously, what kind of dickfop would even consider a painting like this a faithful expression of the faith in any way whatsoever?

This is clearly from someone who has entirely missed the point of Jesus, and has more likely exchanged the real Jesus for a homo-bashing, stock-owning capitalist American Jesus of power and strength and might.

I'm surprised his robe isn't in red, white, and blue.

then why didn't he just pull out the nails??

And so are most of his followers.

We do agree on one thing. After reading your post I said the exact same thing...."That's fucked up".

I said "most", not "all".

:hi:

:wtf:

Jesus, you know, I often wonder what You make of stuff like this.

I find it frightening.

And when did he find the time to work out?

Like the Bible says.

:rofl:

Or when they think of Reagan.

:)

Or the physical strength here could be a metaphor for the inner strength that Jesus posessed but cannot be expressed in the allegorical capacity of mere imagery alone, so objective correlative is needed to get the point across.

I just blacked out.

(I just tossed in the allegorical line for flourish and objective correlative too, they are used out of context)

:spank:

librul elitist and yer big words.

too. :)

Edit: I would have said brain, but I'm not awake enough for the words to have made it that far.

That guy would call the real Jesus a pinko hippie and gay bash him.

I'm almost afraid to ask where you found that.

Or, not even. That's not quite what I mean.

This picture is symbolic of a huge problem with some Christian artists whether they sing, paint, act, whatever. "Artists" like this care less about art and more about what they are trying to say. It becomes less "art" and more "OMG I LOVE JC", devoid of nuance or artistic merit. It becomes a lot like Velvet Elvis.

Now, chances are, whatever you dig there will be at least one or two other people who dig it too. So I hope this pic finds a good home...somewhere where I never have to see it.

to find him kinda hot?

But anyway, about the red, white, and blue robe--there's a mission in the skid row area of Portland called Street Church, about a block west of the Burnside Bridge, which has (or did have two years ago) a drawing of Jesus wearing a red, white, and blue robe in its window.

I used to just about puke every time I went past it on the bus.

I certainly am not offended by it.
It is worshipping power, or rejecting the crucifixion?
Well, since we know that evil is powerful and is not going to be dissuaded by just talk, a little bit of power is not a bad thing.
Is the crucifixion a good thing? It was made to be, since that is the means by which all of humanity is forgiven of sins, but it was kinda contradictory. In Matthew 21:33, Mark 12:6, and Luke 20:13, Jesus tells the parable of the tenants who kill the son of the owner. That is what is expected, because He knows their wickedness, but it is still not given as a good outcome, but as an evil act which will cause its perpetrators to be crushed.

:puke:

I visit would have.

www.jesusoftheweek.com

that people (usually women) who say they're "on fire for Jesus" or "in love with Jesus" have in their heads. They're in love with Fabio-Jesus (remember Fabio?):



Jesus with a six-pack and big pecs and biceps. A Jesus you could put on the cover of a bodice-ripping romance.

I've often wondered if they'd be quite as vociferous in their enthusiasm if they knew Jesus more likely looked like the man depicted in this article in the December 2002 issue of Popular Mechanics (for the record, I much prefer this face):

Gah. Paint him green and it would be "Grrr, CHRIST SMASH!!"

But then I'd say that about lots which those folk go in for.

Because everyone was white back in the day, right? :crazy:

The guy who painted that has a really small... eh, package.

has historical precedent.

As different cultures were exposed to Christianity, they interpreted the story of the Crucifixion differently.

For example: The Anglo-Saxons saw Jesus as a burly hero that ripped off his own clothes and climbed up on the cross, eager to perform the heroic deed of salvation.

The Vikings were similar in that way as well.

Other cultures, such as the Celts, had no pictorial conception of Jesus at all, and instead substituted just the symbol of the cross, which is why crosses dot the landscape of Ireland and Scotland.

Just practicing future lectures here.....


on edit: dumb spelling error

NO cross can hold the Jesuster down brother! All my little Jesusmaniacs take the prayers, the vitamins and the scripture! I AM the hope dope pusher! WHACHA GONNA DUUUUU brother, when the Son of Man runs a train all over you???

talked about wanting to be ripped like Jesus! This is ripped!!

Actually, my church had a ask the priest night recently, and one of the students asked him if Jesus was white. The Priest smiled and said that probably not due to the region. But i guess if you are a rw "dickfop" he has to be white.

Don't be a GIRLIE MAN!

My God, I don't think I've ever seen an image more disrespectful to Christianity in my life.

This is kinda a testosterone-filled morning here in the lounge. First the truck balls and then this.

I'd do him in a heartbeat.

Wouldn't he be a burly fellow? And be built like the John Henry of his day? Certainly not a six pack body builder but I dont think he's the puny on the cross that were lead to believe. Thats probably were the crucifixation was so brutal every time he flexed his muscles it would dig into his arms.

and they don't look like that at all.

Of course, they're using power tools and pickups, but still.

Narrator: Jesus of Nazareth, Carpenter/Mystic, searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation interacts with his unique body chemistry. And now, when Jesus of Nazareth grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphasis occurs.

Narrator: The creature is driven by rage and pursued by Judas, an investigative reporter.

Jesus of Nazareth: Judas, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

(Judas witnesses an explosion from a Roman building)

Narrator: An accidental crucifixtion took the life of a fellow mystic and supposedly Jesus of Nazareth as well. The reporter thinks the creature was responsible.

Judas: (voice-over) I gave a description to all the Roman Legions. They got a warrant for murder out of it.

Narrator: A murder which Jesus of Nazareth can never prove he or the creature didn't commit. So he must let the world go on thinking that he too is dead, until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.

Or will that only happen if I post it?

God wants you to do it!

we know him from the gospels, it's proably damn near heresy to a lot of churches.