“Ripped like Jesus”
September 9, 2008
I am tired of being constantly bombarded by the idea that Jesus (very funny man, but a bit foul with the language so watch out) was the most appealing man to ever walk the planet. I am no genius, but I am willing to bet that after 40 days and nights in the dessert he was probably smelly, and probably didn’t look very well kept. Is the reason we make him into this beautiful man who carries sheep just cause he wants so that he will be more appealing to the public? Do we make him out to be this sweet gentle man because we are afraid if the truth was out there people might not be attracted to him? I don’t know what he looks like but I can almost promise you he wasn’t blue eyes, he wasn’t ripped. It saddens me that we feel we have to dilute the message of Christ and try to make him more pleasant and desirable. Just saying shouldn’t his offer of a life filled with his love and the love of the father be enough? Should not the sacrifice he made on the cross be enough of a message, should not the words He spoke be enough? Just my thoughts
I think that at least back when the pieces of art were created (not talking about Dane Cook), they were a form of worship. i dont think they purposefully thought, hey if i draw Him super ripped, then everyone will become Christian. or hey if i draw Him holding little lambs, everyone will come running. i think it was more a product of using the art to pass a message (keep in mind that back in the day, most people were illiterate and could not pick up the Bible and read it for themselves). in the art, they were conveying that He is almighty and powerful, not just “ripped” and “on roids” as would be perceived by our society haha. and at the same time, He appears with little lambies because He is also a very loving and caring God.
agreed my friend. Although that pick of the ripped Jesus was sweet. I’m going to start lifting weights again. Haha
Hey, met you tonight at Shawn’s house. We talked about blogging, hah (that makes us real cool) anyhow, my link is in the website area on this comment. You might want to check out LJ, too. Because of the social ability of it. You can add friends and read their entries all on one page as well as RSS feeds…