Is this an alien or a horror movie monster? WHAT!? THIS is suppose to be Jesus!?

[GemmaRose]

Whatever!

Jesus is not supposed to look like He came from Jupiter, or from another galaxy!!!

 

[whatevergirl]

I just read the last few pages of posts, and agree that I wouldn’t mind them in a museum (although they would still be, in my opinion, HIDEOUS). I, along with many others in this thread, just don’t deem them appropriate in a church. I don’t even think they’re appropriate on a Catholic website.

To whatevergirl, I’ve never liked any artwork with portrays Jesus - Baby, Child or Man - as a blue-eyed blond, although I can understand that artists down through the ages have portrayed Him in a way most identifiable with the audience who would view the artwork.

But, I just don’t think He should be portrayed as Voltron from the planet Zardook. :bigyikes:

agreed!!

“I wish that my heart could beat, that I could live and breathe only for Jesus, I wish that my tongue could utter no other name than that of Jesus; that my eye could see only Jesus; that my pen could write only about Jesus, and that my thoughts could soar to nothing but Jesus. I have often wondered where on earth there might be something on which I could center my love. But neither on earth nor in heaven do I find any such thing but only my beloved Jesus… I am the fruit of your passion, Jesus, born of your wounds. O Jesus, seek me in love; I no longer possess anything; you have stolen my heart…” - St. Gemma Galgani

 

[Sabda]

To whatevergirl, I’ve never liked any artwork with portrays Jesus - Baby, Child or Man - as a blue-eyed blond, although I can understand that artists down through the ages have portrayed Him in a way most identifiable with the audience who would view the artwork.

Most of the artwork that I see depicts Jesus brown-haired and brown-eyed. I have seen pictures of the blue-eyed, blonde Jesus, most of these are pictures of him as an infant/toddler and, to me, they just don’t look quite right.

 

[Cavaille-Coll]

That image reminds me of a crucifix at a parish in Orangevale (Sacramento), CA, where the corpus was made from some transparent material and internal lights created the effect of red and white veins and arteries throughout the figure. If I had seen that as a child, or this station of the cross for that matter, I would have had nightmares.

This is not art; it is like a gruesome Jack Kevorkian painting that has no place in a church.

 

[Nickkname]

http://bp1.blogger.com/_qCdb88Y3Uz8/R405MnKcLuI/AAAAAAAAA1E/KTHjjyQQx5c/s400/alien_Christ.jpg

Is it an extra-terrestrial being floating down from it’s spaceship? Could it be the latest gore-covered monster from the mind of horror film-maker Wes Craven? Is it a nightmare version of a decaying dead body?

From the Diocese of Belfort-Montbeliard, France, I give to you,** the 12th Station of the Cross. **

My take can be found here.

Maybe they were trying to make Jesus look like He did at the crucifixion: bloody, horrible, like a worm.

 

[FrCorey]

http://bp1.blogger.com/_qCdb88Y3Uz8/R405MnKcLuI/AAAAAAAAA1E/KTHjjyQQx5c/s400/alien_Christ.jpg

Is it an extra-terrestrial being floating down from it’s spaceship? Could it be the latest gore-covered monster from the mind of horror film-maker Wes Craven? Is it a nightmare version of a decaying dead body?

From the Diocese of Belfort-Montbeliard, France, I give to you,** the 12th Station of the Cross. **

My take can be found here.

I think the Urantians think jesus is a alien from another planet sent here to help us grow.