Like What Do You Think Christ To Look?

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='White Knight' post='1943283' date='Aug 7 2009, 11:55 PM'][url="http://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/images/d/d8/Jesus_Christ.jpg"]Jesus 1[/url][/quote]

I love that painting of Christ our God.

[Kitty]

You know you could have just said "What do you think Christ looks like?" The name of this thread sounds like something Yoda would say.

[Fidei Defensor]

[quote name='Kitty' post='1943735' date='Aug 8 2009, 03:41 PM']You know you could have just said "What do you think Christ looks like?" The name of this thread sounds like something Yoda would say.[/quote]
That's technically improper grammar. Like is a preposition and shouldn't be a the end of a sentence. However, it's common usage these days, so pseudo-acceptable.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1943230' date='Aug 7 2009, 10:05 PM']I think that He looks like this:

[img]http://www.pallasweb.com/ikons/p/big/sinai.jpg[/img][/quote]
Looks good to me.

[Skinzo]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1943565' date='Aug 8 2009, 03:55 PM']That second one sure does look like how I imagine, but I actually like the imagery in that first one. Very apocalyptic. I like it.[/quote]
In the first one, that's what the artist was aiming for, the Christ of the Apocalypse " His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire." Revelation 1:14.
I guess most of you know that's in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. OK, the eyes are more Scandinavian than anything else.

S.

Edited August 9, 2009 by Skinzo

[MissyP89]

I love FutureNun's second image! I'm so sick of seeing pasty white images of Christ--it's just silly, and likely not even close to the real deal.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='MissyP89' post='1943817' date='Aug 8 2009, 07:13 PM']I love FutureNun's second image! I'm so sick of seeing pasty white images of Christ--it's just silly, and likely not even close to the real deal.[/quote]

I wouldn't necessarily say that such depictions of our Lord are silly. It is quite common for our Lord and our Lady to be depicted in art with the features similar to those of the people of the region where the work of art is made:

[img]http://www.indefenseofthecross.com/images/virgin-peking-117.jpg[/img]

[InHisLove726]

The Divine Mercy image is definitely my favorite depiction.


[img]http://mgwriters.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/divine-mercy.jpg[/img]


But I also like this:


[img]http://www.radionewjerusalem.com/New%20RNJ/TheGoodShepherd.jpg[/img]


I think the worst depiction is the actor who played Jesus in "Jesus of Nazareth." I don't know any Middle Eastern man with blue eyes...

[img]http://www.turnbacktogod.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/quotes-from-jesus-of-nazareth.jpg[/img]

[Luigi]

[quote name='fidei defensor' post='1943740' date='Aug 8 2009, 05:51 PM']That's technically improper grammar. Like is a preposition and shouldn't be a the end of a sentence. However, it's common usage these days, so pseudo-acceptable.[/quote]

That old saw about not ending a sentence with a preposition is a pile of tripe! It's useful in some situations, but in other constructions it makes people like Rexi generate strings of words that are virtually meaningless when he could just conveniently ignore the pile of tripe, say it like everybody else in this time and place says it, and make his meaning clear. Grammar rules, if they're prescriptive at all, should clarify meaning, not obscure it.

(Banging head against brick wall...) There. I'm done now.

[Luigi]

I always thought Jesus looked like Paul Newman. At least, that's how I've always pictured him.

I also used to think that God the Father looked like the great and powerful Wizard of Oz.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Luigi' post='1943996' date='Aug 9 2009, 12:38 AM']That old saw about not ending a sentence with a preposition is a pile of tripe! It's useful in some situations, but in other constructions it makes people like Rexi generate strings of words that are virtually meaningless when he could just conveniently ignore the pile of tripe, say it like everybody else in this time and place says it, and make his meaning clear. Grammar rules, if they're prescriptive at all, should clarify meaning, not obscure it.[/quote]

I like pedantic grammar rules.

[MissyP89]

I still can't shake the belief that God the Father looks like Santa minus the red coat and hat. I'm serious.

[ardillacid]

Sometimes I think of Jesus as a ninja.

Or sometimes like a homeless guy

[zunshynn]

[quote name='notardillacid' post='1944095' date='Aug 9 2009, 08:48 AM']Or sometimes like a homeless guy[/quote]

Reasonable...

The birds have nests and foxes have dens, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head...

[Luigi]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1943998' date='Aug 9 2009, 01:40 AM']I like pedantic grammar rules. [/quote]


That's fine - it's' a big langauge & there's room enough for grammarians of all stripes.... even if I think your stripe is somewhat off kilter.