Heh, I showed this picture to my friends, only 1 out of 3 of them noticed the penis without me pointing it out to them.
Which supports the idea some nitwits are looking at stylized abs and seeing enormous weird Jesus weiners. Now they have pointed this out it is all I see when I look at these pictures.
Thanks! (not)
Thanks for posting this, Revtim. Barb and I have had that around the house for over 25 years now, and have never thought that Jesus was flashing the Mighty Schlong of Joy in it. It’s from the ruined church that St. Francis restored when he first got religion, and dates back to before 1200.
I’m not saying the artist intended to draw a cock. I’m just saying it looks nothing like abs.
Well, that probably looks nothing like the historical Jesus, either.
“I got my abs in only 40 days, and now, for a limited-time offer, so can you! All you have to do is make one easy payment of giving all your money to the poor and following me!”
It’s not something appropriate for a church. They should use a stripper on it until they have exposed wood. Oh wait! They already do!
You think that’s bad, I walked into the altar boy room, and saw this:
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Joe
Someone once explained to me that in Orthodox iconography it is taken quite seriously that Golgotha (meaning: “the place of the skull”) was precisely Adam’s burial place.
Now, probably even the most dogmatic believers would not insist that Christ’s cross was exactly positioned over Adam’s skull. But it’s supposed to be down there somewhere nearby. Adam and Eve were supposed to be literal people, released from Sheol upon the Resurrection, and are now St. Adam and St. Eve! There is even iconography about the “Harrowing of Hell” (actually Limbo of the Just) with Christ portrayed as specifically taking them of this somewhat dreary temporary existence by hand. (No real joys of Heaven, and it probably didn’t even compare to Eden, but no torments, just the unpleasantness of waiting.) Then he releases all the other righteous men and women of B.C.
- Og
Every one of those images I clicked on I saw abdominal muscles. On the OP’s I see a gigantic penis. Of course it’s poorly done abs, whether intentional or not. I can’t imagine looking at that and at first seeing anything other than a big fat erect penis and balls way too high on the belly.
Well, some claim Jesus was black, so that could explain it.
What, the size of the penis or that depictions of the historical Jesus may be inaccurate?
In the name of the Father, and of the the Son, and of the holy shit, it’s like a baby’s arm!
“I told you I was hung like a baby; 19” long and weighs 8 lbs".