Apologetic_Warrior
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- Oct 21, 2003
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Hey. I am sorry but I have to get this off my chest right now. I can't help but look at those pictures of Jesus on the internet. That is some really bad photos. They have no life in them and I know Jesus has more heart then that. I am starting to think maybe some people don't really know Jesus at all and only worship in vain or only love him the way he is represented in this world. Especially and in those pictures. I dont think many people have come to know Jesus for who he really is. I am sorry but I do not like those photos cause they misrepresent him and when I look at them there's no life in them at all. Wouldn't it have been better just to not make photos of him at all and just go by his teachings? What is the purpose of them pictures though? If nobody know what Jesus really look like, why not just leave at that and not misrepresent him by portraying him in such things as such. Especially those pictures. I know a lot of people say they love Jesus and they are close to him and they probably are but I really do wonder why people sometimes do. why some people worship and love Jesus the way they do? Because we have a person here with a heart (a beautiful one too hehe) and feelings like us. A person being misunderstood and misrepresented in the world causing some to overlook who Jesus really is or could be and that there's probably more to it then one could imagine about him. Causing him to still be mocked ridiculed and despised in the world because some people just don't get it...
It is true, images all fall short. With the understanding they are representations, maybe naively I used to be more accepting of Christian art with portrayals of Christ, even when I knew for example how inaccurate the color of his skin is in the majority of them. But we do not know exactly how he looked. I thought the shroud is interesting, but am skeptical about it, and certainly not something to put faith in, it has no life just as the images have no life. It is difficult though, in the days we live in, to simply avoid and not look at them completely, and I have to admit, there are a few modern artists who are very talented and able to draw me into their representations and capture imagination. But you have to understand, I am artistic by nature, I have always had appreciation for the arts. This topic also calls into question Christmas plays at Church and how Christ is portrayed in films such as Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" and many others. They have a life to them, but still fall short. As Christians our new nature and our continual and constant fleshly dependency on the five senses combined produce desires to see and hear and feel our Lord and Savior beyond the mind and imagination from reading about Him.
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