Science insulting the image of Jesus

Steve Petersen

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Period and region? I do not think the Jewish people have changed all that much in the centuries... Josephus was a historian during that time period and looks nothing like the morons the English have portrayed as Christ...

Flavious Josephus, Jewish historian... Much more Christ like in appearance!

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From and 18th century British publication by Whiston. Now, anything from Josephus own time?
 
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Can a Christian jump in for rocky here and translate? What is the issue with the picture?


The image in the OP was nothing more than a blatant attack on Christianity and to belittle the Christ. The issue here is that the image the British Scientist used was nothing like Jesus or the Jewish people of the time. For undeniable proof I compare the image of Jesus from the shroud of Turin to that of Josephus...

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The image in the OP was nothing more than a blatant attack on Christianity and to belittle the Christ. The issue here is that the image the British Scientist used was nothing like Jesus or the Jewish people of the time. For undeniable proof I compare the image of Jesus from the shroud of Turin to that of Josephus...

JosephusJesus_zps08izpbc1.jpg

No, no. Someone else who can be straightforward, and actually explain without having to extrapolate their life story over three pages.
 
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The image in the OP was nothing more than a blatant attack on Christianity and to belittle the Christ. The issue here is that the image the British Scientist used was nothing like Jesus or the Jewish people of the time. For undeniable proof I compare the image of Jesus from the shroud of Turin to that of Josephus...

JosephusJesus_zps08izpbc1.jpg

Undeniable?
 
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Can a Christian jump in for rocky here and translate? What is the issue with the picture?
Translation: That picture is ugly -> I don't think Jesus was ugly -> I think that this picture is meant to represent Jesus -> therefor, this picture is calling Jesus ugly, which is insulting to Jesus.
 
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Translation: That picture is ugly -> I don't think Jesus was ugly -> I think that this picture is meant to represent Jesus -> therefor, this picture is calling Jesus ugly, which is insulting to Jesus.

Brilliant analysis! Let's move on...
 
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Translation: That picture is ugly -> I don't think Jesus was ugly -> I think that this picture is meant to represent Jesus -> therefor, this picture is calling Jesus ugly, which is insulting to Jesus.

Translation: That picture is wrong -> I don't think Jesus was wrong -> I think that this picture is meant to insult Jesus -> therefore, this picture is calling Jesus and insult, which is insulting to Jesus

Again.. The image as I would have it, combining Josephus to that of the shroud of Turin, which more closely represents the males of the time... And thus Jesus...

Jesus favors Josephus... Which is an accurate representation of the Jews of the time....

JosephusJesus_zps08izpbc1.jpg


And Photoshopping the eyes of Josephus into the image of the Christ ought to give us a pretty close picture of what Jesus actually looked like...

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Clearly, you don't understand the question. Why is the picture wrong? This is why we need an intermediary...
Translation: The picture is wrong because I have decided that it is wrong, and I am the sole arbitor of truth in this matter.
 
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Hey! I found a beardless Christ! Christ as Emperor, wearing military dress, and crushing the serpent representing Satan. "I am the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6) reads the inscription.

So, a military figure who kills small animals...
 
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Modern Reconstruction of Jesus


Neave and his team studied skulls of Middle Eastern Jews found in the Galilee area of northern Israel using modern-day forensic techniques. Dr. Neave was able to use three Semite skulls from the time, which were unearthed by Israeli archeologists.

http://www.thespreadit.com/forensic-expert-jesus-christ-67586/



This is taken from the remains of an actual skeletons of Jewish men in that time frame. Not that all Jewish men in that time looked like this. This guy looks like a rather muscular guy, which I don't think Jesus would have been, esp after that 40 day fast. Maybe they can find the skeletal remains of others during that time period who look prettier so the OP can be happy. Something more like Tab Hunter, in King of Kings, perhaps---this isn't offensive to the OP, it is laughable to me.
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