Christian art I like...

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Christian art I like...

Postby The Supreme Canuck » Fri Feb 28, 2014 7:01 pm

...and that a Christian called the police about:

What would you do if you saw someone wrapped in a blanket, sleeping on a bench outside a church?

For Cindy Castano Swannack, who drove by St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina the other day, the answer was “call the police.”

When informed that it was a sculpture depicting Jesus (with stigmata on his bare feet that poke out from under the blanket), Swannack seemed taken aback. She told the local NBC affiliate that

“Jesus is not a vagrant, Jesus is not a helpless person who needs our help. We need someone who is capable of meeting our needs, not someone who is also needy.”

[...]

In a letter to a local news website, resident Jerry Dawson likened the Jesus depiction to a creepy Grim Reaper, and added:

… “My complaint is not about the art-worthiness or the meaning behind the sculpture. It is about people driving into our beautiful, reasonably upscale neighborhood and seeing an ugly homeless person sleeping on a park bench.”


Welp. Don't really have much to add to that.
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Re: Christian art I like...

Postby Swift » Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:21 pm

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Never, ever forget: we did this. This is what we can do.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world. - Henry David Thoreau

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
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Re: Christian art I like...

Postby brite » Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:00 am

Swift wrote:What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

I love that song...
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Re: Christian art I like...

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:15 am

“Jesus is not a vagrant, Jesus is not a helpless person who needs our help. We need someone who is capable of meeting our needs, not someone who is also needy.”


That's easy lady, go read "Atlas Shrugged", remember to cheer for John Galt :twisted:

She does sound like a pinko commie liberal expecting a handout from the heavenly father......Sorry, I meant the government.

… “My complaint is not about the art-worthiness or the meaning behind the sculpture. It is about people driving into our beautiful, reasonably upscale neighborhood and seeing an ugly homeless person sleeping on a park bench.”


How Christian of you buddy. Can you imagine what he would have said if the sculpture had been painted? (Jesus being a swarthy greasy Middle-Eastener and all that) I bet he would have said it it would drive property values down roll:
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Re: Christian art I like...

Postby FZR1KG » Sat Mar 01, 2014 3:51 am

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Re: Christian art I like...

Postby Swift » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:43 am

And of course...

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Re: Christian art I like...

Postby FZR1KG » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:54 am

Ah, I love the artistically talented loonies.
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Re: Christian art I like...

Postby Yosh » Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:53 pm

I always found Dostoyevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" as chillingly accurate.
"German is an aggressive language. You could be reading a German script for 'My Little Pony,' and a Klingon Warbird would de-cloak..."

Master Daniel at the "Wanton Destruction" event.
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