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myboynoah · 10-22-2006, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

Along those lines, I've been told those "in the know" (take that however you'd like) say it's Del Parson's painting Jesus the Christ that the GA's are "referring to":

So I'm walking along the street the other day and a beggar (stinking gypsies), in addition to his standardized little sign asking for money, has added a very familiar picture of Jesus. It was the Del Parsons rendition of Jesus coming out of the tomb. Kind of freaky seeing that here.

I still didn't give him any money.

il Padrino Ute · 10-22-2006, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

So I'm walking along the street the other day and a beggar (stinking gypsies), in addition to his standardized little sign asking for money, has added a very familiar picture of Jesus. It was the Del Parsons rendition of Jesus coming out of the tomb. Kind of freaky seeing that here.

I still didn't give him any money.

Good for you. My mission president once told us that if we paid fast offerings, we'd never have to feel guilty about not giving panhandlers money. That wasn't my reason to not give them anything.

I never give them anything because I'm a selfish bastard.

SeattleUte · 10-22-2006, 09:29 PM

I think he looked like Kris Kristoferson.

creekster · 10-22-2006, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I think he looked like Kris Kristoferson.

WIthout the whisky roughened pipes, I presume.

UtahDan · 10-22-2006, 11:05 PM

Here are my two thoughts about the images of Christ we use most frequently (the painting above, the Christus, etc.)

1. Jesus' mother was a Jew who lived 2000 years ago and so Jesus should be realtively short (by today's standards), have olive colored skin, and coarse, dark hair. The images we have look VERY European to me.

2. The genetic material that comes to Jesus through his father is not that of an ethnic Jew, meaning that he ought to have looked fairly different than other Jews.

RC Vikings · 10-23-2006, 05:36 PM

A little like Al Pacino in Serpico

10-22-2006, 09:29 PM	#23
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	I think he looked like Kris Kristoferson. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

10-22-2006, 11:05 PM	#25
UtahDan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Bluth Home Posts: 3,877	Here are my two thoughts about the images of Christ we use most frequently (the painting above, the Christus, etc.) 1. Jesus' mother was a Jew who lived 2000 years ago and so Jesus should be realtively short (by today's standards), have olive colored skin, and coarse, dark hair. The images we have look VERY European to me. 2. The genetic material that comes to Jesus through his father is not that of an ethnic Jew, meaning that he ought to have looked fairly different than other Jews. __________________ The Bible tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. -Galileo

10-23-2006, 05:36 PM	#26
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	A little like Al Pacino in Serpico