To: Graybeard58
A friend of mine asked why the above represents Christianity rather than something more realistic like from a movie (Mel Gibson I think). Something that at least acknowledges the suffering of Christ as a human being.
4 posted on
04/18/2014 8:54:07 PM PDT by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
A friend of mine asked why the above represents Christianity rather than something more realistic like from a movie There are more gruesome crucifixes too, but they also receive criticism.
5 posted on
04/18/2014 8:58:26 PM PDT by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
Bump for this one. We are too used to sanitized crucifixes.
7 posted on
04/18/2014 9:31:23 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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