Posted on 03/04/2019 8:44:48 AM PST by robowombat
New graphic novel depicts Jesus beheading his foes with a whirling sword BY 13 COMMENTS
Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra no doubt think of themselves as cool, edgy, and courageous, unafraid to incur charges of blasphemy from furious Christians. In fact, they’re banking on those charges: “Reports say the publisher is banking on blasphemy protests to propel sales.”
This is part of the West’s cultural suicide. It’s cool, edgy and courageous to hate one’s own culture, history, and civilization, and to mock and defame its central figures. But Casey and Marra are unlikely to be as courageous when it comes to a religious figure who actually did behead his enemies. Muhammad, according to his first biographer Ibn Ishaq, beheaded between 600 and 900 men of the Jewish Qurayzah tribe after the Battle of the Trench. Will Casey and Marra publish a graphic novel about Muhammad? Not on your life. Not only would that not be courageous in the eyes of their peers, it would be “hateful” and “Islamophobic,” even if it contained accurate material drawn from Islamic sources.
“Jesus is stone-cold killer in new graphic novel,” WND, March 3, 2019:
What’s the last taboo?
Maybe it’s the new graphic novel from Image Comics, publisher of “The Walking Dead” series and other hits – “Jesusfreak,” in which Jesus of Nazareth is portrayed as a stone-cold killer.
Oh, and by the way, it comes out just in time for Lent.
The previews show the Messiah beheading foes with a whirling sword.
Promotional material explains: “The year is 26 C.E. A young Nazarean carpenter is having some trouble adjusting to the violent world around him – and finding his place within it. He knows he’s different, but he doesn’t know why. Not yet, anyway. A bloody, two-fisted tale of historical heroic fiction …”
Reports say the publisher is banking on blasphemy protests to propel sales.
“‘Jesusfreak’ is less inspired by any strict religious traditions and is instead more concerned with exploring the unique tension that exists between depicting a mythical figure and a historical figure – a tension that is compounded when, for many, they’re considered the same person,” said Joe Casey, the writer, when the project was first announced.
“It’s also a chance for [co-writer Benjamin] Marra and I to indulge in a specific style of hard-pulp storytelling that we think perfectly fits this material.”
Who wants to read about Muslim Jesus?
Muzzies??
My thought exactly.
The Muslim Jesus will return and slaughter infidels.
That’s no way to portray the Prince of Peace!
Well, Jesus is supposed to come back the second time with a sword in His mouth astride a white warhorse to do battle with the anti-christ and his minions, so there will most likely be heads rolling and bodies being stacked....
Globalists are telling us the future world religion is “Chrislam”
Maybe this is it?
Their only mistake was setting the story in 26 AD instead of 2024 AD. The two edged sword comes out of His mouth.
Me thinks blasphemy is not well-received by our Creator. Vengeance belongs to the Lord. Hard not to grieve over the pathetic state of mankind.
Sounds like Mad Mo to me.
They have him confused with Mohammed.
And his chief enemies are seen falling into the Pit of Hell.
Interesting that God has a Kalashnikov.
This is silly and shameful sensationalism. The real story is a lot more compelling and should be a lot scarier for the readers of this comic book. Jesus won’t run around like a Ninja beheading people, but he will condemn the wicked to eternal damnation. They need to think long and hard about that.
“Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;”
Thessalonians
“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
Revelation
Bingo. This is actually not that far off.
what does jesus need with a sword?
what does god need with a starship?
Read Revelations. It won’t be pretty.
1) This stuff is probably blasphemous, or they wouldn’t be publishing it.
2) The answer to the questions “what would Jesus do?” involves a whip and the overturning of tables.
3) Jesus isn’t just the Prince of Peace. He’s also the Lion of Judah.
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