[Elmer G. White]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Brother, I found this print online and I'm about to order some for my children's bedrooms. I find the more they are aware of the End Times, the more cautious they are in their behavior with the time they have left. I'd love to hear your opinion about this piece. I think it's just lovely, myself.

Sister Mary,

It is my pleasure to assist you with an analysis.

1. Craftsmanship and general quality
I must say that this is of average quality. Good commercial skills but not great technically. While adult True Christians™ may find this somewhat naïve, I'm sure that this is most appropriate regarding the mental state of unsaved children.

2. Compatibility with the Bible
Magnificent. Great references to Revelation.

Revelation 6:1-8

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

3. Usefulness in a True Christian™ message
Immense potential. The unsuspecting child at the bottom MUST learn that it can be devoured ANY MOMENT by the wrath of God. God hates the child and the only way to win God's conditional love is to FEAR and to OBEY (Ecclesiastes 5:7). The world can end ANY SECOND and the omens are as we speak above the child. The image is of great value as deterrence. It is good if they see this their every waking hour. These hours should be spent in fear, punishment and gratitude for the magnificent future in heaven.

4. Potential risks of the image
The child is sitting on a toy horse and this causes friction between the eeny teeny geenitalia and the surface of the horse. This can cause unnecessary physical pleasure and lead to self-abuse. It is best to watch carefully that the child will not get sodomistic impulses from this otherwise superb piece of Christian art!


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Brother, I found this print online and I'm about to order some for my children's bedrooms. I find the more they are aware of the End Times, the more cautious they are in their behavior with the time they have left. I'd love to hear your opinion about this piece. I think it's just lovely, myself.

[Elmer G. White]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Yes. Harsha Shah here. I wish to show you my favourite piece of artwork of Jesus.

Yes, it is beautiful. Jesus is walking together with buddha, the holy cow and krishna and there are also statues of indigenous American peoples. The style is naive, I know, but not unlike that of Grandma Moses, a famous American painter. They are happy, they are respecting one another, yes! They are walking to the same direction, I am thinking, to human happiness. They have only a narrow bridge and beyond the bridge is the land of reconciliation of all faiths. And there is no big chasm, only a friendly brook to pass. All together for the common goal. I think jesus would have wanted this. Yes, he certainly would. This is very useful and I have been showing it at school to children who seem to understand it intuitively. Beautiful. Yes.

That obese booda is about to shove Jesus (and the cow) into the river in an attempt to drown them. Booda is deliberately distracting Jesus in the hope he won't see the bridge or the river. (But booda forgets that Jesus can walk on water)

I think that this is exactly why we are doing this assessment. Here we have a heathen trying to "interpret" a technically substandard piece of "art" that is obviously and deeply deficient in all aspects Godly and Holy. It promotes syncretism - one of the most dangerous and abhorrent phenomena of our times together with sodomy. A totally unacceptable sordid picture as pointed out above by Mr. Farmer. Indeed, it is open to many other interpretations of which the violent nature of Buddhism is the most obvious one. Useless and risky - perhaps pastors can laugh at this and find it mildly funny?

There's, however, worse to be found. Take of look at THIS:


1. Very skillfully crafted, realistic, deeply emotional. My compliments to the artist for his (cannot have been a woman) mastery of the craftsmanship!
2. Biblically initially alluring. Jesus weeps - of course He does. Zephaniah 3:7 "I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings." There is ample reason for Jesus to sob. But then - the round Earth. Blasphemy (Isaiah 11:12)! And of the worst kind. This is gateway drug to SCIENCE (1 Timothy 6:20). Once you start accepting "little things" you cannot stop. Soon it's evil lotion, intersexuality, ecology and eventually sodomy.
3. Useless unless shown to a Creation Science class of the highest level for light entertainment and laughs.
4. Very risky. Children should not be exposed to this type of merciless propaganda against Jesus!


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[Jim Farmer]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

That obese booda is about to shove Jesus (and the cow) into the river in an attempt to drown them. Booda is deliberately distracting Jesus in the hope he won't see the bridge or the river. (But booda forgets that Jesus can walk on water)

[Harsha Shah]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Yes. Harsha Shah here. I wish to show you my favourite piece of artwork of Jesus.

Yes, it is beautiful. Jesus is walking together with buddha, the holy cow and krishna and there are also statues of indigenous American peoples. The style is naive, I know, but not unlike that of Grandma Moses, a famous American painter. They are happy, they are respecting one another, yes! They are walking to the same direction, I am thinking, to human happiness. They have only a narrow bridge and beyond the bridge is the land of reconciliation of all faiths. And there is no big chasm, only a friendly brook to pass. All together for the common goal. I think jesus would have wanted this. Yes, he certainly would. This is very useful and I have been showing it at school to children who seem to understand it intuitively. Beautiful. Yes.

[Basilissa]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

That picture is wrong in SO many ways: the filthy dog, the puppies (is the artist under the impression that dogs not only go to Heaven, but also breed there?) the children, the niglet. But worst of all is the depiction of Jesus, who looks nothing like Our Beloved Savior but very like Jeremy Irons playing a Jesuit priest in that abominable papist movie, The Mission.

Everything that was said about this image is true, yet there is at least one good thing about it: is surrounded by Godly White girls, while the non-white boy keeps his distance from the . I'm sure the dog is there to protect just in case the boy goes on drugs and decides to attack Him. In fact, is missing a gun on this picture, to be able to stand his ground and protect Himself and these innocent White girls. Girls understand that is their only Savior from the wild savage, which is why they cling to Him/stand slightly behind Him, and avoid eye contact with the boy. The boy, in fact, seems to not be looking t the , but eying the innocent White girl standing in the back!

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

That picture is wrong in SO many ways: the filthy dog, the puppies (is the artist under the impression that dogs not only go to Heaven, but also breed there?) the children, the niglet. But worst of all is the depiction of Jesus, who looks nothing like Our Beloved Savior but very like Jeremy Irons playing a Jesuit priest in that abominable papist movie, The Mission.

[Jim Farmer]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Exactly. This one for instance that shows dogs in Heaven, where the papists regard dogs as a symbol of loyalty, openness, dependability and fidelity. Completely Biblically incorrect and therefore heretical, but the papists wouldn't understand that.

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Indeed Mrs Etheldreda. My post was pre-empting that of the papist - pointing out that much religious iconography isn't Christian at all, but pagan and papist, with no Biblical basis.

That probably explains why Brother Elmer finds so many Biblically errant works of art - they must be inspired by the ignorant papists who are as Biblically clueless as the Methodists.

[Jim Farmer]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Interesting compilation, Mr. Farmer. I'm curious why you've chosen to reference a pagan source (St Perpetua?). The Catholic church, being the Whore of Babylon, is rich with pagan references to the Triune God (or should I say, the Quatrune God, as they incorporate Mary as one of the "Four Persons of God").

In any case, I wouldn't trust their references simply for the fact you can catch Homosexuality from Catholics. They gladly open the (back) door to Gay Demon Infestation through their art. You'll notice Michelangelo, Gay, painted their most important piece using only naked men as inspiration. I show these here only because we are protected from such demons with our JesOS supernaturally protected software, lovingly created by Pastor Isaac Peters and the Holy Ghost Himself.

Indeed Mrs Etheldreda. My post was pre-empting that of the papist - pointing out that much religious iconography isn't Christian at all, but pagan and papist, with no Biblical basis.

[Jim C. Lombardo]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Hey Mo Lester,

You are disrupting the sophisticated nature of this thread. Your posts and you in general.

Yours,
Jim

[Father Maurice Lester]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

You want to know how goofy the catlicks are? They have a painting by a guy named Raffi that has Rocky "Sylvester" Stallone in it!

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Oddly enough, up until his recent legal troubles, a famous American footballer and devout Bapwit had a low-ball offer to buy this very piece! He claimed it called out to him but then so do a dozen children he has from numerous women.


Peterson as I recall his name... ADRIAN Peterson. You guys are responsible for more more belly laughs in the Vatican Halls than the re-runs of Father Ted.




Bless you, my Nathan Greenehorns,
Father Mo




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[Jim C. Lombardo]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

Mr. Lombardo,

While I mostly agree with your analysis, I would like to add an important point. I certainly support your unwritten notion that Jesus our Savior as God is ABOVE the Biblical commandments. Our children, however, are not. Thus, it would be beneficial if not altogether necessary to remind fellow art-lovers of...

...Leviticus 19:28 - Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.

This certainly damns all those self-proclaimed Christian biker hippies. Not that that is any surprise. Sadly, I know some real Earnest ones. Someone should warn them so that they can get their tats un-anaesthetically cut off with a regular box knife!

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

There are many symbols in Renaissance and Byzantine art that are quite recognisable. Not all of these symbols relate purely to the Bible, but have become traditional in Christian art. For instance, animals:

Wolf - symbolizes compassion and mercy. The wolf was used as the emblem for many early Saints including St. Francis of Assisi who is often shown with a wolf .
Ermine - symbolizes truth, fidelity, mischief making. Often associated with the aristocracy or royalty.
White Horse - a symbol of victory, conquest, goodness and invincibility. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. " -- Revelation 19:11
The ape symbolizes a lustful soul filled with sinful thoughts.
Cat - symbolizes shrewdness, treachery, trickery and watchfulness. Often associated with Satan, witchcraft or sorcery.
Winged ox - represents Luke the Evangelist, one of the four evangelist.
Ox - symbolizes strength, power, humility "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light" Matt. 11:28

The Vulture epitomized greed, corruption and ruthless power.

The singing robin symbolizes deliverance from evil and God's holy mercy. A caged robin signifies removal from Gods holy grace.

Otters emblem of Saint Cuthbert, an Anglo-Saxon monk and hermit. He was a great animal lover who enacted the first laws to protect wildlife. Otters became his emblem after they rescued him from the drowning.

The Eagle is a symbol of Christ and of regeneration by baptism and also represents John the Evangelist, one of the four Evangelist. The eagle also the symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Winged lion - represents Mark the Evangelist, one of the four evangelist.
lion - a symbol of power, majesty, wisdom, tyranny, viciousness, dignity, and leadership. The lion represents both Jesus Christ as well as Satan, a wise king or a tyrant.
Camel emblem of Egyptian Saint Mennas. He was martyred by being thrown into a fire pit when he openly declared his Christian faith.
lamb - symbolizes humility, peace, and innocence. The lamb represents Christ as the Lamb, and also Christians as the flock.
Dolphin - sign of the resurrection and symbolizes Christ guiding Christians to heaven.
Goat - symbol of Satan. Satan is often depicted as a horned and hoofed goat-like creature.
Unicorn, a symbol of purity, harmony, the arrival of Spring. Since the Middle Ages the unicorn was a symbol of chastity and innocence, it was believed that a unicorn could only be tamed by a virgin's gentle stroke.
Pig - symbolizes material desires, excess and self-indulgence. The pig is also the emblem of Saint Antony of Egypt
Dog - a symbol of loyalty, openness, dependability and fidelity
Cow emblem of St Perpetua who was gored to death by an enraged cow in the a 3rd-century when she was thrown in the arena of Carthage.
Bull emblem of Thomas Aquinas
Snake - symbolizes Satan; the presence of evil, fall of man, devil

A snake brazenly slithering across the middle of a thoroughfare or road - symbolizing the False Prophet leading the way to hell.

A devious serpent peeking out of a basket, urn or pot - a spiritual reminder of Satan's presence in unusual places.

Bear emblem of St. Seraphim of Sarov. During his life as reclusive monk stayed in the forest and fed and befriended many animals including a bear.
Swan symbolizes purity and is also the emblem of Saint Hugh of Lincoln. he was a great animal lover and as well as caretaker to lepers. A swan he befriended fowled him around and kept watch of him as he slept.

Interesting compilation, Mr. Farmer. I'm curious why you've chosen to reference a pagan source (St Perpetua?). The Catholic church, being the Whore of Babylon, is rich with pagan references to the Triune God (or should I say, the Quatrune God, as they incorporate Mary as one of the "Four Persons of God").

In any case, I wouldn't trust their references simply for the fact you can catch Homosexuality from Catholics. They gladly open the (back) door to Gay Demon Infestation through their art. You'll notice Michelangelo, Gay, painted their most important piece using only naked men as inspiration. I show these here only because we are protected from such demons with our JesOS supernaturally protected software, lovingly created by Pastor Isaac Peters and the Holy Ghost Himself.

Male body, female breasts?


"My, what nice deltoids you've got," said no man to a woman, ever.


Body of a construction worker, face of a hag.


Michelangelo forgot to paste the breasts on Eve, instead painting the homosexual couples so common in papist society.

[Elmer G. White]

Re: The True Christian™ Art Critic - Assess your Favorite Jesus Pictures to Avoid HELL

My oh my.

Landroverians discussing 'art' is a bit like a bag full of hungry Gerbils debating the whereabouts of dark matter in competing Latvian dialects.

Christian iconography in art is a fascinating and complex topic that must be prefaced with a fundamental understanding of the transition from paganism to Christianity in the traditional lands of the Mediterranean from the time of Constantine up through the Renaissance.

Within this context one can start to trace both the emergence of new materials and techniques in addition to the enlightened encouragement of The Holy Roman Church which drove both the development of Religious art and Music.

As I am certain there are not enough really small words to get any of this across to the present audience, I would suggest the locals stick with the sparkle and Unicorn airbrushing styles popular with taste-challeneged decorators all over middle America.

Talk like this reminds of the the Baptwit tourist who, while visiting The Sistine Chapel, told his wife that he and his brother could have painted the entire ceiling in just a few days with a roller and a bakers scaffold. This is why you folks cannot have nice things.
Bless you, my Botticelli-butt bamboshists,
Father Mo
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Oh, dear. It's the spokesperson of the extremely elitist episcopate, the self-nominated jack-off of all trades... oh, how the Sixteenth Chapel would benefit from a crew of sturdy young True Christian™ men and some white paint. A Tabula rasa, a new beginning for the papist imagery. And that would leave only the first fifteen chapels to be redecorated. For cat licks, as our papist impostor explains, the value of art is in Tradition (who could have guessed ?), money, pomp and circumstance. Very well, an analysis:


Mary-worship. Not Biblical. Never mind the technique. It's the content that matters. And destroys any chance of the above being great art.

Deuteronomy 29:17
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer