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I was in a stake center helping my dad move some equipment out after a roadshow type play last week. While back stage, I noticed this giant poster with a picture of Jesus on it. The depiction is very interesting. It is a poster for youth sports and seems very fitting for young boys who want to grow muscles and have a look like, Clint Eastwood, Daniel Craig, Cary Grant, George Clooney, Mel Gibson, or Peter O'Toole. Notice how rough and chiseled Jesus looks. Sorry it is a little blurry - I had to leave quickly.



What do you think, wouldn't you like to pray to this guy? Also, if you happen to be attracted to men, do you find yourself attracted to this image? Maybe your prayers can be enhanced by imagining a Jesus like this in your mind when you pray... Just a thought.

It's too bad people that are attracted to women have to pray to such a manly stud.

What sports was Jesus particularly good at?

What sports ought he to have been particularly good at?

I am thinking of legitimate sports, not miraculous cheating like water-skiing without skis or a tow-boat ...

Zeezrom, you only mention non-Jewish actors in the OP. I suppose you could have listed these Jewish actors who star in more high-testosterone roles:

William Shatner
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Steven Seagall
Richard Gere
Harrison Ford

The list could go on and on but why not portray a more "manly" Jesus? Sure, he could have had more a Danny Kay, Jerry Springer, David Duchovny, Roman Polanski or Woody Alan look, but who is to say? All we can figure out is that he probably resembled what Ashkenazi Jews look like today -- which these celebrities are.

I wonder, suppose Mary looked like Sarah Michelle Geller, Goldie Hawn or Natalie Portman?

Fiannan wrote:I wonder, suppose Mary looked like Sarah Michelle Geller, Goldie Hawn or Natalie Portman?

Nobody cares what Mary looked like because nobody (no Mormon) prays to her.

Maybe this is why women don't get the priesthood... The men don't get to pray to a hot woman-God so God evened things out by giving them the priesthood. A man that is attracted to other men gets a double bonus. He gets to pray to someone he fantasizes about and gets the priesthood (as long as he doesn't act on his fantasies).

Chap wrote:What sports was Jesus particularly good at?

Dude, what (pee wee) sports wasn't he good at?

Blixa wrote:Dude, what (pee wee) sports wasn't he good at?

Now my coworker is wondering what's so damn funny. LOL

The Jesus of the OP looks like a Marvel or DC comic book version of Jesus.

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I had to save the Jesus hand off pic.

Blixa wrote:

Chap wrote:What sports was Jesus particularly good at?

Dude, what (pee wee) sports wasn't he good at?

Hmmm. Well, I still say he cheated at water-skiing.

I'm always quietly amused when I enter a religious home and see a portrait of Jesus on the wall. He always looks Swedish. Not too many blond haired, blue eyed guys in Judea in those days.

Here's a computer illustration of what some folks think he may have really looked like:



Personally, I think his hair would be longer. Showing some signs of male pattern baldness. Maybe a hat.

zeezrom wrote:I was in a stake center helping my dad move some equipment out after a roadshow type play last week. While back stage, I noticed this giant poster with a picture of Jesus on it. The depiction is very interesting. It is a poster for youth sports and seems very fitting for young boys who want to grow muscles and have a look like, Clint Eastwood, Daniel Craig, Cary Grant, George Clooney, Mel Gibson, or Peter O'Toole. Notice how rough and chiseled Jesus looks. Sorry it is a little blurry - I had to leave quickly.



What do you think, wouldn't you like to pray to this guy? Also, if you happen to be attracted to men, do you find yourself attracted to this image? Maybe your prayers can be enhanced by imagining a Jesus like this in your mind when you pray... Just a thought.

It's too bad people that are attracted to women have to pray to such a manly stud.

Oooh, this just gives me a bad feeling. Can we spell m-a-n-i-p-u-l-a-t-e? The verbage on the poster is nauseating. Why can't they just have a sports program, let it stand on its own merits, without the pretext that it is designed to bring about the salvation and eternal life of man? Who were they trying to impress with this thing? If this Jesus has a name, it should be "Designer Jesus," not "Athlete Jesus." He is sexy, no question about it, but he just looks too contrived. I'm not attracted.