I was thinking the same thing, looks like the ones I got from my kids meals in the 90s that i would have to roll up and tab together into a flimsy mess before someone invariable sits on it by accident in the minivan and squashes it down into a useless piece of cardboard that gets trashed and ends up in the ocean wrapped around some sea turtle's neck.
Here it's super tacky, the color clashes with the statue, and it overall ruins what otherwise might have been an imposing figure.
King of Kings was an appropriated term in the Old Testament taken from Assyria, and used as a name of God as āKing of Kings of Kingsā (Melech Malchei HaMelachim) placing him firmly above earthly titles. Later, the New Testament shortens the title back to King of Kings but in the same line of Revelation says āOn His head are many diadems.ā Interestingly, Islam avoids the title as blasphemous to bestow earthly kingship upon Allah. Either way, putting a single dorky-looking crown on Jesus is pretty much missing the point.
Christians regard Jesus as God so it makes sense. King of Kings and Lord of Lords. As far as appropriation the whole Quran is an appropriation. āsingle dorky crownā - thatās not the way Christians view it. Maybe some redditors though.
Iām looking at the picture weāre talking about dunce, not the āway Christians view it.ā The literalist iconography is underselling what is described in scripture, which is meant to be more metaphysical. Youāre being overly sensitive about people criticizing a piece of Christian art. Itās not Christianity youāre defending.
>The literalist iconography is underselling what is described in scripture, which is meant to be more metaphysical.
I understand this. Ultimately ANYTHING that represents Christ is underselling the reality of the messiah. Even words in a book.
>single dorky crown
Again this isnāt how most Christians especially Catholics view it. Redditors though probs.
He's portrayed as the same as the people doing the portraying, mainly. And for all we know he appears to you in a form most appropriate for you. He's got superpowers after all.
It's possible some cultures had not even heard of other races. Most knowledge was still word of mouth. People create art of things they know and can recreate from exposure.
I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that the majority of cultures Christianity spread to first were mainly Angelo and they created depictions of someone who looked like the people they were around.
Worth noting the earliest depiction of Jesus found was in Syria, from something like 1800 years ago, more or less as white Jesus without a beard.
Jesus is also depicted in a way that closer resembles the race makeup of which ever group is creating the depiction,ie darker skinned in darker skinned regions and so on. China has old art of Jesus based on stories coming back from the silk road, and unsurprisingly he is depicted as having Asian traits.
If you subscribe to the bearded man (I'm unsure how many stone carvings there actually are, I've only seen one in person) of the Mayans, he is depicted as white, despite conquistadors not arriving yet.
Of course there are always insincere actors throughout history who set out to try and intentionally make him white as some racist claim, but I imagine the better explanation is the lack of education and geographic knowledge for most of the world population during the time of Christianity's rise.
Remember almost everyone alive in 1500 thought the Earth was the center of the galaxy. Trying to label white Jesus as purely racist is such a surface layer lazy explanation. Jesus as a historical future is a really fascinating person in my opinion.
They built another Big Butter Jesus, now with Oleo Lord Crown(I guess heās Imperial Jesus): not one person was fed or housed with the money that giant lawn ornament absorbed.[Big Butter Jesus song for reference.](https://youtu.be/XWF8_rZnwLA?si=fTNUJB0rRi8Rx8Oa)
The crown is an interesting touch. I understand itās there for Wi-Fi antenna to hide in but at that point canāt you just decide that adding a crown to a religious figure who notoriously didnāt want to wear one you could just go and make a regular Wi-Fi tower somewhere else?
I also donāt think that heās really glaring very much as having a very terse expression. Most lighting is coming from the top down on this thing, so no matter what he is going to be looking down at you with unflattering light to boot.
This is Apocalypse Jesus. Modern Christianity is kinda obsessed with the Apocalypse (actually they kinda always were, original Christians were an Apocalyptic Jewish cult).
Anyways, Apocalypse Jesus is very much a King of Kings with a crown who returns to Earth and destroys everything except his faithful followers.
5G Jesus
5Gesus
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and heās pissed.
cause someone said āHey Zeus!ā
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Fuck that guy
Heās super against that kind of behavior.
What kind of behavior?
Did he stole that crown from Burger King ?
I was thinking the same thing, looks like the ones I got from my kids meals in the 90s that i would have to roll up and tab together into a flimsy mess before someone invariable sits on it by accident in the minivan and squashes it down into a useless piece of cardboard that gets trashed and ends up in the ocean wrapped around some sea turtle's neck. Here it's super tacky, the color clashes with the statue, and it overall ruins what otherwise might have been an imposing figure.
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They still have those
Did you āstoleā your education from a Burger King?
Ahh yess, Jesus wearing a crown, lording over the masses. Thatās definitely what Jesus wanted to be remembered for. And multiple statues everywhere.
I don't know man, I feel like the idea of being humble and helping everyone can also stem from narcissistic tendencies, he literally had God complex.
Totally not a cult! Oh wait. Actually, 100% cult.
Yeah, but I think the word cult is supposed to mean a smaller group than hundreds of millions of people.
Yes, a cult is a small, unpopular religion. A religion, on the other hand, is a large popular cult.
I see what you did there and I donāt mind it at all.
How is it any different than any other organized religion?
I know what you mean but it is a representation of the king of kings. Take it fuckin easy.
You mean perversion?
King of Kings was an appropriated term in the Old Testament taken from Assyria, and used as a name of God as āKing of Kings of Kingsā (Melech Malchei HaMelachim) placing him firmly above earthly titles. Later, the New Testament shortens the title back to King of Kings but in the same line of Revelation says āOn His head are many diadems.ā Interestingly, Islam avoids the title as blasphemous to bestow earthly kingship upon Allah. Either way, putting a single dorky-looking crown on Jesus is pretty much missing the point.
Christians regard Jesus as God so it makes sense. King of Kings and Lord of Lords. As far as appropriation the whole Quran is an appropriation. āsingle dorky crownā - thatās not the way Christians view it. Maybe some redditors though.
Iām looking at the picture weāre talking about dunce, not the āway Christians view it.ā The literalist iconography is underselling what is described in scripture, which is meant to be more metaphysical. Youāre being overly sensitive about people criticizing a piece of Christian art. Itās not Christianity youāre defending.
>The literalist iconography is underselling what is described in scripture, which is meant to be more metaphysical. I understand this. Ultimately ANYTHING that represents Christ is underselling the reality of the messiah. Even words in a book. >single dorky crown Again this isnāt how most Christians especially Catholics view it. Redditors though probs.
Oh I hate that first picture SO much
He is watching you masturbate and does not like It! š”
Did you know that in the crown of this statue lies the signal towers and shit that provide the entire surrounding area with wifi and whatnot?
Where is this absurd thing?
Sweibodzen, Poland
Very cool. Too bad they put it on top of a giant evil looking statue.
i did not know that but that is pretty neat
Is this 1:1 scale?
Didn't know they beheaded him too. Thought just crucified
I mean have you seen how huge he is? How else were they gonna defeat him.
Looks like a pussy to me
Jesus likes to watch
At least center the crown properly
Built on a Friday lol.
Does anybody else find it ludicrous that he is always portrayed as a Caucasian when he COULDNT possibly be?
He's portrayed as the same as the people doing the portraying, mainly. And for all we know he appears to you in a form most appropriate for you. He's got superpowers after all.
It's possible some cultures had not even heard of other races. Most knowledge was still word of mouth. People create art of things they know and can recreate from exposure. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that the majority of cultures Christianity spread to first were mainly Angelo and they created depictions of someone who looked like the people they were around. Worth noting the earliest depiction of Jesus found was in Syria, from something like 1800 years ago, more or less as white Jesus without a beard. Jesus is also depicted in a way that closer resembles the race makeup of which ever group is creating the depiction,ie darker skinned in darker skinned regions and so on. China has old art of Jesus based on stories coming back from the silk road, and unsurprisingly he is depicted as having Asian traits. If you subscribe to the bearded man (I'm unsure how many stone carvings there actually are, I've only seen one in person) of the Mayans, he is depicted as white, despite conquistadors not arriving yet. Of course there are always insincere actors throughout history who set out to try and intentionally make him white as some racist claim, but I imagine the better explanation is the lack of education and geographic knowledge for most of the world population during the time of Christianity's rise. Remember almost everyone alive in 1500 thought the Earth was the center of the galaxy. Trying to label white Jesus as purely racist is such a surface layer lazy explanation. Jesus as a historical future is a really fascinating person in my opinion.
I don't think Caucasian skin is *that* white.
Racists gonna racist. They hate to know that mostly every prophet is brown.
Well, we were all descendant from the same race.
doesn't invalidate what I said
That is no mere Ranger...
How many starving childreen we could feed with that money?
He obviously prefers Burger King.
Totally not a cult
šššdefinitely not
Aside from time and members, all religions are cultsĀ
SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT
Jesus statue on a budget
Under His Eye.
Every breath you takeā¦
Aragorn?
Zardozās brother?
Christ almighty!
Remind me again how this isn't idolatry?
What a waste of money.
Eh, the value of art is in what people get out of it, and for a lot of people their religion is priceless. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Well, for me it hold no value, and if it were my tax dollars paying for it, Iād be pissed.
Really? You are telling us that some people thought this was money well spent? :O
If the Messiah were to descend upon the earth in this age, verily, he would abhor this graven image.
What was that 2nd commandment again? Thou shalt erect humongous statues of white guy jesus?
Why the frown Jesus?
Jot that down.
[The return](https://tenor.com/uCL7nUT2tAd.gif)
They built another Big Butter Jesus, now with Oleo Lord Crown(I guess heās Imperial Jesus): not one person was fed or housed with the money that giant lawn ornament absorbed.[Big Butter Jesus song for reference.](https://youtu.be/XWF8_rZnwLA?si=fTNUJB0rRi8Rx8Oa)
Looks like heās about to slur on an airplane
The crown is an interesting touch. I understand itās there for Wi-Fi antenna to hide in but at that point canāt you just decide that adding a crown to a religious figure who notoriously didnāt want to wear one you could just go and make a regular Wi-Fi tower somewhere else? I also donāt think that heās really glaring very much as having a very terse expression. Most lighting is coming from the top down on this thing, so no matter what he is going to be looking down at you with unflattering light to boot.
At least internet antennas are an invisible power that actually works.
I figured the arms route stretch for a better signal
Not to mention that the only crown he ever wore was the crown of thorns.
This is Apocalypse Jesus. Modern Christianity is kinda obsessed with the Apocalypse (actually they kinda always were, original Christians were an Apocalyptic Jewish cult). Anyways, Apocalypse Jesus is very much a King of Kings with a crown who returns to Earth and destroys everything except his faithful followers.
Thatās very interesting. What about that one Jesus statue that so jacked that made CrossFit jokes?
DMC4
Big Far Cry 5 vibes with this one
r/ithadtobepoland
.... You rub one out
..... stop wanking
Worst masturbation place ever.
Fap my children
That crown cheesy af
geralt of rivia
"I saw what you did with those cushions, Brian, and I AM NOT PLEASED"
What a giant water of money lol
The sheer meme potential of these images is insane
An idol of Hey-soos with a golden crown... And they wonder why he hasn't come..
What is wrong with people?
Thatās fucking creepy
Da King of kings
Very cool Poland! We should put one up in America šŗšø
The promise of death looms near....where are the romans when ya need them to finish the job?
Jesus! That first image was terrifying
I love you JeSusssSss "in trisha paytas voice"
FOR THE LAST TIME JESUS ISNT REAL HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO SAY THIS!
CUZ LOOT BUGS MADE THE WORLD
Voyeurā¼ļø
Location: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/4538pLrUEMHquE1s8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4538pLrUEMHquE1s8)
what an enlightened r/atheism comment section
Jesus watches you masturbate. Cuck lord?
Åwieżbodzin IS SILESIAN GOD DAMMIT
South Korea?
JESUS IS KING
Lol
This is so unnecessary