The Correlation Committee strikes again

[Solon]

I can't decide if this is a defense of the church's actions or an indictment of the Catholics.

I'm starting to think it's a message that resurrected Jesus got lots of chicks. These modest girls are swooning for a righteous man!

[creekster]

This is the guy to ask:

http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Rangar...ebsite/CV.html

Rangar is one of Penn State's finest.

I believe winged "angels" have more to do with Iris & Hermes, the messengers of the gods in ancient Greece. Isis, in my opinion, is more in line with a divine mother figure and less easily compared to an angel's role.

Weren't Hermes' wings on his feet/heels?

[Solon]

Weren't Hermes' wings on his feet/heels?

yeah. winged sandals. It's not a far stretch to see a winged messenger becoming a Christian "angel." Especially when you look at Iris. It seems to me in myth Iris is usually running errands for Hera, and Hermes for Zeus, but I'd have to check that for sure. Just my initial impression. One other funny thing about Hermes is that he's often shown with a big floppy hat. I guess he was worried about his delicate complexion.

Here's Hermes



Here's Iris.

[Sullyute]

What an odd thing to do. It's equally odd to get worked up about.

I think that I am at a point now that this stuff just doesn't bother me. The church, like any institution, has an image that they want to portray. If that image is wingless angels, so be it. If it is a tattooless Araujo, so be it. If it is a mute mother in heaven, then so be it. Meh.

[creekster]

I can't decide if this is a defense of the church's actions or an indictment of the Catholics.

Yes.

[Brian]

This puts Bloch in very good company, as the pope back in the day ordered fig leaves drawn on a number of the figures in the Last Judgment painting on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.

And it puts the Correlation Committee in pretty good company as well.

[edward777]

Yes, and the Jesus is looking a little Mediterranean. They could tweak the features to make him look more Northern European.

Like the features these two Syrians have?

[wuapinmon]

[TripletDaddy]

Here's Hermes

Odd. No Birkin bag?

[Indy Coug]

There is folklore that Mary was originally from Spain.

[Indy Coug]

There is folklore that Mary was originally from Spain.

Of course, the wild card is knowing what "ethnicity" God is and making a pretty safe assumption he has a sigificant number of dominant genes.

[wuapinmon]

I like to think of my Jesus this way:



Or, I like to imagine him wearing a tuxedo t-shirt, because it says, "I'm formal" but it also says, "I'm ready to party." I like to party, so that's how I like my Jesus to be.

[FMCoug]

Or, I like to imagine him wearing a tuxedo t-shirt, because it says, "I'm formal" but it also says, "I'm ready to party." I like to party, so that's how I like my Jesus to be.

He should have a mullet too then.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I think that I am at a point now that this stuff just doesn't bother me. The church, like any institution, has an image that they want to portray.If that image is wingless angels, so be it. If it is a tattooless Araujo, so be it. If it is a mute mother in heaven, then so be it. Meh.

But that's not really the point. I have no problem with promoting a doctrine of wingless angels. But it should be pretty easy to do so without desecrating a work of art in the process. That is disturbing on many levels. God help us if we get to the point where we all just shrug our shoulders at such nonsense.

[Indy Coug]

God help us if we get to the point where we all just shrug our shoulders at such nonsense.

Unless you think we are on the brink of a greased up 80 degree slope, I'm not sure I understand this statement. And if you think we are on the edge of said precipice, I'm not sure I understand how you would conclude that either.