tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post7611045596414978338..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Jesus Kicks Ass!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-67846212001396685992009-06-25T06:59:43.837-04:002009-06-25T06:59:43.837-04:00I could be wrong, but wasn't "No cross, n...I could be wrong, but wasn't "No cross, no crown!" a slogan of the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, anti-Irish No-Nothings in the early 19th century?Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-87891938037303975452009-06-25T01:15:58.693-04:002009-06-25T01:15:58.693-04:00I agree with Mimi - those first images are blasphe...I agree with Mimi - those first images are blasphemous. And with you, Counterlight, that Rembrandt used the appropriate imagery.<br /><br />We make a mockery of the real human lifetime of Jesus with the Rambo persona. I guess some people think that Christ descended into heaven, and went to the gym, and started shootin' skeet. Pretty scary.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748809418423591030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-33298681768563776462009-06-24T22:55:42.344-04:002009-06-24T22:55:42.344-04:00one of these days, blogger.com will give us a &quo...one of these days, blogger.com will give us a "like" button option. thanks, doug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-4509633039966093112009-06-24T22:38:38.031-04:002009-06-24T22:38:38.031-04:00The first three pictures are painful to look at - ...The first three pictures are painful to look at - blasphemous if they are serious. Thanks for the antidotes from real artists.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-40734763709609860132009-06-24T22:19:01.377-04:002009-06-24T22:19:01.377-04:00I am pretty sure that at least some of the first t...I am pretty sure that at least some of the first three images are "for real" and not satire. I have seen other images of Jesus holding a gun. And you remember the hoo-hah over Ted Haggard, and perhaps the images in his church, which featured gym-rat angels and young men.NancyPnoreply@blogger.com