Mid-Morning Art Thread

Saint Jerome as Scholar
Domenikos Theotokopoulos

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

2 what?

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

3 All right, who tore out the picture?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 16, 2026 09:32 AM (SQ0mm)

4 Jerome has the long face.

Posted by: dantesed at October 16, 2026 09:32 AM (Oy/m2)

5 nice background.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

6 Someone redacted a lot of stuff in that book.

Posted by: huerfano at October 16, 2026 09:32 AM (2Xqig)

7 Rocking that beard.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 16, 2026 09:32 AM (uOLcV)

8 chrome don't get you home, jerome.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

9 Saint J. looked a little angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 16, 2026 09:34 AM (SeSfo)

10 Bo Diddley always said "Bring it to Jerome" …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 16, 2026 09:34 AM (ayRl+)

11 How do we know he's a saint? Where's his halo?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 16, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

12 Jeromes's face looks like it could use a sammich or two.

Posted by: Tuna at October 16, 2026 09:35 AM (lJ0H4)

13 Oh, I like this one. Both the subject and the artist.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

14 You want me to shape that beard up a little while you're in here?

Posted by: Kathy at Great Clips at October 16, 2026 09:36 AM (SeSfo)

15 Significance of the big red poncho?

Posted by: Just got here at October 16, 2026 09:37 AM (SeSfo)

16 I have to break the art rule. The new Tesla roadster.

It can fly.

Go see the video.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 16, 2026 09:37 AM (WXktp)

17 Looks like he must have a really long neck under that jacket.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 16, 2026 09:37 AM (Lo97M)

18 Jerome forgot to drink his Ovaltine.

Posted by: dantesed at October 16, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

19 Looking at the brush strokes the artist used to create the rich looking fabric.

Posted by: Tuna at October 16, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

20 Saints in red satin,
Never reaching the end....

Posted by: Moody Blues at October 16, 2026 09:38 AM (uOLcV)

21 He looks like he's saying "you wrote this manuscript using AI, didn't you.
Would hang.
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 16, 2026 09:38 AM (kGIZD)

22 Curly Howard's real name was Jerome and I like him a lot more than this disheveled character.

Posted by: Bensonhurst's Finest at October 16, 2026 09:38 AM (EdP2u)

23 Doesn’t look like any Jerome I ever knew.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 16, 2026 09:39 AM (WXktp)

24 6 Someone redacted a lot of stuff in that book.
Posted by: huerfano at October 16, 2026 09:32 AM

Evidently it was considered vulgar.

Posted by: Person who can't spell at October 16, 2026 09:40 AM (SeSfo)

25 Having a beard like that comes in handy as you can just look down to see if you had maple syrup on your pancakes that morning.

Posted by: Don't Need A Bib! at October 16, 2026 09:40 AM (EdP2u)

26 23 Definitely not Jenny Jerome.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

27 Way Down Upon De Swanee Ribber - a limerick

As he ponders a ponderous tome
He huns a tune of home, sweet home
His aged eyes become teary
♫"All de world am sad and dreary.
Everywhere, Jerome!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 16, 2026 09:41 AM (I0N4X)

28 He's reading his Haynes Manual to find out how to tune his carb to finally get his Pacer to run right.

Posted by: Auto Autist at October 16, 2026 09:42 AM (EdP2u)

29 He forgot his readers and he's pissed.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 16, 2026 09:42 AM (uOLcV)

30 I have a Beard, too!

Posted by: Barry Soetero at October 16, 2026 09:44 AM (EdP2u)

31 "Saint J. looked a little angry that day, my friends."

Legend has it that he was grumpy.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 16, 2026 09:44 AM (LOvBA)

32 Jerome has one ear twice the size as the other. Wonder if there is a code for that.

Posted by: Beltone Bill at October 16, 2026 09:46 AM (EdP2u)

33 Did you hear about that scandal in ancient Rome involving that guy named Vul?

They called it Vulgate.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

34 Wiki sez he was also known as Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, which seems to be flaunting some serious syllable privilege.

Hieronymus sounds like a good word for a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at October 16, 2026 09:47 AM (SeSfo)

35 Looks like he must have a really long neck under that jacket.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

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That's a Bit of a Stretch - a limerick

Every single member of the staff
Looked at Jerome and had a good laugh
One wag said, "Oh what the heck!
Take a look at that neck!
Jerome? Hell, it's more like Jeraffe!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 16, 2026 09:48 AM (I0N4X)

36 28 sounds personal projectiony.
amc: alcoholics making cars.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

37 St. Jerome is the patron saint of archivists, librarians, translators... and curmudgeons.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 16, 2026 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

38 Jerome looks like he is all bound up.

May need to visit his local taqueria and get things moving again. Ay, Caramba!

Posted by: Speedy Gonzales at October 16, 2026 09:49 AM (NkqBW)

39 Saint Nick brings me presents. This guy gives me the willies.

Posted by: Slip Mahoney at October 16, 2026 09:50 AM (EdP2u)

40 posing long enough to smudge the ink to indecipherable.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

41 Jeraffe!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at October 16, 2026 09:50 AM (SeSfo)

42 El Greco paintings always mess with my expectations. I look at this work and it could be a portrait by Rembrandt. It is much more natural, lacking the long proportions that make El Greco's figures seem a little off. The dark background isolates and emphasizes St. Jerome and his book, forcing the viewer to focus on the figure with no distractions. Also, I like the pose where Jerome's hands on the book, along with his contemplative expression, center the theme of the work. It's worth enlarging the image to appreciate the details of the painting.

This and some of El Greco's other portraits are, for the period, almost photo-realistic. Then there are the ones that could be by Picasso or other modern abstract artists, like his "View of Toldeo" and "Opening of the Fifth Seal.

Posted by: JTB at October 16, 2026 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

43 And before he became a pool shark

Posted by: Skip at October 16, 2026 09:51 AM (+psDt)

44 41 bargain town, bargain town, bargain town!

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

45 Is my watch wrong?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 16, 2026 09:52 AM (V8Zwm)

46 I think of Jerome Ave with all the goombahs walking up and down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 16, 2026 09:52 AM (RIvkX)

47 Always wanted a nice cape or a cloak like that, but don't look good in red. Also don't wanna pay retail.

Posted by: Thrift Store Jimmy at October 16, 2026 09:52 AM (EdP2u)

48 St. Jerome is the patron saint of archivists, librarians, translators... and curmudgeons.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 16, 2026 09:48 AM (NpAcC)
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So...the guy to call upon for intervention to get the kids off your lawn?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 16, 2026 09:52 AM (FZ29D)

49 Hieronymus sounds like a good word for a limerick.

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Meh, mere child's play. Here ya go:

A painter named Mimi LaRouche
Was known for not grooming her tush
It's a tangle of funk
Full of birds, nuns and monks
Beware of her ominous bush

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 16, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

50 jerome is the first street south of the border.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:53 AM (Bep7s)

51 Thanks CBD and thanks Muldoon.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 16, 2026 09:54 AM (z6ONu)

52 St. Jerome got all the debate answers ahead of time, it's in that book right there.

Posted by: Man on The Street at October 16, 2026 09:54 AM (UQj8B)

53 Domenikos Theotokopoulos?

Sounds like half the Greek kids in my high school:

Manos, Papadopoulos, Tsagournis, Kalagides, Karasarides, and some others that I couldn't even pronounce.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 16, 2026 09:55 AM (V8Zwm)

54 46 I think of Jerome Ave with all the goombahs walking up and down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Jerome Ave. is right next to Woodlawn Cemetery, a nice, large piece of real estate.

Posted by: Try Walking Around It at October 16, 2026 09:55 AM (EdP2u)

55 I've been blessed to have seen an exhibition of many of El Greco's major works in an exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art several years ago. He's among my favorite artists and I consider him the greatest Christian religious painter--even more so than Rubens, who was vastly more technically adept than El Greco, whose paintings seem rough by comparison. That said, El Greco, when painting Jesus and the Saints, somehow manages to infuse his paintings with a power that other, better painters can't seem to match. El Greco achieved elevation, the highest and greatest challenge in all of art.

Anyway, I was profoundly moved by El Greco's paintings. They made me feel closer to God.

Posted by: troyriser at October 16, 2026 09:55 AM (v1M8F)

56 embiggening reveals blank pages covered in neatly arranged bobby pins.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 09:56 AM (Bep7s)

57 LOL muldoon!!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at October 16, 2026 09:56 AM (SeSfo)

58 MAGA Jerome.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2026 09:57 AM (oJjJL)

59 Guy can't be a real saint-no halo!

Posted by: I Notice These Things at October 16, 2026 09:58 AM (EdP2u)

60 55 Troyriser, part of that is due to the fact that, being Greek, he incorporated elements of Byzantine iconography into his style.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

61 Painting: poor choice of aspect ratio.

Posted by: gp at October 16, 2026 10:00 AM (Jr5Lq)

62 St. Jerome got all the debate answers ahead of time, it's in that book right there.

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Remember when DNC chair Donna Brazile fed Hillary Clinton the debate questions ahead of time in the 2016 presidential primaries? Pretty fascist move... - a limerick

It seemed like a really big deal
With the Dem nomination to steal
Here's what I'm thinking
Her campaign was sinking
So they tossed her a buoy from Brazile

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 16, 2026 10:01 AM (I0N4X)

63 troyriser -> troybilt

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

64 I wonder how long until we have AI translated Bibles. Sigh.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

65 Painting: Jerome with his best-seller, "Get Slim With Jerry."

Posted by: gp at October 16, 2026 10:03 AM (Jr5Lq)

66 "...This and some of El Greco's other portraits are, for the period, almost photo-realistic. Then there are the ones that could be by Picasso or other modern abstract artists, like his "View of Toldeo" and "Opening of the Fifth Seal."
Posted by: JTB at October 16, 2026 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

I once read an art historian's take on the oddly elongated figures sometimes painted by El Greco. He said the elongated central figures in many of his paintings were probably done that way because the paintings were placed high above and thus became normally proportioned when viewed from below.

Posted by: troyriser at October 16, 2026 10:03 AM (v1M8F)

67
Anyway, I was profoundly moved by El Greco's paintings. They made me feel closer to God.
Posted by: troyriser

I have the opposite reaction. The Bible warns against making images of God and Jesus is Eternal God Himself. People venerate these pictures and objects, which is idolatry. Certainly no one knows what Christ looked like on Earth, for that matter.

Posted by: Not Bowin' To No Statue at October 16, 2026 10:03 AM (EdP2u)

68 Is there a dog? Is this art?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 16, 2026 10:03 AM (SeSfo)

69 secretly wanting a nude manicure, he was woke enuff to ask for a lavender shade.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

70 Saint Jerome as an Elongated Scholar

Posted by: No Name Today at October 16, 2026 10:05 AM (8mulE)

71 Peter Venkman: Alice, I'm going to ask you a couple of standard questions, okay? Have you or any of your family been diagnosed schizophrenic? Mentally incompetent?

Alice: My uncle thought he was Saint Jerome.

Dr. Peter Venkman: I'd call that a big yes.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 16, 2026 10:05 AM (2ocoG)

72 66 the only times my proportions are correct are with circus mirrors.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

73 You can leave your clothes on for the manicure. This ain't that kind of place.

Posted by: Madge at October 16, 2026 10:06 AM (SeSfo)

74 looks like he was soaking in something.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:07 AM (Bep7s)

75 Weirdly distorted looking

This art is not good.

Posted by: Don Black at October 16, 2026 10:07 AM (ZxPkt)

76 I have the opposite reaction. The Bible warns against making images of God and Jesus is Eternal God Himself. People venerate these pictures and objects, which is idolatry. Certainly no one knows what Christ looked like on Earth, for that matter.
Posted by: Not Bowin' To No Statue at October 16, 2026 10:03 AM (EdP2u)
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Idolatry is where you build something and then try to imbue it with a spirit and offer that spirit sacrifices. It is described in detail in the Bible.

The purpose of sacred images is to turn our minds toward God, and contemplate salvation history. "Conversion by beauty" is very much a thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 16, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

77 Learning that Saint Jerome is patron saint of curmudgeons makes me enjoy the painting even more. As a serious curmudgeon myself, we would probably get along pretty well. Or get in a fist fight.

Posted by: JTB at October 16, 2026 10:09 AM (yTvNw)

78 33 Ha!

Posted by: gp at October 16, 2026 10:09 AM (Jr5Lq)

79 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Velvet Elvis at October 16, 2026 10:09 AM (SeSfo)

80 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Velvet Elvis at October 16, 2026 10:09 AM (SeSfo)
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Woof woof!

Posted by: Dogs playin poker at October 16, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)

81 Learning that Saint Jerome is patron saint of curmudgeons makes me enjoy the painting even more. As a serious curmudgeon myself, we would probably get along pretty well. Or get in a fist fight.
Posted by: JTB

From what I've read about him, Jerome could get into some spirited discussions with folks.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

82 "patron saint of curmudgeons"

Never saw a cur get mudged but I hope the dog is OK afterward.

Posted by: gp at October 16, 2026 10:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

83 El Greco... He definitely had a distinct style

Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2026 10:12 AM (+gK6I)

84 66 ... "I once read an art historian's take on the oddly elongated figures sometimes painted by El Greco. He said the elongated central figures in many of his paintings were probably done that way because the paintings were placed high above and thus became normally proportioned when viewed from below."

Thanks for mentioning that. Never would have thought of it.

Posted by: JTB at October 16, 2026 10:12 AM (yTvNw)

85 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Velvet Elvis at October 16, 2026 10:09 AM (SeSfo)
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Woof woof!
Posted by: Dogs playin poker

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Oh Boo Hoo!

Posted by: Sad Circus Clown at October 16, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

86 Idolatry is where you build something and then try to imbue it with a spirit and offer that spirit sacrifices. It is described in detail in the Bible.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Idolatry is venerating or esteeming anything as equal to or higher than God. It doesn't even have to be in a particularly religious context. I'm pretty sure I committed idolatry in my admiration of certain young women when I was a teenager.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

87 From what I've read about him, Jerome could get into some spirited discussions with folks.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:11 AM

Whatever you do, don't get him started about Cain's wife.

Posted by: Ask me how I know at October 16, 2026 10:14 AM (SeSfo)

88 I once read an art historian's take on the oddly elongated figures sometimes painted by El Greco. He said the elongated central figures in many of his paintings were probably done that way because the paintings were placed high above and thus became normally proportioned when viewed from below."

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Interesting thought. Except that wouldn't work for horizontally elongated elements, such as the fingers on his left hand.

Posted by: muldoon at October 16, 2026 10:15 AM (I0N4X)

89 This is wonderful. I need this over the cellarette.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 16, 2026 10:16 AM (2ap+5)

90 Idolatry is venerating or esteeming anything as equal to or higher than God. It doesn't even have to be in a particularly religious context. I'm pretty sure I committed idolatry in my admiration of certain young women when I was a teenager.
Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)
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Absolutely. Social media is one giant idol, place far above God, who is often totally ignored by the people on it. Likes and clicks are very much idols.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 16, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

91 This is wonderful. I need this over the cellarette.
Posted by: Oglebay

Ok, but what is she going to think about it?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 16, 2026 10:18 AM (nEUC6)

92 Hm, St Jerome, St Isadore, St Vidicon.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 16, 2026 10:18 AM (aJQbY)

93 "I wonder how long until we have AI translated Bibles. Sigh."

Whatever translation I'm reading, I find myself checking the interlinear often to see if it makes sense.

Posted by: gp at October 16, 2026 10:18 AM (Jr5Lq)

94 86 adultery -> idolatry

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:19 AM (Bep7s)

95 89 i heard that new roadster can really cellerette.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:19 AM (Bep7s)

96 The Paolo, he too has often been complimented on his, how you say, horizontally elongated element.

Posted by: The Paolo at October 16, 2026 10:20 AM (SeSfo)

97 Infantry precedes adultery...

...by about twenty years.

Posted by: muldoon at October 16, 2026 10:21 AM (I0N4X)

98 Because we all without exception are by nature sinful with evil inclinations anything can become an idol of our hearts. We see this all the time.

Posted by: tubal at October 16, 2026 10:22 AM (Gqar8)

99 I have the opposite reaction. The Bible warns against making images of God and Jesus is Eternal God Himself. People venerate these pictures and objects, which is idolatry. Certainly no one knows what Christ looked like on Earth, for that matter.
Posted by: Not Bowin' To No Statue at October 16, 2026 10:03 AM (EdP2u)

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You're right, of course, but the incarnation is problematic, right? Jesus actually walked the earth and people interacted with him. If they had had iPhones, they would have taken his picture.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 16, 2026 10:22 AM (2ap+5)

100 "...then is a corpuscle."

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:22 AM (Bep7s)

101 Absolutely. Social media is one giant idol, place far above God, who is often totally ignored by the people on it. Likes and clicks are very much idols.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yep. Temptations to idolatry are everywhere.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

102 My family drove a Cellarette for a few years in the 70s. Cute little car, but lousy build quality.

Posted by: Wait, wut? at October 16, 2026 10:23 AM (SeSfo)

103 101 david ruffin would like a word.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:24 AM (Bep7s)

104 At UPI: "Ohio horse's tail confirmed as the longest in the world"

Thirteen and a half feet. They have groomers working all three shifts.

Posted by: gp at October 16, 2026 10:24 AM (Jr5Lq)

105 Yay me. South of Dallas. About an hour out from the MoMe.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 16, 2026 10:24 AM (rwOy2)

106 102 did you celibate?

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:25 AM (Bep7s)

107 Porsche decided yesterday was the perfect day to launch their new Mission S marketing program. In the history of marketing launches this has to go down as one of the worst ideas in the history of ideas.

The comments are brutal. And hysterical.

https://tinyurl.com/8ayw74ct

Posted by: JackStraw at October 16, 2026 10:25 AM (viF8m)

108 When I grow up I wanna be a horse tail groomer.

Posted by: Said no kid ever at October 16, 2026 10:25 AM (SeSfo)

109 Saint Jerome as Scholar
Domenikos Theotokopoulos

Commentary
El Greco started his career as a painter of religious icons in Greece and was prolific in the production of sacred works, often making several versions of a single composition.

The bearded man in this painting is a representation of St. Jerome, the fourth-century Roman scholar and hermit saint best remembered for his translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin, making it more broadly accessible. Wearing an anachronistic crimson cardinal's robe, the saint points to the words of the Bible with the elongated fingers characteristic of El Greco's paintings. El Greco signed his name in Greek on the right side of this canvas, which may be one of two paintings of St. Jerome listed in the 1614 inventory of the artist's studio.

Source: The Frick Collection: Essential Guide, 2024
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The painting seems off. The bearded man's head and long beard are so narrow, his shoulders under the cloak too broad. And the other parts of the bearded man we see from under the cloak - his arms, hands - also seem too long. (Maybe the cloak threw off proportion.)
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Would pass hanging today's art selection.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 16, 2026 10:26 AM (NFX2v)

110 because then it would be an excellerate.

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)

111 Just when you thought he couldn't sink any lower . . .

Max 📟
@MaxNordau
Tucker Carlson on watching b*stiality p*rnography:

"If you look at p*rnography enough or b*stiality videos all day: after a while, like, it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it. I'm not into it personally, but it's not crazy."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at October 16, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

112 108 "on a horse tail ride"

Posted by: cmeat at October 16, 2026 10:27 AM (Bep7s)

113 You're right, of course, but the incarnation is problematic, right? Jesus actually walked the earth and people interacted with him. If they had had iPhones, they would have taken his picture.
Posted by: Oglebay

And yet, nowhere in the Bible are we told anything of what Jesus looked like.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

114 Yep. Temptations to idolatry are everywhere.
Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
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That's why we have lots of sacred images and in our house, constantly reminding us of what is important. We didn't used to, and for folks who have been around and might be wondering why I'm not nearly as mean to trolls as I used to be, it's because when I look up, there's Jesus, and I have to do the ol' type-delete thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 16, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)

115 BTW, congratulations to any Milwaukee Brewers fans. 44 years is a long time between World Series appearances. And taking the Dodgers in four straight is impressive.

Posted by: JTB at October 16, 2026 10:28 AM (yTvNw)

116
*puts thumb in place*

*scowls at interruption*

How dare you criticize me for for my fine red robe? Get hence, thou black faced loon.
- Saint Jerome

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 16, 2026 10:29 AM (QVmho)

117 I have the opposite reaction. The Bible warns against making images of God and Jesus is Eternal God Himself. People venerate these pictures and objects, which is idolatry. Certainly no one knows what Christ looked like on Earth, for that matter.
Posted by: Not Bowin' To No Statue at October 16, 2026 10:03 AM (EdP2u)

I disagree, obviously. Christian art, especially when produced by masters such as El Greco and Rubens, is focused on what the painting or sculpture represents, not the media used to convey the feeling the objects evoke.

Insofar as what Christ actually looked like, no serious student of the Christian New Testament denies The Lord's Middle Eastern, Semitic heritage. Jesus of Nazareth was/is Jewish so He probably looked like a typical Jewish male of that era. That said, he is represented as a black African on the walls of Ethiopian churches, for example; as Asian in Chinese & other Asian churches; as white in European art. People see Him as one of their own. Nothing wrong with that.

The Chinese communists understand the power of religious art. Paintings of Christ in state-approved churches were replaced with pictures of Xi Jinping. Problem solved, I suppose.

Posted by: troyriser at October 16, 2026 10:29 AM (v1M8F)

118 When I grow up I wanna be a horse tail groomer.
Posted by: Said no kid ever

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Horse tail grooming! Luxury! Every day I wish I could be a horse tail groomer!

Posted by: Circus parade elephant pooper scooper dude at October 16, 2026 10:30 AM (I0N4X)

119 Just doing the jobs Americans ~~won't~~ can't do.

Microsoft Claims Trump Visa Curbs Will Threaten U.S. Tech Dominance

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at October 16, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

120 I noticed some people were talking about banning Leftism in the last thread.

I talk about this a lot, in terms of panther pits, canals, knouters, rape dogs, and so forth. But those are obviously just jokes. Mostly. Well, partly. Product contains at least 1% joke.

But, back in '17, I came up with a serious proposal for a real Constitutional amendment, and I stick by it.

1.) The Democrats, all other left-of-center Parties, and all affiliated NGO/NPOs are dissolved and proscri.

2.) All their living current and former elected officials, appointed officials, Party delegates, and corporate boards are jailed for life. Their assets will be collected by the Treasury, or paid out to the citizen who captured the bandit.

3.) All transfer payments from US or State Treasuries to US citizens are banned permanently. Any American receiving or paying government money must be able to present a clear audit trail demonstrating goods sold or services rendered, at prevailing market prices.

4.) Anyone who ever proposes trying to change paragraph #3 in any way is a traitor, and will be shot. Paragraph #2 was a warning. No more life sentences, we're simply never doing Leftism again; YOU WILL BE SHOT.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 16, 2026 10:31 AM (BI5O2)

121 That said, he is represented as a black African on the walls of Ethiopian churches, for example; as Asian in Chinese & other Asian churches; as white in European art. People see Him as one of their own. Nothing wrong with that.

The Christmas carol "Some Children See Him" addresses this very phenomenon. Beautiful little song.

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

122 St Jerome looks like John Brown.

Or vice versa.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 16, 2026 10:31 AM (s1VwS)

123 And yet, nowhere in the Bible are we told anything of what Jesus looked like.
Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
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Because that was not important. It's an interesting contrast because Greek biographers often dwelt on the appearance of leaders because of course they could be gods, and Romans formalized this.

But Jesus' appearance was known by those who saw him, and those traditions were passed down to later generations, so many of the earliest art in the catacombs and elsewhere would reflect this.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 16, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)

124 Not to be Vulgate or anything...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 16, 2026 10:31 AM (s1VwS)

125 Porsche decided yesterday was the perfect day to launch their new Mission S marketing program."

Well, it's a VW, so...

Posted by: man at October 16, 2026 10:32 AM (pfXMo)

126 Certainly no one knows what Christ looked like on Earth, for that matter.

He look-a like-a man!

Posted by: Ms. Swan at October 16, 2026 10:32 AM (UQj8B)

127 I don't care if it rains or freezes
Long as I've got my plastic Jesus
Sittin' on the dashboard of my car

Posted by: Get yourself a sweet Madonna at October 16, 2026 10:32 AM (SeSfo)

128 When I grow up I wanna be a horse tail groomer.
Posted by: Said no kid ever

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Horse tail grooming! Luxury! Every day I wish I could be a horse tail groomer!
Posted by: Circus parade elephant pooper scooper dude

I wanna be an ox tail soup cooker.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 16, 2026 10:33 AM (rwOy2)

129 64 degrees, windy. Wear your longsleeve pants.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2026 10:33 AM (oJjJL)

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