Mid-Morning Art Thread

Christ with the Cross
Anthony van Dyck

There are so many incredible versions of Christ that it is impossible to choose one that is representative of Good Friday.

This version of Christ is personal and very human...exactly what I would expect from van Dyck...one of the masters!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 No snark

Posted by: rickb223 at April 15, 2022 09:31 AM (H4qIP)

2 Thanks CBD

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 15, 2022 09:31 AM (yrol0)

3 Perfect choice CBD

Posted by: Skip's new phone at April 15, 2022 09:31 AM (2JoB8)

4 Thank you CBD - excellent choice.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 09:31 AM (0Ao06)

5 "I did this all for you."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 09:32 AM (7bRMQ)

6 I feel like he's judging me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 09:32 AM (LvTSG)

7 Must not make Dyck joke.. must not make Dyck joke

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 15, 2022 09:32 AM (9Bb+p)

8 Thank you CBD - excellent choice.
Posted by: Tonypete

Seconded !

Hiya

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:32 AM (arJlL)

9 Nice choice and nice work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 15, 2022 09:33 AM (DU+/6)

10 Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:32 AM (arJlL)

Did you read the content?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 09:33 AM (XIJ/X)

11 Very Nice, CBD.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 15, 2022 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

12 Thank you CBD for this fantastic Easter painting.
He is obviously at peace and ready for his sacrifice!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:33 AM (hOUT3)

13 He is Risen!!!

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:33 AM (Vr12I)

14 "I did this all for you."
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Talk about making someone feel unworthy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (H4qIP)

15 Thanks for this choice CBD

For God so loved the world...

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (m45I2)

16 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

17 Very nice choice, CBD.

On a side note....
The curry came out pretty good! Sorry you missed it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (Vxu+H)

18 You're family sure created some a-holes........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

19 Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:32 AM (arJlL)

Did you read the content?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I'll have you know that I read ALL of the content All of the time whilst you were away.

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:35 AM (arJlL)

20 Talk about making someone feel unworthy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (H4qIP)

Well, aren't we?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 09:35 AM (7bRMQ)

21 13 He is Risen!!!
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:33 AM (Vr12I)

He is risen indeed, Alleluia!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:35 AM (hOUT3)

22 He is Risen!!!
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:33 AM (Vr12I)

He is risen indeed!

Posted by: Mainah at April 15, 2022 09:35 AM (B+qrE)

23 A very talented family -- Anthony the painter, and Dick the comedian, and whichever other sibling invented the really-pointy beard.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 15, 2022 09:36 AM (UHVv4)

24 Thank you CBD. Good choice.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 15, 2022 09:36 AM (cbYYM)

25 Well, aren't we?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Very true.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 15, 2022 09:36 AM (H4qIP)

26 Sorry you missed it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (Vxu+H)

It's a long drive for curry!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 09:36 AM (XIJ/X)

27 Nicely done painting. I can see the wounds on his hand and side.

Posted by: dantesed at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (88xKn)

28 It's a long drive for curry!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Yeh but.... CURRY!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (Vxu+H)

29 If Jesus came back today, the left would run him out of town on a rail, then trample him to death with their own feet.

They are evil and will regret their decision to deny the existence of their soul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

30 Is there an explanation for why, in this painting, Jesus had the stigmata on his hand when this appears to be prior to the crucifixion (as he is bearing the cross)?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (m45I2)

31 I can see the wounds on his hand and side.
Posted by: dantesed

Thanks, I missed that, I was so focused on His eyes!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:38 AM (hOUT3)

32
Well, aren't we?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 09:35 AM (7bRMQ)

Every single one of us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

33 Good choice for today. But I have a question. When is this supposed to be set? There is a hole in Jesus' left hand, suggesting that this is after the Crucifixion. However, the cross He is cradling suggests it is before, when He was lugging the cross (or just its upright) to Golgotha.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:39 AM (c6xtn)

34 Is there an explanation for why, in this painting, Jesus had the stigmata on his hand when this appears to be prior to the crucifixion (as he is bearing the cross)?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (m45I2)

I see it as he's owning the cross. The sacrifice completed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 09:39 AM (7bRMQ)

35 High cheekbones.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 15, 2022 09:39 AM (HY3gN)

36
It's a long drive for curry!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 09:36 AM (XIJ/X)

There better be chicken. And Asparagus. If he's going to drive that far, there better be chicken and asparagus.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

37 Jesus needs to work on his pecs.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 15, 2022 09:40 AM (HY3gN)

38 We go to church to tonight. We will give thanks to the man in the painting. Thank you for this, CBD.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:40 AM (Vr12I)

39 Some parts of the painting are really sharp and detailed, but his body is not. Why do this?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 15, 2022 09:40 AM (9Bb+p)

40 High cheekbones.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 15, 2022 09:39 AM (HY3gN)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Lieawatha Warren at April 15, 2022 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

41 And yes, we can see the wound in His side. So we have 2 hints that this is post-Crucifixion, yet he is holding the cross. Peculiar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:40 AM (c6xtn)

42 I see it as he's owning the cross. The sacrifice completed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

That is an elegant explanation!

This is My symbol to all of you forevermore.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:41 AM (hOUT3)

43 34 Is there an explanation for why, in this painting, Jesus had the stigmata on his hand when this appears to be prior to the crucifixion (as he is bearing the cross)?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (m45I2)

I see it as he's owning the cross. The sacrifice completed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 09:39 AM (7bRMQ)

Good analysis. Christ triumphed over death.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:41 AM (Vr12I)

44 39 Some parts of the painting are really sharp and detailed, but his body is not. Why do this?
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Cuz he is risen. You don't see any blood. That's a clue, too.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 09:41 AM (tiR3O)

45 If Jesus came back today, the left would run him out of town on a rail, then trample him to death with their own feet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

So would I!

Posted by: The Very Reverend Dr Bishop David French, Godly Man Extrodinaire at April 15, 2022 09:41 AM (7bRMQ)

46 41 And yes, we can see the wound in His side. So we have 2 hints that this is post-Crucifixion, yet he is holding the cross. Peculiar.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:40 AM (c6xtn)

Very symbolic.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:42 AM (Vr12I)

47 Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

I feel like this needs repeating, a lot.

I also feel like a lot of them DO know what they do.

Posted by: blaster at April 15, 2022 09:42 AM (9otr5)

48 Is there an explanation for why, in this painting, Jesus had the stigmata on his hand when this appears to be prior to the crucifixion (as he is bearing the cross)?
Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (m45I2)

It's the ultimate in before and after. Artistic License, if you will.

Posted by: Lieawatha Warren at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

49 And yes, we can see the wound in His side. So we have 2 hints that this is post-Crucifixion, yet he is holding the cross. Peculiar.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

What ELSE would He be holding ?

A pizza ?

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (arJlL)

50 I see it as he's owning the cross. The sacrifice completed.

"Here, let me take that down for you..."

Posted by: t-bird at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (ELgVT)

51 Damn sock.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

52 Is there an explanation for why, in this painting, Jesus had the stigmata on his hand when this appears to be prior to the crucifixion (as he is bearing the cross)?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:37 AM (m45I2)
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I see it as he's owning the cross. The sacrifice completed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022

***
Then it's more of a symbolic painting, rather than a realistic one. Check.

Muldoon, you live fairly close to San Luis, CO, with those Stations of the Cross bronzes winding up the hill to that mission. Are they, and the church, still there?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (c6xtn)

53 20 Talk about making someone feel unworthy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (H4qIP)

Well, aren't we?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 09:35 AM (7bRMQ)

This made me instantly think of what I consider the most powerful scene in Ben Hur: The Roman legionnaire stopped from taking the water away from Ben Hur, when he looks upon the face Jesus.

Posted by: Gref at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (AMIL/)

54 He actually looks more middle eastern/"Jewish " in this. I use quotes for Jewish because I don't know for sure that there is a specific physical look that typically is associated with Jewish people of that time period.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (Vxu+H)

55 Fascinating choice. Technically, probably as near perfection as any of us are likely to ever see.

What struck me was the truly modest and human expression before his Resurrection and Transfiguration. No doubt about Van Dyck's mastery.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 15, 2022 09:44 AM (MIKMs)

56 This reminds me to watch a movie tonight. " Risen". HIGHLY recommended.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:44 AM (Vr12I)

57 I also feel like a lot of them DO know what they do.
Posted by: blaster at April 15, 2022 09:42 AM (9otr5)

Sadly, I think that feeling is valid in spite of the fact that most of the evil they do is masked, camouflaged, and hidden from public view by experts!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:44 AM (hOUT3)

58 54 He actually looks more middle eastern/"Jewish " in this. I use quotes for Jewish because I don't know for sure that there is a specific physical look that typically is associated with Jewish people of that time period.
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Well, he's no Gilbert Godfrey.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 09:44 AM (tiR3O)

59 I guess it would be bad form to say "would hang".

Too soon?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 15, 2022 09:44 AM (flINI)

60 I see it as he's owning the cross. The sacrifice completed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

*******

so the artist is taking some poetic license with the Gospel, by puttting Christ in physical possession of the cross after the crucifixion? I guess you could interpret it that way, but it seems a little contradictory, and not biblical. I'm with Wolfus Aurelius on this one I'm afraid.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:45 AM (m45I2)

61 59 I guess it would be bad form to say "would hang".

Too soon?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 15, 2022 09:44 AM (flINI)

That merit's a stoning. It's worse than saying "Jehovah!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM (r46W7)

62 Talk about making someone feel unworthy.
Posted by: rickb223

Okay, but balance that against you, my dear friend, are made in His image.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM (0Ao06)

63 61
That merit's a stoning. It's worse than saying "Jehovah!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM (r46W7)

========

I understood this reference.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM (LvTSG)

64
so the artist is taking some poetic license with the Gospel, by puttting Christ in physical possession of the cross after the crucifixion? I guess you could interpret it that way, but it seems a little contradictory, and not biblical. I'm with Wolfus Aurelius on this one I'm afraid.
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The message is for you to take the cross.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM (tiR3O)

65 Curious: Has anyone ever suggested what kind of wood the Cross was hewn from? The Romans had a lot of choices in the area. I keep remembering there are cedars in modern-day Lebanon, not really far from Jerusalem.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:47 AM (c6xtn)

66 Would not paint on the side of my Free Candy van for obvious lightning related issues but, very nice choice for Good Friday.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 15, 2022 09:48 AM (yQpMk)

67 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

68 This made me instantly think of what I consider the most powerful scene in Ben Hur: The Roman legionnaire stopped from taking the water away from Ben Hur, when he looks upon the face Jesus.
Posted by: Gref at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (AMIL/)

Yes, perfect scene, and the musical score is so well crafted. There is a recurring musical theme that represents Christ himself, and it briefly plays at exactly that moment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 15, 2022 09:49 AM (r46W7)

69
Okay, but balance that against you, my dear friend, are made in His image.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM (0Ao06)

He's a lot better looking than me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

70 San Luis, CO, with those Stations of the Cross bronzes winding up the hill to that mission. Are they, and the church, still there?

******

Yes they are. One of these days I should take that walk up the hill. I don't get down that way very often.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 09:49 AM (m45I2)

71 The painting offers me my true hope, and the encouragement I need. I forget too quickly.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:50 AM (Vr12I)

72 Beautiful painting! Good news!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 15, 2022 09:50 AM (tF5UM)

73 This reminds me to watch a movie tonight. " Risen". HIGHLY recommended.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022

***
I got it from the library, and as I recall I liked it quite a bit. The settings and costumes on the actors all seemed very authentic, as did the essential story (a tribune [?] is tasked with investigating the rumors of a recently executed "insurrectionist" whose body has disappeared from his tomb).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:50 AM (c6xtn)

74 Pretty good woodgrain, so "Art."

Post Mel Gibson, everybody thinks Christ should be all covered in flay-marks. Art evolves, in its way.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 15, 2022 09:50 AM (videA)

75 Morning.

Mr. Dildo, Mr. Van Dyck.

Mr. Van Dyck, Mr. Dildo

Posted by: Robert likes doing proper introductions at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (6OQZV)

76 >>>There are so many incredible versions of Christ

Incredible in some ways, not in some others.

Posted by: m at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (2Q+cC)

77 The painting offers me my true hope, and the encouragement I need. I forget too quickly.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:50 AM (Vr12I)

You're not alone.

In this climate, it's hard not to feel forsaken. Satan is winning and we're suffering, but there's a plan. There's always a plan.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

78 Thank you, CBD. The painting seems out of sequence but I'm sure there's a reason. Lovely portrayal. Very human.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (45fpk)

79 Thank you for the beautiful painting, CBD

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (kf6Ak)

80 My wife has been praying for us to survive the latest onslaught from the federal government.

Yesterday, I received something from my company that I've never received before.

A bonus check for 15 years of dedicated service.

Thank you, Lord.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Can ya get me a job there ?

And a Time Machine ?

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:52 AM (arJlL)

81 San Luis, CO, with those Stations of the Cross bronzes winding up the hill to that mission. Are they, and the church, still there?
******
Yes they are. One of these days I should take that walk up the hill. I don't get down that way very often.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022

***
I passed through on Labor Day weekend of '97, on my way from Denver to Taos. I wish I'd had a camera with me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:52 AM (c6xtn)

82 An excellent choice, CBD. To all of you western Morons celebrating this Sunday, may you have a blessed Good Friday and a joyful Easter. To all the Orthodox Morons....soon.

And a blessed Passover to all the Morons of the Tribe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 15, 2022 09:53 AM (RkC6l)

83
Can ya get me a job there ?

And a Time Machine ?
Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:52 AM (arJlL)

Well, it took 15 years to get a decent bonus, so if you're willing to wait.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

84 Was in church much of yesterday and will be again today - item of note, the church was packed yesterday. Sure, it's Holy Week but on a Thursday - in the middle of the day?

700-800 folks with boatloads of kids - it did my black heart good.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 09:53 AM (0Ao06)

85 65 Curious: Has anyone ever suggested what kind of wood the Cross was hewn from? The Romans had a lot of choices in the area. I keep remembering there are cedars in modern-day Lebanon, not really far from Jerusalem.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:47 AM (c6xtn)

Charles Mackay, author of "Extraordinary Popular Delusions" noted how many Pieces of the True Cross were brought back to Europe during the middle ages, and said that if all of the pieces of the True Cross were pieced back together, one could reforest the mountains of Lebanon.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 15, 2022 09:53 AM (r46W7)

86 Post Mel Gibson, everybody thinks Christ should be all covered in flay-marks. Art evolves, in its way.
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His body was cleaned for entombment.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 15, 2022 09:53 AM (MIKMs)

87 78 Thank you, CBD. The painting seems out of sequence but I'm sure there's a reason. Lovely portrayal. Very human.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (45fpk)

The artist summarized the story of Christ in one frame. Brilliant.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:53 AM (Vr12I)

88 65 Curious: Has anyone ever suggested what kind of wood the Cross was hewn from? The Romans had a lot of choices in the area. I keep remembering there are cedars in modern-day Lebanon, not really far from Jerusalem.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:47 AM (c6xtn)

There is a *old country* story that the Cross was hewn from a tall straight Dogwood tree. When the Dogwoods realized what awful purpose their wood had been used for, they vowed to never grow straight again!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:54 AM (hOUT3)

89 This seems a bit fitting......

https://youtu.be/cAa46ud2Cpg

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

90 This reminds me to watch a movie tonight. " Risen". HIGHLY recommended.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022

The scene where the bodies of people are piled up at the place where the crucifixion occurs is remarkable.

Posted by: dantesed at April 15, 2022 09:54 AM (88xKn)

91 Beautiful painting, thanks CBD.

Enlarged the brush work is invisible in some portions (it might be in a portions as the only place I think I see them is in his hair).

Agree, allegory for after the Resurrection Christ owns His Cross for our redemption.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 15, 2022 09:55 AM (UgemJ)

92 Charles Mackay, author of "Extraordinary Popular Delusions" noted how many Pieces of the True Cross were brought back to Europe during the middle ages, and said that if all of the pieces of the True Cross were pieced back together, one could reforest the mountains of Lebanon.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Like the stones from Jesus' tomb necklaces?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 15, 2022 09:55 AM (HY3gN)

93 Yes, we are unworthy. We have all been blessed in so many ways, despite deserving none of it.

Good painting today.

Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 09:55 AM (U1eOr)

94 I guess you could interpret it that way, but it seems a little contradictory, and not biblical. I'm with Wolfus Aurelius on this one I'm afraid.
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It's an analogy, in't it.

You want a bleedin' photographer, mate, not a creative artist!

Posted by: zombie Anthony van Dyck at April 15, 2022 09:55 AM (UHVv4)

95 I guess it would be bad form to say "would hang".

Too soon?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 15, 2022 09:44 AM (flINI)

That merit's a stoning. It's worse than saying "Jehovah!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM

This place....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 15, 2022 09:55 AM (RkC6l)

96 71 The painting offers me my true hope, and the encouragement I need. I forget too quickly.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:50 AM (Vr12I)

THIS!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (hOUT3)

97 This made me instantly think of what I consider the most powerful scene in Ben Hur: The Roman legionnaire stopped from taking the water away from Ben Hur, when he looks upon the face Jesus.
Posted by: Gref at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (AMIL/)

I should add, for clarity, that OrangeEnt's comment about us being unworthy made me think of the Ben Hur scene. Looking at the portrait again, after that comment, reinforced the thought.

Posted by: Gref at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (AMIL/)

98 The message is for you to take the cross.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 09:46 AM (tiR3O)

I agree - the message of the painting is metaphorical and spiritual, not literal. Note how Jesus is looking directly at us, the viewers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (r46W7)

99 I've always depicted Jesus as being more masculine looking than what 99% of the art presents. Life on the road in those days was a tough business.

Although I've always liked the portrait of Laughing Jesus.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (Qhnrt)

100 Can ya get me a job there ?

And a Time Machine ?
Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:52 AM (arJlL)

Well, it took 15 years to get a decent bonus, so if you're willing to wait.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

(that's what the Time Machine was for....)

Try the veal. Ooops, not today; try the fish !

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (arJlL)

101 Yes, we are unworthy. We have all been blessed in so many ways, despite deserving none of it.

Indeed. The definition of mercy and grace.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (45fpk)

102 I don't think it's supposed to be a picture in a place and time,

Posted by: Skip's new phone at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (BmXZ9)

103
(that's what the Time Machine was for....)

Try the veal. Ooops, not today; try the fish !
Posted by: JT at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (arJlL)

Well, even with the time machine, you still have to survive the time past.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

104 China Selects Wuhan Institute of Virology's Lab Safety Training Course for All Labs

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This is like beauty tips from Lizzo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (FVME7)

105 99 I've always depicted Jesus as being more masculine looking than what 99% of the art presents. Life on the road in those days was a tough business.

***

I think they did good in casting Jesus in The Chosen tv series

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (kf6Ak)

106
This place....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 15, 2022 09:55 AM (RkC6l)

There's no where like it on the net.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

107 105 99 I've always depicted Jesus as being more masculine looking than what 99% of the art presents. Life on the road in those days was a tough business.

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I think they did good in casting Jesus in The Chosen tv series
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (kf6Ak)

Absolutely agree.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (Vr12I)

108 44 39 Some parts of the painting are really sharp and detailed, but his body is not. Why do this?
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Cuz he is risen. You don't see any blood. That's a clue, too.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 09:41 AM (tiR3O)

Clever observation.

Posted by: m at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (2Q+cC)

109 I think they did good in casting Jesus in The Chosen tv series

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (kf6Ak)

I agree. Jonathon Rhoumie is excellent.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (45fpk)

110 China Selects Wuhan Institute of Virology's Lab Safety Training Course for All Labs

It should be tactically nuked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

111 Post Mel Gibson, everybody thinks Christ should be all covered in flay-marks. Art evolves, in its way.
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His body was cleaned for entombment.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 15, 2022

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The dried blood would be cleaned away but the marks of the lash would still be there. Unless we are told his skin was healed at His Resurrection (except for the nail holes in the hands, of course). Historians and anatomists have weighed in, saying the Romans would have driven the nails through the wrists rather than the palms -- the bones of the latter wouldn't support the body weight of the victim, even with the feet nailed in place. Or perhaps the writhing of the victim would have torn the hands loose. The Romans were expert in this sort of thing and wouldn't have wanted the criminal to die too soon. This is not to deny the story as a whole, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (c6xtn)

112 I don't think it's supposed to be a picture in a place and time,
Posted by: Skip's new phone at April 15, 2022 09:57 AM (BmXZ9)

It is a picture for all places and all time!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (hOUT3)

113 Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air After North Carolina Speech

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Sure, it's easy to make fun of Joe but these invisible people are who elected him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (FVME7)

114 106
This place....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 15, 2022 09:55 AM (RkC6l)

There's no where like it on the net.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

This may not make sense, but I am always amazed at how WELL we all get along here.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (Vr12I)

115 This is on topic and germane to today's topic so I think it's OK to have it in before 100. Very moving video to me. A statue of Christ made from the Shroud of Turin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A46bN8N1hgY

Posted by: Archer at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (gmo/4)

116 75 Morning.

Mr. Dildo, Mr. Van Dyck.

Mr. Van Dyck, Mr. Dildo
Posted by: Robert likes doing proper introductions at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (6OQZV)

I larfed.

Posted by: m at April 15, 2022 10:00 AM (2Q+cC)

117 Sure, it's easy to make fun of Joe but these invisible people are who elected him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:00 AM (kf6Ak)

118 Always made my grandmother mad when I'd remind her that Jesus was a devout Jew.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:00 AM (Qhnrt)

119 This may not make sense, but I am always amazed at how WELL we all get along here.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (Vr12I)

Just for today, I will not argue with you on that!

But comes Monday...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 10:01 AM (hOUT3)

120 119 This may not make sense, but I am always amazed at how WELL we all get along here.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (Vr12I)

Just for today, I will not argue with you on that!

But comes Monday...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 10:01 AM (hOUT3)

Heh.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:01 AM (Vr12I)

121 Nice pic to remind us of the day.

Posted by: Roy at April 15, 2022 10:01 AM (Ti+Tv)

122 Nominee for Fed banking regulator: Barr was assistant treasury secretary for financial institutions during the Obama administration, and as a result he helped craft the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, a broad overhaul of financial regulations that followed the 2007-09 financial crisis.

His main job will be to "make sure the economy works for everyone in this time of rising inflation and record corporate profits"

Isn't that what Dodd Frank was supposed to do?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 15, 2022 10:03 AM (HY3gN)

123 Good Friday to all. I thank the Lord and his son Jesus for all we share.

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 15, 2022 10:03 AM (5zydm)

124 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald

Yesterday was a flagship day in corporate media. It was the day they were forced to explicitly state what has long been clear: they not only favor censorship but desperately crave and depend on it. Even if Musk doesn't buy Twitter, never forget what yesterday revealed. [ ... ]

Let's put it this way: On Google/YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, you are free to say the 2000 and 2016 elections were stolen and fraudulent. You can't say that about 2020. Before the 2020 election, you weren't allowed to post reporting on the Biden emails. It's all ideological.

Read it all.

Thread: https://bit.ly/3vkU0Xt
ThreadReaderApp Link: https://bit.ly/3uH4uRM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 15, 2022 10:03 AM (Do5/p)

125
This may not make sense, but I am always amazed at how WELL we all get along here.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (Vr12I)

It makes sense, but we don't always get along. The kink is in that we 9 times out of 10 will buy each other a beer afterwards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

126 The art's been pretty good lately. No Bierstadt or Shishkin but also none of that post-modern crap

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 15, 2022 10:03 AM (sJHOI)

127 Thank you for the reminder of where our hope should truly lie, CBD.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 15, 2022 10:04 AM (5pTK/)

128 I would wager that Jesus looked more like Timon the Jew from the TV series Rome.

Short stocky Jesus FTW.

Posted by: MJ at April 15, 2022 10:04 AM (zwDuR)

129 Oh, and happy Emancipation Day too, whatever that is

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 15, 2022 10:04 AM (5zydm)

130 Joe shook hands with Mr. Grim Reaper. Havin' lunch with him today. Lots to discuss.

Posted by: klaftern at April 15, 2022 10:04 AM (taPSh)

131 88 65 There is a *old country* story that the Cross was hewn from a tall straight Dogwood tree. When the Dogwoods realized what awful purpose their wood had been used for, they vowed to never grow straight again!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:54 AM (hOUT3)

And their flowers depict the stigmata.

Posted by: m at April 15, 2022 10:04 AM (2Q+cC)

132 No Bierstadt or Shishkin but also none of that post-modern crap

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 15, 2022 10:03 AM (sJHOI)

The post-modern crap is some of my favorite crap.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 15, 2022 10:04 AM (45fpk)

133 I've always depicted Jesus as being more masculine looking than what 99% of the art presents. Life on the road in those days was a tough business.

Although I've always liked the portrait of Laughing Jesus.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (Qhnrt)

You mean he didn't have a murse and man bun?!?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 10:05 AM (7bRMQ)

134 I guess it would be bad form to say "would hang".

Too soon?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

Nailed it.

Posted by: t-bird at April 15, 2022 10:05 AM (9Fwwf)

135 This time of year, for some of us, we recognize that we have been presented with the Truth, Justice, and Amelioration in a once in a lifetime chance for all of us to gaze upon it, admit the consequences of of our actions, and accept the solution.

Many of us see this as a great unburdening, the solution for everything we could not express verbally, but knew intuitively, a sense of relief to lay bare our own mistakes that we have tried so desperately to cope with and hide from the world, and to come to peace and reconciliation with the plumb line, though we may yet waver.

But for those that believe and believed that they have the tiger by its tail and that justice will not come, that objective, all-encompassing truth is the most fearful of all things, that justice must be denied at all costs, lest the power that they have accumulated for themselves be brought to nothingness. And when the Truth comes, the era of personal autonomy and control will be destroyed.

Cont...

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 15, 2022 10:05 AM (SOTgy)

136 To the rulers of the world, the most fearful reality they must accept is that this Truth is returning and returning soon, that it can not be controlled or defeated, and that it will mete out Justice when it does, and that when the reckoning comes, there will no longer be for them a chance for redemption. So they scurry about in a panic trying to prepare for this return, mustering defenses and endeavoring to stamp out any dissenting voice that speaks of it, for even a whisper of the Truth signals their end.

That is the power you have, your power is given from Truth and you wield it not for your own ends, but out of loyalty to the source and for the betterment and freedom of the world.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 15, 2022 10:06 AM (SOTgy)

137 113 Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air After North Carolina Speech

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Sure, it's easy to make fun of Joe but these invisible people are who elected him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 09:59 AM (FVME7)

Good one.

Posted by: m at April 15, 2022 10:06 AM (2Q+cC)

138 Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air After North Carolina Speech
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Just because we can't see Harvey doesn't mean the pResident doesn't.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 15, 2022 10:07 AM (UgemJ)

139 the message of the painting is metaphorical and spiritual, not literal. Note how Jesus is looking directly at us, the viewers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 15, 2022 09:56 AM (r46W7)

I agree.

Obviously I am not a Christian, so my interest is historical rather than religious; not to mention the absolutely incredible art depicting Christ.

It is fascinating how varied these depictions are. And we are seeing just a few days in the history of man, yet it is undoubtedly the most significant event in art.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 10:07 AM (XIJ/X)

140 The art's been pretty good lately. No Bierstadt or Shishkin but also none of that post-modern crap

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 15, 2022 10:03 AM (sJHOI)

As said above: But, comes Monday....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 10:07 AM (7bRMQ)

141 Joe standing there, for a significant amount of time, with his hand outstretched, is really disturbing.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:07 AM (Vr12I)

142 Are there any paintings of Christ where the artist claimed he used the image of Christ's face preserved in Veronica's veil as his source material?

Or, is the provenance of the relic of the veil disputed?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 10:08 AM (0Ao06)

143 Foreshadowing in this painting or Christ after the Cross?

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 15, 2022 10:08 AM (DcKNO)

144 There's no where like it on the net.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM

Truth.

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 15, 2022 10:08 AM (RkC6l)

145 Take a look at those eyes. Talk about bearing the weight of the world on His shoulders. Atlas may have shrugged, but Jesus carried through to the end. For the redemption of me, a sinner.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 10:08 AM (m45I2)

146 145 Take a look at those eyes. Talk about bearing the weight of the world on His shoulders. Atlas may have shrugged, but Jesus carried through to the end. For the redemption of me, a sinner.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 10:08 AM (m45I2)

" It is finished".

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:09 AM (Vr12I)

147 Posted by: Robert likes doing proper introductions at April 15, 2022 09:51 AM (6OQZV)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 10:09 AM (XIJ/X)

148 This painting moves me.

I know that my Redeemer lives.
What comfort this sweet sentence gives.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 15, 2022 10:09 AM (4I/2K)

149 It is fascinating how varied these depictions are. And we are seeing just a few days in the history of man, yet it is undoubtedly the most significant event in art.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 10:07 AM (XIJ/X)
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For Christians, Christ's death and resurrection is the most significant event in the entire past, present, and future of mankind.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 15, 2022 10:10 AM (YIVH2)

150 Greetings:

Growing up in the Bronx of the '50s, we were always off from school on Good Friday for Easter vacation. One time, I was playin in the schoolyard when a really dark thundercloud quickl rolled in with copious lightening strikes and, it being about 3pm local time, I thought this is it, Jesus is coming back and it's probably all over for me.

Posted by: 11B40 at April 15, 2022 10:10 AM (uuklp)

151 "135-136
Posted by: Bitter Clinger"

Thanks for that well-said insight!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (hOUT3)

152 Thank you, etymonline.com. "Good Friday" is from the Middle English meaning of good, "Holy or sacred".

That explains a lot! As a little kid, I really struggled with what was "Good" about this Friday.

Posted by: t-bird at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (vOGqy)

153 Caught up on threads because I was traveling yesterday. In reviewing the comments on the post about the SEC investigating Musk I noted that nobody brought up Tim Geithner. A known tax cheat was at the highest levels of government, but there was no investigation! But Musk threatens TPTB so he must be brought down.

Truly banana republic time

Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (U1eOr)

154 149 For Christians, Christ's death and resurrection is the most significant event in the entire past, present, and future of mankind.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 15, 2022 10:10 AM (YIVH2)

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Taco Tuesday is pretty good, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (LvTSG)

155 149

For Christians, Christ's death and resurrection is the most significant event in the entire past, present, and future of mankind.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 15, 2022 10:10 AM (YIVH2)

The greatest thing is the empty tomb.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (Vr12I)

156 Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air

*******

Congratulating Thin Air for being the source from which all of our COVID data came.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (m45I2)

157 I've often thought, Jesus foresaw all the punishment and cost of sin for everyone who ever lived or ever will live. He had to bear every single sin of all mankind.

That is a weight I cannot even fathom. It so moved him that he sweat blood in anticipation of what was to come.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (tF5UM)

158 156 Congratulating Thin Air for being the source from which all of our COVID data came.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (m45I2)

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I shall report you to your hospital administrator for wrongthink!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (LvTSG)

159 I've always depicted Jesus as being more masculine looking than what 99% of the art presents. Life on the road in those days was a tough business.

He was an actual working carpenter with primitive hand tools. I've always assumed He was actually pretty built.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (ZGrMX)

160 Bitter Clinger! We've missed you around here!

Posted by: Emmie at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (t62xj)

161 Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air After North Carolina Speech

He better! Where do you think his main supporters came from?

Posted by: Thin Air at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (oY5A0)

162 Growing up in the Bronx of the '50s, we were always off from school on Good Friday for Easter vacation. One time, I was playin in the schoolyard when a really dark thundercloud quickl rolled in with copious lightening strikes and, it being about 3pm local time, I thought this is it, Jesus is coming back and it's probably all over for me.
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Well, you were in the Bronx.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (tiR3O)

163 One time, I was playin in the schoolyard when a really dark thundercloud quickl rolled in with copious lightening strikes and, it being about 3pm local time, I thought this is it, Jesus is coming back and it's probably all over for me.
Posted by: 11B40 at April 15, 2022

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It was a pretty cloudy day in August of '97 when I climbed to the top of that hill in San Luis and looked at the bronze of Jesus on the Cross silhouetted against the dark grayness.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 10:13 AM (c6xtn)

164 I've recently been trying to understand the Passion from Mary's perspective. And it hurts my heart.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 15, 2022 10:13 AM (W2Pud)

165 Posted by: Emmie at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (t62xj)

.....

40 days in the internet wilderness.

Good to see everyone is well.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 15, 2022 10:14 AM (SOTgy)

166 The greatest thing is the empty tomb.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (Vr12I)

And Christ's resurrection is the promise of our resurrection.

Posted by: Emmie at April 15, 2022 10:14 AM (t62xj)

167 161 Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air After North Carolina Speech

He better! Where do you think his main supporters came from?
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He was looking for his Celtic Pooka. But even Celtic Pooka's have standards.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:14 AM (tiR3O)

168 A good Holy Week to the Christians of the Horde!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 15, 2022 10:15 AM (SKVme)

169 There is a *old country* story that the Cross was hewn from a tall straight Dogwood tree. When the Dogwoods realized what awful purpose their wood had been used for, they vowed to never grow straight again!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 09:54 AM (hOUT3)

And their flowers depict the stigmata.

Posted by: m at April 15, 2022 10:04 AM (2Q+cC)

My Grandmother told me that story when I was 10...long time ago.

Posted by: BignJames at April 15, 2022 10:15 AM (AwYPR)

170 49 For Christians, Christ's death and resurrection is the most significant event in the entire past, present, and future of mankind.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 15, 2022 10:10 AM (YIVH2)

True. It's also the most significant event in the history and future of the world for non-Christians, but they just don't know it yet.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:15 AM (Ed8Zd)

171 168 A good Holy Week to the Christians of the Horde!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 15, 2022 10:15 AM (SKVme)

Thanks, YD.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:16 AM (Vr12I)

172 I've recently been trying to understand the Passion from Mary's perspective. And it hurts my heart.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 15, 2022

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There is a serious poem by Dorothy Parker which implies that Mary *knew all along* what the outcome of her son's life would be: "And oh, her heart was like to break/To count another year."

That poem and her "The Maidservant at the Inn" belie Dottie's rep as merely a wisecrack artist in life, in prose, and in poetry. She had more talent than just that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 10:16 AM (c6xtn)

173 Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air After North Carolina Speech

Inter-dimensional demons

Posted by: Archer at April 15, 2022 10:16 AM (gmo/4)

174 Dali's "The Sacrament of the Last Supper" linked in my sock although considering it's in the National Gallery, it's a crappy electronic picture unlike the Royal Collection Trust's picture etc. reproductions.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 15, 2022 10:16 AM (UHVv4)

175 Just a reminder: Jesus gave us bacon.

Posted by: blaster at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (9otr5)

176 154 149 For Christians, Christ's death and resurrection is the most significant event in the entire past, present, and future of mankind.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 15, 2022 10:10 AM (YIVH2)

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Taco Tuesday is pretty good, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (LvTSG

Weiner Wednesday is my treat)

Posted by: Lia Thomas at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (nWy22)

177 157 I've often thought, Jesus foresaw all the punishment and cost of sin for everyone who ever lived or ever will live. He had to bear every single sin of all mankind.

That is a weight I cannot even fathom. It so moved him that he sweat blood in anticipation of what was to come.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 15, 2022 10:12 AM (tF5UM)

From his prayers in Gethsemine (sp), I think what he wanted was for it to be quickly done and over with.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (Qhnrt)

178 The greatest thing is the empty tomb.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:11 AM (Vr12I)

Heard a masterful sermon a year ago.

Pastor said "Jesus did not need to roll the stone away so he could get out of the tomb; but he rolled it away so the faithful could see that he was no longer there!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (hOUT3)

179 A good Holy Week to the Christians of the Horde!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 15, 2022 10:15 AM (SKVme)

Thank you! And a good Passover to you and yours!!!

Posted by: Archer at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (gmo/4)

180 The new DEI officer just sent round an email.

It's invites us to attend Huddle Sessions.

Gosh, that's so much better than Struggle Sessions.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (UAnW2)

181 180 The new DEI officer just sent round an email.

It's invites us to attend Huddle Sessions.

Gosh, that's so much better than Struggle Sessions.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (UAnW2)

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It's either that or earning your paycheck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:18 AM (LvTSG)

182 I've recently been trying to understand the Passion from Mary's perspective. And it hurts my heart.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 15, 2022 10:13 AM (W2Pud)

As a mother, it's hard not to weep. Her faith in God didn't waiver, even when watching her Son being tortured to death. It's beyond incredible.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:18 AM (Ed8Zd)

183 I'd make some spiritual comment, but I find that the more profound something is, the fewer words I can muster.

I am eternally grateful for what Jesus did for me.

Posted by: Emmie at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (t62xj)

184 From his prayers in Gethsemine (sp), I think what he wanted was for it to be quickly done and over with.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (Qhnrt)

I thought he wanted to avoid it, same as the rest of us would.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (7bRMQ)

185 180 The new DEI officer just sent round an email.

It's invites us to attend Huddle Sessions.

Gosh, that's so much better than Struggle Sessions.
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Keep your back to the wall.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (tiR3O)

186 CBD,
Thank you for choosing today's painting. It really shows the son of God and the son of man. And he shows Christ as a hearty figure, not the emaciated creature so often portrayed. His gaze at the viewer is direct, almost challenging, reminding the viewer that as He is renewed so to can be mankind.

A remarkable, many-layered, portrait.

A blessed Easter to all.

Posted by: JTB at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (7EjX1)

187 180 The new DEI officer just sent round an email.

It's invites us to attend Huddle Sessions.

Gosh, that's so much better than Struggle Sessions.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 15, 2022 10:17 AM (UAnW2)

Will there be donuts? Like real ones from Dunkin not grocery store brand?

If so I will attend every one of them.

Posted by: blaster at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (9otr5)

188 The new DEI officer just sent round an email.

It's invites us to attend Huddle Sessions.

That's some quality euphemism-ing there.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (ZGrMX)

189 Nice. Here's another

https://tinyurl.com/2p9e7d52

Posted by: Ju at April 15, 2022 10:20 AM (aTmM/)

190 I've always depicted Jesus as being more masculine looking than what 99% of the art presents. Life on the road in those days was a tough business.

He was an actual working carpenter with primitive hand tools. I've always assumed He was actually pretty built.
Posted by: Ian S

Look at the young men in India/Pakistan who swing hammers all day. They are not huge muscular specimens because of their diet.
I see Christ's appearance to be very close to theirs because of -30 to 0AD diets.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 15, 2022 10:20 AM (UgemJ)

191 The new DEI officer just sent round an email.

It's invites us to attend Huddle Sessions.

Gosh, that's so much better than Struggle Sessions.

DEI is an abomination unto the Lord. There, I said it.

Posted by: Archer at April 15, 2022 10:20 AM (gmo/4)

192 That's some quality euphemism-ing there.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (ZGrMX)

All right!! Grabbin' my suit!!!

Posted by: Furry at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (7bRMQ)

193 Let's put it this way: On Google/YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, you are free to say the 2000 and 2016 elections were stolen and fraudulent. You can't say that about 2020. Before the 2020 election, you weren't allowed to post reporting on the Biden emails. It's all ideological.
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It's not just ideological as such. That minimizes what is at hand. The only thing you're not allowed to say is the *truth*. Only one of those three election outcomes is fraudulent. And that's the one you're not allowed to talk about. It may seem like this comment is off the subject of the current thread but it's not.

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (sSiC8)

194 he was shaking hands with a ghost gun

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (sJHOI)

195
There is a serious poem by Dorothy Parker which implies that Mary *knew all along* what the outcome of her son's life would be: "And oh, her heart was like to break/To count another year."

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I doubt that. If at all, it's like the mother of a soldier going off to war.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (Qhnrt)

196 Will there be donuts? Like real ones from Dunkin not grocery store brand?

Grocery store bakery donuts > Dunkin. Especially since Dunkin started trying to be Starbucks.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (ZGrMX)

197 WTF is DEI?

Posted by: WSMS at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (nWy22)

198 Sorry you missed it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 15, 2022 09:34 AM (Vxu+H)

It's a long drive for curry!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 09:36 AM (XIJ/X)

It's a long drive
to get get some curry.
It's a long way, to go.
It's a long drive
to get get some curry.
To the best curry I know!

Posted by: Das Boot Singers at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (4I/2K)

199 Bierstadt did a Messiah selfie style at Yellowstone Falls. Early work.

Posted by: klaftern at April 15, 2022 10:22 AM (taPSh)

200 WTF is DEI?

Diversity
Equity
Inclusion

Most people reorder it to the more accurate DIE.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:22 AM (ZGrMX)

201 Will there be donuts? Like real ones from Dunkin not grocery store brand?

Grocery store bakery donuts > Dunkin. Especially since Dunkin started trying to be Starbucks.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (ZGrMX)

Albertson's makes darn good ones! Nice thick frosting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (7bRMQ)

202 Post Mel Gibson, everybody thinks Christ should be all covered in flay-marks. Art evolves, in its way.
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His body was cleaned for entombment.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 15, 2022

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The dried blood would be cleaned away but the marks of the lash would still be there. Unless we are told his skin was healed at His Resurrection (except for the nail holes in the hands, of course). Historians and anatomists have weighed in, saying the Romans would have driven the nails through the wrists rather than the palms -- the bones of the latter wouldn't support the body weight of the victim, even with the feet nailed in place. Or perhaps the writhing of the victim would have torn the hands loose. The Romans were expert in this sort of thing and wouldn't have wanted the criminal to die too soon. This is not to deny the story as a whole, of course.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:58 AM (c6xtn)

Hundreds and hundreds of lash mark wounds are visible in the shroud of Turin.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (Ed8Zd)

203 WTF is DEI?
Posted by: WSMS at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM (nWy22)
"Diversity, Equity and Inclusion"

It's the shorthand Corporate America decided on to describe their HR-driven Departments of Woke Promotion and Enforcement.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (DU+/6)

204 What I find astonishing about crucifixion is how long it lasted.

Roman guard: "Still breathing?"

Other Roman guard: "Yep"

Roman guard: "Break his legs and let's go home for the evening."

Obviously, Christ died on the cross so this was unnecessary and also fulfilled the prophecy, "not a bone in his body was broken."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (5pTK/)

205 Thanks
I am lucky enough to not have to go through that hell in my business.

Posted by: WSMS at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (nWy22)

206 200 WTF is DEI?

Diversity
Equity
Inclusion

Most people reorder it to the more accurate DIE.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:22 AM (ZGrMX)

Does the officer have a Hugo Boss uniform?

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (Vr12I)

207 188 The new DEI officer just sent round an email.

It's invites us to attend Huddle Sessions.

That's some quality euphemism-ing there.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (ZGrMX

Should have told him that you'll wait for the tickle and cheap feel sessions.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:24 AM (Qhnrt)

208 I expect Christianity to be illegal within our lifetimes and likely much sooner. If you look at the speed at which they moved to Systemic Pedoism and the verve at which they suppress truth and criminalize reality, it can only be a matter of time. Prepare accordingly.

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:24 AM (kCX0Q)

209 Look at the young men in India/Pakistan who swing hammers all day. They are not huge muscular specimens because of their diet.
I see Christ's appearance to be very close to theirs because of -30 to 0AD diets.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 15, 2022 10:20 AM

If you weren't one of the very rich then you probably didn't have enough to eat and were chronically undernourished with virtually no body fat.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 15, 2022 10:24 AM (bVYXr)

210 Hrothgar not meaning that, more symbolism than a recreation of a actual scene.

Posted by: Skip's new phone at April 15, 2022 10:24 AM (2JoB8)

211 Thank you, CBD. To me, I feel the painting may depict He Has Risen but wonders if the significance of his sacrifice will be understood and endure.

Peace be with you all.

Posted by: Lola at April 15, 2022 10:25 AM (NIYa7)

212 Perversity, Iniquity and Confusion

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:25 AM (kCX0Q)

213 What I find astonishing about crucifixion is how long it lasted.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (5pTK/)

Crucifixion was a two-fer, torture and execution!

Posted by: Roma at April 15, 2022 10:25 AM (7bRMQ)

214 I thought he wanted to avoid it, same as the rest of us would.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 10:19 AM (7bRMQ)
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He asked the cup be removed, if at all possible, but, in the end, was obedient to the will of His Father.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 15, 2022 10:25 AM (5pTK/)

215 Probably already discussed, but Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ was quite an experience for the Eromeros. We heard not a word from the audience, only at the end, when there was a lot of soft weeping. And nobody moved for maybe 15 minutes, then we filed out with tissues to eyes and noses, still not a word. That kind of experience.
'Amazing love, how can it be.....' Indeed.

Posted by: Eromero at April 15, 2022 10:26 AM (gktX6)

216 208 I expect Christianity to be illegal within our lifetimes and likely much sooner. If you look at the speed at which they moved to Systemic Pedoism and the verve at which they suppress truth and criminalize reality, it can only be a matter of time. Prepare accordingly.
Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:24 AM (kCX0Q)

If events keep moving in the direction they are going I expect TPTB to remove the tax exempt status of churches, as an arm twist.

Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:26 AM (Vr12I)

217 Cuddle session >>> Huddle session

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:26 AM (kf6Ak)

218 As I understand it, for several centuries the cross was not a symbol of Christianity. It was an instrument of death considered ugly and vile. Imagine making jewelry in the shape of an electric chair today. Ultimately the practice of crucifixion was discontinued and the simple geometry of two lines intersecting at 90� gave artists and iconographers something too elegant to ignore.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (jYQlA)

219 Necessary evil....

Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (UUBmN)

220 Related tweets:
RNC Research @RNCResearch; 1h
FAUCI: China used lockdowns "better than anybody else."

JinJin Xu @jinxshoe; 9h [I think from Shanghai]
A pregnant woman has lived out of her car for the past 16 days, after she tested positive and her neighborhood community did not allow her to return. Her husband was taken away to a temporary hospital but she was told, they did not have quota for her.

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays; 1h
Add "Shanghai-like lockdowns" to the list of things that can't happen in countries with legal gun ownership.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (UHVv4)

221 215 Probably already discussed, but Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ was quite an experience for the Eromeros.

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I've always been too scared to watch it

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (kf6Ak)

222 Probably already discussed, but Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ was quite an experience for the Eromeros. We heard not a word from the audience, only at the end, when there was a lot of soft weeping. And nobody moved for maybe 15 minutes, then we filed out with tissues to eyes and noses, still not a word. That kind of experience.
'Amazing love, how can it be.....' Indeed.

Posted by: Eromero at April 15, 2022 10:26 AM (gktX6)

And our "betters" hated Mel for it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (7bRMQ)

223 90 degrees.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (jYQlA)

224 Also don't forget that each of the DEI words is specifically intended to inflict the EXACT opposite:

Diversity - A singularity of acceptable thought
Equity - Tipping the scales to favor the favored
Inclusion - Removal of the unwanted

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:28 AM (qvKKA)

225 Does the officer have a Hugo Boss uniform?
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:23 AM (Vr12I)

They're one back order. Factory ran out of black fabric.

Posted by: Fox2! at April 15, 2022 10:28 AM (qyH+l)

226 DIE Huddle Session: But I want to be the bottlecap, not the piece of glass!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 15, 2022 10:28 AM (4I/2K)

227 DEI = Maoist fuckwits

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 15, 2022 10:28 AM (sJHOI)

228 If you weren't one of the very rich then you probably didn't have enough to eat and were chronically undernourished with virtually no body fat.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Agreed and strong thin musculature for those in the professions that used their muscles.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 15, 2022 10:28 AM (UgemJ)

229 Just a reminder: Jesus gave us bacon.
Posted by: blaster

To be fair, He wasn't going to eat it anyway.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 10:28 AM (0Ao06)

230 Ultimately the practice of crucifixion was discontinued and the simple geometry of two lines intersecting at 90 (degrees) gave artists and iconographers something too elegant to ignore.

There's a bumper sticker I've seen with a cross and UNAFRAID, but the cross is way too close to the lettering so it looks like it says TUNAFRAID, scared of tuna.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 15, 2022 10:28 AM (ZGrMX)

231 215 Probably already discussed, but Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ was quite an experience for the Eromeros.

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I've always been too scared to watch it
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (kf6Ak)

That makes 2 of us. I have the Dvd, still in the shrinkwrap.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 15, 2022 10:29 AM (4I/2K)

232 I cant get YouTube to play st all. My phone? Anyone else?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:29 AM (eJn7u)

233 Curious: Has anyone ever suggested what kind of wood the Cross was hewn from? The Romans had a lot of choices in the area. I keep remembering there are cedars in modern-day Lebanon, not really far from Jerusalem.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 15, 2022 09:47 AM (c6xtn)

From my go-to, The Life Of Jesus Christ from the Visions of the Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich:
The cross was somewhat rounded in the back, but flat in the front, and hollowed out in necessary places. The several pieces of which the cross was formed were of different colored wood: some brown, some yellow, then trunk darker than the rest, like wood that had lain a long time in water. The crosses of the thieves were rougher.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:29 AM (Ed8Zd)

234 Eromero,
I watch the Passion every year at this time to remember what he went through for me/us. It's hard but it's nothing compared to his sacrifice.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (UUBmN)

235 "And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber. Because our salvation is nearer now then when we first believed. "

Romans 13:11

Posted by: Marcus T at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (oZhq1)

236 If the tomb is empty anything is possible. He is risen!!

Posted by: Carmenzoid at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (9sa5h)

237 Hrothgar not meaning that, more symbolism than a recreation of a actual scene.
Posted by: Skip's new phone at April 15, 2022 10:24 AM (2JoB

Essentially, we are in violent agreement!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (hOUT3)

238 Since someone mentioned guns, I was wondering.
It's sort of a medical question:
Let's say you are about to be attacked by a meth-fueled rage monster and you have no place to run. But you do have a fully loaded pistol - alas it is in a puny caliber.
Where do you aim for first, second, and subsequently?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (kf6Ak)

239 That makes 2 of us. I have the Dvd, still in the shrinkwrap.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 15, 2022 10:29 AM (4I/2K)

Maybe just watch a scene a day? Haven't seen it either, maybe wait til much older.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (7bRMQ)

240 BTW: Here's JinJin Xu @jinxshoe long thread on Shanghai events to scroll around in.

https://nitter.net/jinxshoe/status/
1514834746144018437#m

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 15, 2022 10:31 AM (UHVv4)

241 I expect Christianity to be illegal within our lifetimes and likely much sooner.

I don;t think they will outright ban or make it illegal, just effectively so, like ban the Bible in public discourse, ban churchgoing, etc. And the joke's on them: every time the faith is persecuted, it flourishes and grows.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:31 AM (KZzsI)

242 The Passion is brutal but not unwatchable. I watched it once as my Christian duty. I take no pleasure in watching our Lord suffer.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:31 AM (eJn7u)

243 As I understand it, for several centuries the cross was not a symbol of Christianity. It was an instrument of death considered ugly and vile.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (jYQlA)
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Crucifixion is one of the most painful, torturous, degrading deaths imaginable.

Yet Christ's sacrifice was in the end a beautiful act of creation and salvation for all of us. Much of the art depicting the crucifixion (like today's picture) is a pale reflection of that beautiful sacrifice.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (YIVH2)

244 Center mass until you run out of bullets

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (oWBc3)

245 Jesus Wept is the shortest verse in the Bible.

I don't think Jesus would mind a little Cliff Clavin trivia.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (PCUPG)

246 238 ENT Eye, nose and throat.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (lz5hY)

247 Where do you aim for first, second, and subsequently?

Center mass, so you don't miss. If you get a clear easy shot, the head, because even a .22 will kill someone there. But its easy to miss the head since its not very big and moves around a lot.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (KZzsI)

248 241 I don;t think they will outright ban or make it illegal, just effectively so, like ban the Bible in public discourse, ban churchgoing, etc. And the joke's on them: every time the faith is persecuted, it flourishes and grows.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:31 AM (KZzsI)

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I shall once again push John Ford's film The Fugitive as a recommendation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (LvTSG)

249 Also don't forget that each of the DEI words is specifically intended to inflict the EXACT opposite:

As the Party of Free Speech, I'd like to turn your attention to today's handout, the List of Things You Are Free to Say...

Posted by: Jen Psaki at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (lDew/)

250 There's one of those DEI shitheads at the high school I work at. Mostly he's ignored and not taken seriously. But I know it's just a matter of time before the struggle sessions start.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (sJHOI)

251 This is like beauty tips from Lizzo.

What are those?
"Always have fourths at mealtimes"
"Stop getting dressed after underwear"
"There's no such thing as too much butt"

Posted by: azjaeger at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (3/XaG)

252 215 Probably already discussed, but Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ was quite an experience for the Eromeros.

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I've always been too scared to watch it
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:27 AM (kf6Ak)

That makes 2 of us. I have the Dvd, still in the shrinkwrap.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 15, 2022 10:29 AM (4I/2K)

I felt exactly the same way but 2 years ago (right about now) I watched it; I was ready to click off at any minute. I didn't, and it truly changed me. If you can put aside your fear for the first 10 minutes, I think you'll be fine.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:33 AM (Ed8Zd)

253 I ain't scared of no tuna!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 15, 2022 10:33 AM (jYQlA)

254 238
Aim for chest and keep shooting until threat is over.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:33 AM (eJn7u)

255 I don;t think they will outright ban or make it illegal, just effectively so, like ban the Bible in public discourse, ban churchgoing, etc. And the joke's on them: every time the faith is persecuted, it flourishes and grows.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:31 AM (KZzsI)

Didn't some organization recommend banning driving on Sunday?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at April 15, 2022 10:33 AM (eGTCV)

256 I expect Christianity to be illegal within our lifetimes and likely much sooner.

I don;t think they will outright ban or make it illegal, just effectively so, like ban the Bible in public discourse, ban churchgoing, etc. And the joke's on them: every time the faith is persecuted, it flourishes and grows.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:31 AM (KZzsI)M

Well according to the Bible , at the end times you will be persecuted for being a believer.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:34 AM (PCUPG)

257 Beautiful, CBD. Thank you.

Blessed Passover to all who celebrate and Blessed and Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

Here's a little bit of light shining in the darkness:

The traditional Latin masses at my home parish continue to grow in attendance and there are LOTS of families with numerous kiddies.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 15, 2022 10:34 AM (l0Cy4)

258 " I expect Christianity to be illegal within our lifetimes and likely much sooner."

Deus Vult

Posted by: Marcus T at April 15, 2022 10:34 AM (oZhq1)

259 For me, one of the most striking memories of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ was the final scene, where light shines through the gaping wound in His hand. These would have been much more significant than just abrasions or scars as they appear in this painting.

Thomas "put [his] finger into the print of the nails, and thrust [his] hand into [Jesus'] side." (John 20:25)

When witnesses saw these marks, it would have been clear to them that this Man had suffered horrific violence, and should have been dead by any measure. There was no natural way that He could have been up and walking around.

Posted by: Half Dozen at April 15, 2022 10:34 AM (Cem4/)

260 Maybe we're wrong about Chairman Xi? It looks like he's into GAINZZ!

JinJin Xu @jinxshoe; 8h
Which also reminds me of the Shanghai News Station which advised people, during the initial 4-day lockdown, to treat it as a chance to try light-eating and intermittent fasting [image gives instructions on cutting meat and rice from diet on a rotational basis]

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 15, 2022 10:35 AM (UHVv4)

261 Crucifixion was a two-fer, torture and execution!
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Death on the Cross comes quickly. Usually you die of a heart attack. What happens before is designed to not kill you but rather to shred you.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:35 AM (tiR3O)

262 Didn't some organization recommend banning driving on Sunday?

It wasn't all that long ago that most businesses were closed on Sunday.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:35 AM (KZzsI)

263 247 Where do you aim for first, second, and subsequently?

Center mass, so you don't miss. If you get a clear easy shot, the head, because even a .22 will kill someone there. But its easy to miss the head since its not very big and moves around a lot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (KZzsI)

Center mass is where you start, head shot if clear,but then a few rounds in the hip area, for immobilization!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at April 15, 2022 10:36 AM (hOUT3)

264 Vmom - there was a very realistic shootout scene in last night's ONT. VERRRRY realistic. Might be good for some pointers!

On a serious note, Mr. Taylor's response above seems right. I. Addition to that I wonder... the skull is pretty thick (well, mine is). I'd have to think that some small fraction of .22 head shots will end up not penetrating the skull at all. One more vote for center mass.

Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 10:36 AM (U1eOr)

265 This made me instantly think of what I consider the most powerful scene in Ben Hur: The Roman legionnaire stopped from taking the water away from Ben Hur, when he looks upon the face Jesus.
Posted by: Gref at April 15, 2022 09:43 AM (AMIL/)

I felt exactly the same way but 2 years ago (right about now) I watched it; I was ready to click off at any minute. I didn't, and it truly changed me. If you can put aside your fear for the first 10 minutes, I think you'll be fine.
Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:33 AM (Ed8Zd)

I know that scene, Gref, The actors nailed it. Maybe I will rewatch Ben Hur as a warmup, then watch Passion. Thanks, LASue

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 15, 2022 10:37 AM (4I/2K)

266 Lin-duh, I've heard a heap of good preacher preach the crucifiction but Gibson and Caveizel out-preached every one of them.

Posted by: Eromero at April 15, 2022 10:37 AM (gktX6)

267 The traditional Latin masses at my home parish continue to grow in attendance and there are LOTS of families with numerous kiddies.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 15, 2022 10:34 AM (l0Cy4)

Beautiful. So many little ones and pregnant women at ours, too. It gives me hope.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:37 AM (Ed8Zd)

268 Thank you CBD - excellent choice.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 09:31 AM (0Ao06)

Agreed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 15, 2022 10:38 AM (P3gRi)

269 A .22 will kill in the vitals with one shot. Its shock it lacks, not lethality.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:38 AM (eJn7u)

270 38 Since someone mentioned guns, I was wondering.
It's sort of a medical question:
Let's say you are about to be attacked by a meth-fueled rage monster and you have no place to run. But you do have a fully loaded pistol - alas it is in a puny caliber.
Where do you aim for first, second, and subsequently?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (kf6Ak)

Don't try to aim. Just point toward the head.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:38 AM (Qhnrt)

271 Jukin's Gasoline Inflation Report....

After the brilliant Biden move to release "our" strategic oil at 1 milllliiiiioooon barrels per day and pushing engine destroying low energy ethanol to 15% gasoline has gone up 12 cents at SoCal stations.

The Pedophile from Delaware is smart not dumb like everybody says and he demands respect.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (iDcra)

272 Shooting Mongo just makes him mad.

Posted by: The Waco Kid at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (4I/2K)

273 Gibson's direction of The Passion and Apocalypto are his best works. Throw in Braveheart and he is clearly one of the best directors out there. Amazingly, he doesn't get much work.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (tiR3O)

274 If lovin' the lord is wrong, I don't want to be right.

He helped Joshua fight the battle of Jericho, he helped Daniel get out the lion's den, he helped Gilligan get off the island.

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (R/m4+)

275 I'd have to think that some small fraction of .22 head shots will end up not penetrating the skull at all.

Assassins use point blank head shots with a .22, but you gotta get a good square bullet. I mean you'll stun the crap out of someone with a deflecting bullet but yeah you might not get penetration unless its pretty square on.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (KZzsI)

276 Agnus dei, quitolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 15, 2022 10:40 AM (oZhq1)

277 38 Since someone mentioned guns, I was wondering.
It's sort of a medical question:
Let's say you are about to be attacked by a meth-fueled rage monster and you have no place to run. But you do have a fully loaded pistol - alas it is in a puny caliber.
Where do you aim for first, second, and subsequently?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:30 AM (kf6Ak)
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In real world situations like that, I'd empty the gun in the center of mass of the democrat.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 15, 2022 10:40 AM (iDcra)

278 Well, since it is a sacred weekend . . .

Pennsylvania Democrat: Abortion Without Any Limit Is "Sacred"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 10:41 AM (FVME7)

279 Agnus dei, quitolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 15, 2022 10:40 AM (oZhq1)

Amen

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 15, 2022 10:41 AM (kf6Ak)

280 269 A .22 will kill in the vitals with one shot. Its shock it lacks, not lethality.
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Because of its light weight and charge it can do a lot of damage inside of a human body. Surgeons hate .22 victims cuz the randomness and extent of the wound channel.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:41 AM (tiR3O)

281 278 Well, since it is a sacred weekend . . .

Pennsylvania Democrat: Abortion Without Any Limit Is "Sacred"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 10:41 AM (FVME7)

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They've gone full John C. Calhoun.

Never go full John C. Calhoun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

282 189 Nice. Here's another

https://tinyurl.com/2p9e7d52
Posted by: Ju at April 15, 2022 10:20 AM (aTmM/)

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Wow. Beautiful.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 15, 2022 10:41 AM (DcKNO)

283 Vmom - don't forget to throw the gun at the perp when it's empty. I've seen them do that in movies!

Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 10:41 AM (U1eOr)

284 Gibson's direction of The Passion and Apocalypto are his best works. Throw in Braveheart and he is clearly one of the best directors out there. Amazingly, he doesn't get much work.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (tiR3O)

Yes I think he has only directed five or six movies. Only one that I did not like but it wasn't the fault of the direction. Man Without a Face.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (PCUPG)

285 This is a fascinating story.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfhxffp

The hair always throws me off, but I expect this is pretty close.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (Ed8Zd)

286 With a head on shot I have seen a .22 drop a 1500 pound steer like it was poleaxed.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (eJn7u)

287 I've always been too scared to watch it

I'm not quite sure why I put off seeing it but a couple of years ago on Good Friday I finally did. Not much of a movie buff but this one moved me beyond words. Although really difficult to watch, the sheer brutality and agony portrayed in Christ's last hours was what made this film. As a Christian, I finally understood the ultimate sacrifice.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (Xrfse)

288 When witnesses saw these marks, it would have been clear to them that this Man had suffered horrific violence, and should have been dead by any measure. There was no natural way that He could have been up and walking around.
Posted by: Half Dozen at April 15, 2022 10:34 AM (Cem4/)

You need to visit an Army hospital.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (Qhnrt)

289 They've gone full John C. Calhoun.

Never go full John C. Calhoun.
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Have you ever seen Calhoun's statue in Charleston? It is overwhelming.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (tiR3O)

290 Mentioned other years I have never saw Passion of the Christ, maybe sometime I will see it

Posted by: Skip's new phone at April 15, 2022 10:43 AM (2JoB8)

291 289 They've gone full John C. Calhoun.

Never go full John C. Calhoun.
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Have you ever seen Calhoun's statue in Charleston? It is overwhelming.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (tiR3O)

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It's kind of hard to miss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:43 AM (LvTSG)

292 I'd have to think that some small fraction of .22 head shots will end up not penetrating the skull at all.

Assassins use point blank head shots with a .22, but you gotta get a good square bullet. I mean you'll stun the crap out of someone with a deflecting bullet but yeah you might not get penetration unless its pretty square on.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

That's why they go in a softer spot. Behind the ear or temple.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 15, 2022 10:43 AM (H4qIP)

293 They wouldn't bend
They wouldn't bow
They wouldn't burn.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 15, 2022 10:43 AM (Vxu+H)

294 Posted by: Eromero at April 15, 2022 10:26 AM (gktX6)

I had a very interesting discussion with Andrew Sullivan (before he lost his mind) about that movie. He thought it was far too graphic (he called it "pornographic")...and he made a good case for it.

But then I had an even more interesting discussion with Ace, whose opinion was radically different.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 10:43 AM (XIJ/X)

295 With a head on shot I have seen a .22 drop a 1500 pound steer like it was poleaxed.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:42 AM (eJn7u)

Isn't the pneumatic nail gun the way they kill cattle?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:44 AM (PCUPG)

296 Where do you aim for first, second, and subsequently?
Posted by: vmom stabby

*******

Aim for the neighbor's dog. If you are anything like the local cops you will miss the dog and hit the perp.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 15, 2022 10:44 AM (m45I2)

297 It's not just ideological as such. That minimizes what is at hand. The only thing you're not allowed to say is the *truth*. Only one of those three election outcomes is fraudulent. And that's the one you're not allowed to talk about.

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:21 AM

The only thing you're not allowed to say is whatever goes against the narrative of the WEF and their puppet governments, organizations, etc. It's not about truth or facts or anything else. It's about power and control. And whatever needs to be censored or pushed in order to keep that power and control.

In summer 2020, anything against Biden was censored, because Biden was the puppet the WEF wanted in charge of the USA. As such, the Hunter Biden stuff had to be suppressed. When the WEF wants Biden gone, then they will allow certain things to be pushed which will suit their agenda to remove Biden. Things that will be used as an excuse to remove him. Things that were previously censored.

It's all about power and control and whatever suits their narrative at any point in time. They did the same thing with SARS-CoV-2/COVID.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 15, 2022 10:44 AM (Do5/p)

298 He was looking for his Celtic Pooka. But even Celtic Pooka's have standards.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:14 AM (tiR3O)

More liable to find a Bean side, coming for him.

Posted by: Fox2! at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (qyH+l)

299 If events keep moving in the direction they are going I expect TPTB to remove the tax exempt status of churches, as an arm twist.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:26 AM (Vr12I)

Well, SOME churches. Others won't be touched.

Posted by: Wally at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (FJYfm)

300 295

We used a blank powered rod gun. But if a steer got loose you have to use the rifle.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (eJn7u)

301 Gibson's direction of The Passion and Apocalypto are his best works. Throw in Braveheart and he is clearly one of the best directors out there. Amazingly, he doesn't get much work.
Posted by: Puddinhead
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Amazing that his best work isn't even in English.

The Passion isn't 100% accurate but it's the closest representation to what Jesus went through that I know of. It took me years to watch it too. Now, I watch it every year. I have my kids watch it too. Am I being too brutal with them? No, they need the lesson.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (UUBmN)

302 299 Well, SOME churches. Others won't be touched.
Posted by: Wally at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (FJYfm)

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That would be racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (LvTSG)

303 The only problem with the Passsion is that it does not (and cannot) show the immense suffering Jesus suffered from bearing all those sins, and experiencing all the infinite, eternal pains of hell condensed into a few short hours. God turning His back on Jesus was another horrific experience that cannot be shown. Jesus didn't just suffer awful physical experience, he literally experienced hell.

And for who. Me? Of all the people in the world and history?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (KZzsI)

304 Gibson's direction of The Passion and Apocalypto are his best works. Throw in Braveheart and he is clearly one of the best directors out there. Amazingly, he doesn't get much work.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (tiR3O)

He has a new movie called Fr. Stu starring Mark Wahlburg. Hallow has audio exceprts= with Gibson at the helm Im sure it will be good.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (Ed8Zd)

305 304 He has a new movie called Fr. Stu starring Mark Wahlburg. Hallow has audio exceprts= with Gibson at the helm Im sure it will be good.
Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (Ed8Zd)

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He didn't direct it. Someone named Rosalind Ross did.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (LvTSG)

306 And for who. Me? Of all the people in the world and history?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (KZzsI)

Yep.

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (Ed8Zd)

307 Isn't the pneumatic nail gun the way they kill cattle?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:44 AM (PCUPG)

Captive bolt pistol is the technical term.

Posted by: Wally at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (FJYfm)

308 Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (eJn7u)

Thanks . I got my tools mixed up.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (PCUPG)

309 If events keep moving in the direction they are going I expect TPTB to remove the tax exempt status of churches, as an arm twist.
Posted by: kraken

Well, SOME churches. Others won't be touched.
Posted by: Wally

See 'Planned Parenthood' for example. In some part, they are tax supported.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (0Ao06)

310 It appears now that Google actively promotes all of the worst links about important things.

I went searching for a particular article about Mary Did You Know and in one of the top 20 links came across a well disguised one that started out normal but by the end described the song as "one of the most sexist songs ever written".

Honestly they're trying to turn our entire world into a college newspaper. We should have the freedom to avoid stupidity but we don't even have that.

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:47 AM (DbIxA)

311 He didn't direct it. Someone named Rosalind Ross did.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (LvTSG)

oh! Is he a producer ?

Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:47 AM (Ed8Zd)

312 If events keep moving in the direction they are going I expect TPTB to remove the tax exempt status of churches, as an arm twist.

Tax exempt status is how they will control churches. "Do this or we'll charge taxes and you lose your TE status." Submit to the left's demands, stop preaching sin and salvation by the Lord, stop preaching the Gospel and the Law. Stop opposing evil and insanity.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:47 AM (KZzsI)

313 Why is Christ holding the cross after they put nail holes in his wrist?

Don't like this. I'm sorry.

Posted by: creeper at April 15, 2022 10:47 AM (cTCuP)

314 He has a new movie called Fr. Stu starring Mark Wahlburg. Hallow has audio exceprts= with Gibson at the helm Im sure it will be good.
Posted by: LASue

It is now being shown locally. R. suggested we go see it this week.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (0Ao06)

315 311 He didn't direct it. Someone named Rosalind Ross did.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (LvTSG)

oh! Is he a producer ?
Posted by: LASue at April 15, 2022 10:47 AM (Ed8Zd)

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According to the IMDB trivia page, Ross and Gibson are boinking each other. Wahlberg funded the whole project himself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (LvTSG)

316 See 'Planned Parenthood' for example. In some part, they are tax supported.

Posted by:�Tonypete�at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (0Ao06)

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Funny, my mind went straight to PP as well.

Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (U1eOr)

317 Yes I think he has only directed five or six movies. Only one that I did not like but it wasn't the fault of the direction. Man Without a Face.
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I thought his worst was The Patriot. I give him credit for trying to film it but it had way too many currents going on to tell a story on film.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (tiR3O)

318 But then I had an even more interesting discussion with Ace, whose opinion was radically different.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2022 10:43 AM (XIJ/X)

I am not sure what was driving Sully to that. I mean, maybe he just hated Mel Gibson that much - I don't recall what part of the culture war that was.

We watched it Sunday and to call the violence and injury inflicted on Christ as pornographic - well, no. It wasn't, not all. It was graphic, for sure. It was painful to watch, to see that done to any man. But that it is being done to the Son of God? To God himself? It is sad. What wretches we are, that we could do that.

And then you turn on the news or flip through Twitter, you just go, we have learned nothing.

Posted by: blaster at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (9otr5)

319 Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (UUBmN)

His two best works are sub-titled.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (PCUPG)

320 317 Yes I think he has only directed five or six movies. Only one that I did not like but it wasn't the fault of the direction. Man Without a Face.
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I thought his worst was The Patriot. I give him credit for trying to film it but it had way too many currents going on to tell a story on film.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (tiR3O)

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Roland Emmerich.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:49 AM (LvTSG)

321 313 Why is Christ holding the cross after they put nail holes in his wrist?

Don't like this. I'm sorry.
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He is passing the cross to you.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 15, 2022 10:49 AM (tiR3O)

322 I made a comment the other day about being wholly dispensible, based on the horde mind. I think Muldoon thought it indicated a need for a welfare check, but I meant it the opposite. It's nice to be around people who really see. Glenn Greenwald and Molly are making points today I made yesterday about pro censorship masks coming off- this is good. Love today's painting- that's the truly indispensable man, without whom, I believe, we are lost.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 15, 2022 10:49 AM (fj2YZ)

323 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 15, 2022 10:44 AM (Do5/p)

Everything they stand for is a lie, I don't think that's a coincidence. BTW it's good to see you around.

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:49 AM (DbIxA)

324 He has risen.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 15, 2022 10:50 AM (ZLI7S)

325 Roland Emmerich.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:49 AM (LvTSG)

Mistake a lot of people make. Me included when it was released.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:50 AM (PCUPG)

326 And yes, some churches will be allowed to stay open: the ones that aren't churches any more. The ones that teach rainbow false diversity and push the left's agenda, the ones that teach the Bible contains some truth and its up to you to decide. The ones that teach Jesus was a good teacher but not God. The ones that condemn actual Biblical teaching. Like that one that gave up "white" written liturgy and music for lent.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:50 AM (KZzsI)

327 But then I had an even more interesting discussion with Ace, whose opinion was radically different.
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How could anyone criticize Brian Dennehy's performance as the Roman Empire?

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 15, 2022 10:51 AM (UHVv4)

328 I suppose the infiltrators will be making a heavy show of church appearances this weekend. Taking bout you Nanzi. And shittypants.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at April 15, 2022 10:51 AM (buTO7)

329 246 238 ENT Eye, nose and throat.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (lz5hY)

EAR, Nose, and Throat

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 15, 2022 10:52 AM (BgMrQ)

330 Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 15, 2022 10:49 AM (fj2YZ)

I saw.

I have what I would consider an above average amount of original thoughts, and yet I find if I do not partake in a thread, that someone here invariably says what I "would have said".

So trust me it's not just you. It's everyone. We're all superfluous and in being so, none of us are.

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:52 AM (DbIxA)

331 Agnus dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, dona knobs pacem.

original Posted by: Marcus T at April 15, 2022 10:40 AM (oZhq1)

Posted by: Fox2! at April 15, 2022 10:53 AM (qyH+l)

332 Always center mass first. That is how police are trained. 3 shots. Once the subject is down, aim for the knee caps. If you only stunned them, this will keep them from chasing you once they regain. Or once they are down, straight to the face - the eyes if you can.

Posted by: RUReadingthis at April 15, 2022 10:53 AM (aQ25I)

333 Maybe whatever brain eating zombie disease Hillary has is spreading. Biden. Pelosi. Feinstein. They're all rapidly losing their sanity. It's amazing to watch.

It may very well be actual no-foolin' demonic possession, for all I know.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 15, 2022 10:54 AM (6FeV1)

334 333 Maybe whatever brain eating zombie disease Hillary has is spreading. Biden. Pelosi. Feinstein. They're all rapidly losing their sanity. It's amazing to watch.

It may very well be actual no-foolin' demonic possession, for all I know.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 15, 2022 10:54 AM (6FeV1)

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They're all double agents out to destroy the Democratic Party from within!!!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 15, 2022 10:55 AM (LvTSG)

335 I was in an evening Bible study group at my church. One guy, probably about 60, piped up at one point that he thought that anyone who is devout, no matter the religion, would be saved (i.e.: a good Hindu person or Shinto, etc.)

I disagreed, naturally, and asked him "What about a devout satanist?"

It made him rethink his position.

Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 10:55 AM (U1eOr)

336 I suppose the infiltrators will be making a heavy show of church appearances this weekend. Taking bout you Nanzi. And shittypants.
Posted by: Jimco Industries
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I hate to say it but the places they attended are really no longer part of "the church" if they allow them to attend without calling out all the sin people are committing. False gods Andalusia that....

Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 10:55 AM (UUBmN)

337 When I worked at a packing plant we had a Brama bull jump a 6 foot fence and got loose running around the whole plant property. I had a 30-30 with one fucking round. He never stopped. I had to take a running shot at 25 yards. Hit him just back of the jaw in the neck. He went down with blood squirting 10 feet from the artery. When they went to fetch him with a front end loader he got up. Took 6 more rounds in the head from a .38 to put him back down. We had another one coming in to be processed. We shot him in the trailer.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 15, 2022 10:55 AM (eJn7u)

338 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. He died for me.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 15, 2022 10:55 AM (uO+/l)

339 I have what I would consider an above average amount of original thoughts, and yet I find if I do not partake in a thread, that someone here invariably says what I "would have said".

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:52 AM (DbIxA)

So true. I find Muldoon and Wolfus have already raised the issue of timing in this painting. I'm in good company at least.

Posted by: creeper at April 15, 2022 10:56 AM (cTCuP)

340 Amazing that his best work isn't even in English.

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Kamala speaks not English.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 10:56 AM (FVME7)

341 f you're a woman and some scumbag man is attacking you, pull the trigger until it goes click, don't go cheap on the ammo.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:56 AM (KZzsI)

342 Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 15, 2022 10:54 AM (6FeV1)

We must protect Our Precious Demonicracy

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:56 AM (CCdZC)

343 329 246 238 ENT Eye, nose and throat.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 15, 2022 10:32 AM (lz5hY)

EAR, Nose, and Throat
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at April 15, 2022 10:56 AM (SchxB)

344 332 Always center mass first. That is how police are trained. 3 shots. Once the subject is down, aim for the knee caps. If you only stunned them, this will keep them from chasing you once they regain. Or once they are down, straight to the face - the eyes if you can.
Posted by: RUReadingthis at April 15, 2022 10:53 AM (aQ25I)

Wow. I thought the training was shoot about 40 rounds, one for the perp, and one for the dog.

Posted by: blaster at April 15, 2022 10:57 AM (9otr5)

345 Andalusia= an all that

Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 10:57 AM (UUBmN)

346 Like that one that gave up "white" written liturgy and music for lent.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:50 AM

The racial intent is what I find abhorrent. Otherwise not using the standard old hymns and singing music they find more suitable doesn't bother me as long as the message is the same.

I even got tired of singing the old hymns Sunday after Sunday after Sunday......

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 15, 2022 10:57 AM (Qhnrt)

347 Posted by: creeper at April 15, 2022 10:56 AM (cTCuP)

So are they.

Posted by: ... at April 15, 2022 10:58 AM (CCdZC)

348 More liable to find a Bean side, coming for him.
Posted by: Fox2! at April 15, 2022 10:45 AM (qyH+l)

Bean sidhe.

Damned Sassenach autocomplete.

Posted by: Fox2! at April 15, 2022 10:58 AM (qyH+l)

349 Zombieland Rule #2: The Double Tap

Posted by: Columbus at April 15, 2022 10:58 AM (4I/2K)

350
It may very well be actual no-foolin' demonic possession, for all I know.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

This is why I call them demoncrats

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 15, 2022 10:59 AM (Vxu+H)

351 DEI.

Dale
Earnhardt
Incorporated

Killed by his 2nd wife after he was killed for being stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 15, 2022 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

352 *blushes*

Thank you, elipsis.

Posted by: creeper at April 15, 2022 11:01 AM (cTCuP)

353 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 15, 2022 11:01 AM (nPCRC)

354 Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 10:55 AM (U1eOr)

I always have said I know what will save you but it's above my pay grade to know what won't save you. That is up to God.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 11:01 AM (PCUPG)

355 Just noticed I haven't had any telemarketer calls this morning...Good Friday, indeed!

Posted by: BignJames at April 15, 2022 11:01 AM (AwYPR)

356 Assassins use point blank head shots with a .22, but you gotta get a good square bullet. I mean you'll stun the crap out of someone with a deflecting bullet but yeah you might not get penetration unless its pretty square on.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:39 AM (KZzsI)

A few shots center of mass, then close with the threat, stick the muzzle of the gun in his nose or eye socket, and fire.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 15, 2022 11:02 AM (P3gRi)

357 Speaking of Mel Gibson, aim small, miss small.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 11:03 AM (PCUPG)

358 My mother, a splinter group 7th Day Adventist, considered Sunday worship to be the Mark of the Beast (particularly if it was Catholics doing the Sunday worshipping). Her argument was that the Bible says Jesus was dead for three days and from Friday to Sunday is only two days. She didn't know that the Romans counted days inclusively making it three days. (The Romans, brilliant in many ways, couldn't calendar for shit.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 11:04 AM (FVME7)

359
And then you turn on the news or flip through Twitter, you just go, we have learned nothing.
Posted by: blaster at April 15, 2022 10:48 AM (9otr5)

Sorta. We did learn better along the way. Social media created a major reversion to the mean in human relations. We had a made a lot of progress over prior centuries, in terms of how we interact and learn from one another, but social media wiped all of that away in a flash. We've gone way, way backward in a very short time.

We just managed to digitize ignorance, bigotry and hatred. It's a fascinating process of backsliding into primitive societies. I expect in the (distant) future, social media will be considered a destructive artefact of the past, like slavery or human sacrifice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 15, 2022 11:04 AM (SKVme)

360 I am the way, the truth, and the light. No one comes to the Father, but by me"

Posted by: 496 at April 15, 2022 11:05 AM (U1eOr)

361 I am the way, the truth, and the light. No one comes to the Father, but by me"
Posted by: 496
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Truth!
Amen!

Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 11:07 AM (UUBmN)

362 Like that one that gave up "white" written liturgy and music for lent.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 15, 2022 10:50 AM (KZzsI)
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ah, yes, the traditional "Buffet Bible" where one gets to pick and choose which bits they like.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 15, 2022 11:09 AM (5pTK/)

363 She didn't know that the Romans counted days inclusively making it three days. (The Romans, brilliant in many ways, couldn't calendar for shit.)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 15, 2022 11:04 AM (FVME7)
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Huge difference between, "On the third day" and, "After the third day."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 15, 2022 11:10 AM (5pTK/)

364 307 Isn't the pneumatic nail gun the way they kill cattle?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 10:44 AM (PCUPG)

Captive bolt pistol is the technical term.
Posted by: Wally at April 15, 2022 10:46 AM (FJYfm)

Very Good Wally
You get a Cookie.

Posted by: WSMS at April 15, 2022 11:10 AM (4NURr)

365 I am the way, the truth, and the light. No one comes to the Father, but by me"
Posted by: 496
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Truth!
Amen!
Posted by: lin-duh at April 15, 2022 11:07 AM (UUBmN

And those people who have not heard the word of the Lord?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 11:12 AM (PCUPG)

366 Joe standing there, for a significant amount of time, with his hand outstretched, is really disturbing.
Posted by: kraken at April 15, 2022 10:07 AM (Vr12I)

Uh, are you looking at a picture or video cuz that makes a difference here. Just askin.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 15, 2022 11:16 AM (MFphb)

367 ah, yes, the traditional "Buffet Bible" where one gets to pick and choose which bits they like.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 15, 2022 11:09 AM (5pTK/)

You're going to have to admit if you are a human being that you do the same thing. "My sins are small change, but I'm not like those guys. So I'll keep doing my sins, they're really more like suggestions, amiright?"

The one little phrase bible buffet so accurately sums up the parable of the pharisees, the mote in the eye and the need for grace all at once.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 15, 2022 11:20 AM (MFphb)

368 And those people who have not heard the word of the Lord?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 15, 2022 11:12 AM (PCUPG)

Anyone who comes to the Father does so through his Son.

Exactly *How* that happens is between the Father, the Son, and the anyone in question. I take it as a tenet of faith, and a natural consequence of the benevolence of the Creator i believe in, that He isn't going to be chucking perfectly good souls into perdition purely out of peevishness.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 15, 2022 11:21 AM (6FeV1)

369 Recently I read that the goths and vandals were responsible for the fall of Rome. I had never heard of either.

Posted by: Chillin the most at April 15, 2022 11:32 AM (ZpuGY)

370 "And those people who have not heard the word of the Lord?"

G-d judges righteously.

He measured the water for the earth in the palm of His hand...Heaven is His throne, earth is His footstool, the heavens declare His glory...He calls the stars by their names, and inhabits eternity past and future.

He said, "It is appointed unto Man once to die, and then comes the judgement."

I dunno...I'm pretty sure He's able to handle it.

Posted by: Ju at April 15, 2022 11:33 AM (aTmM/)

371 Greetings:

Once upon a time, two young infantrymen were having the age old discussion about how to dispose those who would oppose them. One was a head shooter, the other a center-mass (torso) kind of guy. The head-shooter argued one and done; the other for the larger target area.

As they went back and forth, their Platoon Sergeant came by. Put. Head asked "Hey, Sarge, where do you like to shoot the bad guys? "In the back", the Sergeant
replied.

Posted by: 11B40 at April 15, 2022 01:40 PM (uuklp)

372 Well, poop.

I'm sorry I was otherwise occupied this morning and missed this thread.

Posted by: red speck at April 15, 2022 03:50 PM (gS3OW)

373 365 >>And those people who have not heard the word of the Lord?

I take great comfort in the knowledge that there was a guy hanging on the cross next to Jesus, to whom Jesus turned and said: "Today, you will be with me in Paradise."

He was a thief, condemned for his crime. His great act of righteousness was rebuking others for hurling insults at Jesus as he hung there. "He has done nothing wrong!" And he turned to Christ and said, "Remember me when you come into your kingdom."

That was it. No years of service. No demonstration of a perfect life. No unassailable theology. Just a heart that was inclined to righteousness. God is a good judge, inclined to mercy.

And what's more: when the Son of God refers to the Great Beyond as "paradise," you can bet your bippy it's not going to be floating on clouds with harps, forever. It will be better than anything imaginable.

Posted by: red speck at April 15, 2022 03:59 PM (gS3OW)

374 HE HAS RISEN

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at April 15, 2022 06:27 PM (wGqjj)

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