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Old 05-05-2008, 10:06 AM
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My problem with that is it rather simplisticly overlooks the truth that Jesus is God himself, and thus an image of Jesus is also prohibited.

The most bizarre thing is this: can anyone find a physical description of Christ anywhere in the Gospels (or anywhere in the epistles for that matter)? Thus, any portraits of Him while he walked in the flesh during His ministry are completely a work of the imagination. Not a good thing.

It is also somewhat a matter of racism that modern portraits of Christ, like that one where he is pictured from the right serenely looking up into Heaven, have Him not looking like a near eastern Jew but rather like some import from Scandinavia. The pictures are totally unrealistic.

Sproul Sr. is way off base on this one.
Oh, you must be referring to "Swede". That's what I call that guy. Or do you think "Lars" might be a better name?
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