I'm sure a few of you will have come across this image, but for those of you who haven't I submit this for your approval.
This is obviously a fundamentalist conservative Christians view of how the United States really is or how it really should be and I have to tell you it really is nice to know there are people out there who think this is the case. You may have even had one as a leader for 8 years. No, I doubt Bush was this ignorant, but you never know.
So what can we see here? We see a group gathered round a central figure. But no this is no ordinary group as you can plainly see. These are very important people; especially it would seem those on the upper level – the level of power we’ll call it. Those who have been at one time or another the in the position of leadership of the United States and all the power that goes with it. Ex-presidents, founding fathers plus a few soldiers and wives etc, etc. All in complete submission to this great central figure and you wouldn’t want it any other way, would you? Some even on their knees in an act of complete submission. Almost as if they have no power at all in comparison to this giant of a creature. The true power behind the United States lies within the brightly lit central figure it would seem and oh how proud you all should be because of it. :yesyes:
It’s quite surprising the level of factual ignorance there is within this picture isn’t there? Firstly the fact that so many of the founders were either closet atheists or of the deistic persuasion and had no interest in the Christian religion whatsoever and based many of their political beliefs on secular ideals; are just one of many flaws within it’s perceived logic. What else is presented here, other than Washington there’s only one other person who towers above the rest and that is of course that great conservative hero Ronald Regan. I wonder why?
Now we let our eyes drift downwards. To the bottom left hand side of the screen – or as it would be more fitting, Jesus’ right. We have a proud soldier, a mother and child and a group of people gathered around in prayer. Obviously a depiction of the artists clan and isn’t it sweet of him to give us some insight into their world. Now on the other side (Jesus’ left) what do we have? A depiction of the "other" side. I’m guessing the man in black with his face in his hands weeping is a judge and going by the context of the painting, I’m guessing that’s the chief justice and the papers scattered beneath him is a certain “Roe V. Wade” judgment of a few years ago that so many of the painters persuasion find so abhorrent. A pregnant woman who obviously wants an abortion (she is a woman after all, which is what they want. They can’t get enough of them). A banker, a female journalist. Someone who looks a lot like Richard Dawkins (maybe he's just a representation all of science and science teachers). And a guy in a red shirt who is quite obviously Satan.
Oh and of course, Jesus is in the centre holding up the constitution for all to see.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. There's some real talent on show here. :hatsoff:
This is obviously a fundamentalist conservative Christians view of how the United States really is or how it really should be and I have to tell you it really is nice to know there are people out there who think this is the case. You may have even had one as a leader for 8 years. No, I doubt Bush was this ignorant, but you never know.
So what can we see here? We see a group gathered round a central figure. But no this is no ordinary group as you can plainly see. These are very important people; especially it would seem those on the upper level – the level of power we’ll call it. Those who have been at one time or another the in the position of leadership of the United States and all the power that goes with it. Ex-presidents, founding fathers plus a few soldiers and wives etc, etc. All in complete submission to this great central figure and you wouldn’t want it any other way, would you? Some even on their knees in an act of complete submission. Almost as if they have no power at all in comparison to this giant of a creature. The true power behind the United States lies within the brightly lit central figure it would seem and oh how proud you all should be because of it. :yesyes:
It’s quite surprising the level of factual ignorance there is within this picture isn’t there? Firstly the fact that so many of the founders were either closet atheists or of the deistic persuasion and had no interest in the Christian religion whatsoever and based many of their political beliefs on secular ideals; are just one of many flaws within it’s perceived logic. What else is presented here, other than Washington there’s only one other person who towers above the rest and that is of course that great conservative hero Ronald Regan. I wonder why?
Now we let our eyes drift downwards. To the bottom left hand side of the screen – or as it would be more fitting, Jesus’ right. We have a proud soldier, a mother and child and a group of people gathered around in prayer. Obviously a depiction of the artists clan and isn’t it sweet of him to give us some insight into their world. Now on the other side (Jesus’ left) what do we have? A depiction of the "other" side. I’m guessing the man in black with his face in his hands weeping is a judge and going by the context of the painting, I’m guessing that’s the chief justice and the papers scattered beneath him is a certain “Roe V. Wade” judgment of a few years ago that so many of the painters persuasion find so abhorrent. A pregnant woman who obviously wants an abortion (she is a woman after all, which is what they want. They can’t get enough of them). A banker, a female journalist. Someone who looks a lot like Richard Dawkins (maybe he's just a representation all of science and science teachers). And a guy in a red shirt who is quite obviously Satan.
Oh and of course, Jesus is in the centre holding up the constitution for all to see.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. There's some real talent on show here. :hatsoff:
