Mormons

04-19-10, 07:51 AM

nikimcbee,

muscle-Jesus, lol. They also have those 'modern-looking Jesuses', here's one example.

I mean, honestly. Does that guy look like he lived ~2000 years ago? To me he looks pretty modern with perly teeth etc. But then again Jesus could do miracles, maybe he whitened his teeth...

Blood_splat · 04-19-10, 08:40 AM

I'm free of religion.

nikimcbee · 04-19-10, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

nikimcbee,

muscle-Jesus, lol. They also have those 'modern-looking Jesuses', here's one example.

I mean, honestly. Does that guy look like he lived ~2000 years ago? To me he looks pretty modern with perly teeth etc. But then again Jesus could do miracles, maybe he whitened his teeth...

I tried to find an image, but couldn't. Basically he had the crown of thorns and he looked like he a been hitting the gym a lot. He was built like a wrestler

.

This one looks like he's ready for a job interview. My axe to grind with religious art is that everybody always looks like they're from Europe and not the Middle East. So, these guys make me laugh, when everybody is all clean shaven and neat looking.

Blood_splat · 04-19-10, 11:24 AM

frau kaleun · 04-19-10, 12:38 PM

XabbaRus · 04-19-10, 12:50 PM

I've known quite a few mormons. I met most when I lived in the states for 2 years and my dad's colleague was a mormon. Him and his wife and his friends were some of the nicest and helpful people I have ever met.

The wife helped my mum make friends when she didn't know anyone, and when I was having a hellish time at school in Houston (so much for international school with cultural understanding), they did their upmost to help, and unlike some other demoninated people we knew there, they never ever tried to push their religion on to us. At christmas me and my dad were invited to their church to join their nativity ceremony and it was normal and they didn't have any issue that we weren't practising christians let alone not being mormon. So although I find the hardcore ones who make the news odd, on the whole I have no issue with them.

04-19-10, 01:08 PM

Xabba,

I don't really have a problem with them as people. I would say that for example the ones who knocked on my door and gave me my 'mormon bible' or whatever it was (I think I misplaced it at some point), were about the most normal looking and square cut individuals I've ever met. And polite etc. In a way that makes it even more stranger when they begin to espouse some of these more outlandish aspects about their religion that I think the majority of them keep wisely pretty quiet about.

Sailor Steve · 04-19-10, 04:11 PM

I've lived in downtown Mormonville for almost forty years. They are fine people, but yes, the doctrines are pretty 'interesting'. If you are a mainstream Christian their beliefs seem perverted. On the other hand most beliefs seem pretty weird if you examine them with a logical eye.

But yeah, the Mormon tenets can be kind of strange, and if you bring them up to most Latter-Day Saints they will blink and tell you "We don't believe that!"

Platapus · 04-19-10, 04:37 PM

Oh that is so wrong. Funny as crap, but wrong.

krashkart · 04-19-10, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

LMAO If that don't take the blue ribbon...

nikimcbee · 04-19-10, 05:13 PM

okay, I found some funny ones: JW art

krashkart · 04-19-10, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

okay, I found some funny ones: JW art

OMFG Sister So-and-so! Those mushrooms really are magic!

nikimcbee · 04-19-10, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

OMFG Sister So-and-so! Those mushrooms really are magic!

And a hint of minty freshness.

Stealth Hunter · 04-19-10, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

okay, I found some funny ones: JW art

Jesus wasn't white...

Seriously, how many white people with long, stringy hair and blue eyes do you see wandering the Middle East?

TLAM Strike · 04-19-10, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Jesus wasn't white...

Seriously, how many white people with long, stringy hair and blue eyes do you see wandering the Middle East?

Yea and I'm quite sure he wasn't Asian either...

"Our Lady of China with Child Jesus"

04-19-10, 12:50 PM	#6
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've known quite a few mormons. I met most when I lived in the states for 2 years and my dad's colleague was a mormon. Him and his wife and his friends were some of the nicest and helpful people I have ever met. The wife helped my mum make friends when she didn't know anyone, and when I was having a hellish time at school in Houston (so much for international school with cultural understanding), they did their upmost to help, and unlike some other demoninated people we knew there, they never ever tried to push their religion on to us. At christmas me and my dad were invited to their church to join their nativity ceremony and it was normal and they didn't have any issue that we weren't practising christians let alone not being mormon. So although I find the hardcore ones who make the news odd, on the whole I have no issue with them. __________________

04-19-10, 04:11 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've lived in downtown Mormonville for almost forty years. They are fine people, but yes, the doctrines are pretty 'interesting'. If you are a mainstream Christian their beliefs seem perverted. On the other hand most beliefs seem pretty weird if you examine them with a logical eye. But yeah, the Mormon tenets can be kind of strange, and if you bring them up to most Latter-Day Saints they will blink and tell you "We don't believe that!" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-19-10, 04:37 PM	#9
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Oh that is so wrong. Funny as crap, but wrong. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-19-10, 05:13 PM	#11
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	okay, I found some funny ones: JW art __________________

04-19-10, 07:51 AM	#1
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	nikimcbee, muscle-Jesus, lol. They also have those 'modern-looking Jesuses', here's one example. I mean, honestly. Does that guy look like he lived ~2000 years ago? To me he looks pretty modern with perly teeth etc. But then again Jesus could do miracles, maybe he whitened his teeth...

04-19-10, 08:40 AM	#2
Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I'm free of religion.

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04-19-10, 01:08 PM	#7
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Xabba, I don't really have a problem with them as people. I would say that for example the ones who knocked on my door and gave me my 'mormon bible' or whatever it was (I think I misplaced it at some point), were about the most normal looking and square cut individuals I've ever met. And polite etc. In a way that makes it even more stranger when they begin to espouse some of these more outlandish aspects about their religion that I think the majority of them keep wisely pretty quiet about.