I was browsing a Renaissance art book in the library today admiring the wonderful paintings by Raphael, Piero, Michaelangelo, Leonardo etc. and looking at all of the depictions of the Christian God in his/its many forms I wondered why, if God existed he/she/it would want to appear as has so commonly been depicted.
God the Son for example always appears as a gay man.
God the Holy Ghost (what's that about?) is usually depicted as a bird
and sometimes as a bit of a cloud for some reason. Is The Holy Ghost a euphemism for sperm?
God The Father is always depicted as a very old man
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Two out of three's not bad
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You'd think that God, as the vibrant creator of the universe and a deity that is everlasting and ageless wouldn't want to look like an old fart.
Maybe he's just taking the piss like here where he 'moons' all the believers.
3 comments:
Renaissance artists obviously knew what God looks like!
Yeah right!
Peter you are a very intelligent man. You know better than to believe artist's depictions of God.
God obviously has no human form.
Do you really think He needs to shave?
No, his bum doesn't look too hairy in that last painting
God obviously has no human form"
Well that buggers up the old doctrinal statement that "Man was formed in God's image".
Probably works for me but all you handsome chaps out there should be worried.
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