Christians may be offended by this picture. I know I was.

[Clete]

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It's to accompany an article in the new issue of Gentlemens Quarterly Magazine attesting to Bush's religious fervor.

Someone mentioned in another thread that we have become Romans and the California election was our circus. Considering the Roman emperors often claimed to be gods, why is Bush now being depicted as the Son of God?

This is truly awful.

[Rick Myers]

1. So...

Why did you post it???

Just curious...

[Iluvleiberman]

2. This will offend all kinds of Christians

Wasn't Jesus known for preaching peace and tolerance?

[DS1]

3. I see it as satire, personally

:shrug:

[JI7]

7. that's the ONLY way it can make sense

i said from the beginning i hope this isn't meant to be in a serious way.

[Systematic Chaos]

4. It transcends awful

and goes into some whole new area of abject ignorance and stupidity.

Whoever dreamed up that picture needs a windowectomy. That's where you get a piece of glass sewn over your navel so you can see when your head is stuck up your ass.

On edit: I'm certainly not offended by it, and I would HOPE it's supposed to be satire, but to me it's just plain stupid.

[tnlefty]

5. More than offended - disgusted actually

speechless

[RummyTheDummy]

6. More disturbed than offended.

NT

[Pastiche423]

12. Yeah, disturbing is more like it

Even if it is suppose to be satire, it is still disturbing.

[KoKo]

8. Oh....you should warn people about this. I didnt' click on the GQ link to

this story today because I thought the comparison sounded awful and I wasn't in the mood to see bush compared to Christ. Now I clicked on this and had to see it when I didn't want to.

It's grotesque. I don't find it funny.......mostly because they portray him doctored up to look like Jesus.

I might find it funny if "MoPaul" here on DU had done it in characture style.....but even then because Bush thinks he is Jesus or God, I find the picture offensive. I don't think it's appropriate for a major magazine like GQ. I don't care what the article says.

But, I also know that many DU'ers and others will find it funny.

I just wish you had alerted. A warning like "Some Christian DU'ers MAY Find this photo Offensive."

Notice I said: May. Then I could have spared myself from seeing it. :-(

[Clete]

15. I'll see if I can edit.

Christians should see what a mockery is being made of their religion though.

[KoKo]

25. Thanks Clete..............appreciate it.....

:-)'s.........:loveya:

[tokenlib]

9. Well, he does think he's on a mission.....

...from God. But the picture does rather miss making the point--and may obscure it by offending some people.

I find Bush's warped religiosity more offensive than a mere picture could ever be.

[SimpleMan]

10. You're not alone...

I'm not particularly religious, but the tenents of Christ were of peace and love. The face of pure evil doesn't fit, much less measure up.

...course, if you think about it as the face of the anti-Christ... :)

[votein04]

11. No, not offended

A little disturbed maybe. He looks like a horny drag queen!

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

13. Sacreligious

Very bad.

[Clete]

18. Yes it is very sacriligious.

[Raenelle]

14. Discussion- or thought-provoking, maybe.

And pretty much any picture of Chimpy offends some part of my soul, but I gave up any stake in whether the carpenter was maligned or blasphemed against a long, long time ago.

[Clete]

16. What offends me is

because I was raised a Catholic although I am an ex now, I know that these are sacred holy pictures that Catholics light candles in front of and pray to. It is really offensive to me even as an ex-catholic. What next, Katherine Harris as the Virgin Mary?

[Quahog]

37. Not to pick nits, but...

... we Catholics do not "pray to" icons. Icons are meant to put us in mind of holy personages, and thereby facilitate focused prayer.

Same as if you have a photo of a dead relative on your mantle. You don't think that the photo really IS your dead relative, it just reminds you of them, and that's a good thing.

BTW, the Bush-as-Jesus picture is offensive and disturbing to me. But I think some good could come of it. Perhaps it will make people try to think of even ONE way in which Bush is actually like Jesus, and when they are able to come up with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, they might start to get a clue.

[Shae]

47. "What next, Katherine Harris as the Virgin Mary?"

Of course not, silly. That would be Barbara Bush.

Oh, I feel sick.:puke:

[Khephra]

17. If it is as you say

"It's to accompany an article in the new issue of Gentlemens Quarterly Magazine attesting to Bush's religious fervor."

Then the picture is SUPPOSED to be offensive. It's touching upon how Bush and his followers' believe that he's chosen by God. If your're not offended by the picture then you're probably a RW Christian who believes in the divinity of Bush.

It seems to me that for all the gut reactions in this thread, and in another thread on this topic, that people are missing the point.

This picture is taking what so many RW Christians have said about Bush and showing you their thoughts personified in art.

No wonder you feel offended.

[Clete]

19. Keph as an ex-Catholic and I know other Catholics will

feel the same it is very bad. This picture of the Sacred Heart is more than a picture it's a special aspect of Christ worshipped by Catholics.

[Khephra]

21. Right

But there are RW Catholics who have gushed over Bush being divinely chosen before.

Look at it this way...this is a picture from the mind's eye of a RW Christian "worshiper" of the Divine Bush.

It's supposed to be offensive, because the entire idea of a god-picked President-Priest IS offensive.

[alaine]

53. It is to me. (Your third sentence.)

I'm sickened and nauseated by it, every single day, because I am surrounded by fundies lusting after Armaggedon. I have not been exposed to this in a long time, and it is heart-breaking to me that people actually are so disconnected with this unbelievably beautiful planet that they want to destroy this miracle of the universe and all the infinite variety that it has created just so they can be right. I am struggling so hard with this right now, it maddens me to no end...I mean, how can people not see how unbelievably rare and special planet earth is? All I have to do is step outside and I feel instantly connected with whatever god there is, what god or goddess would create something so spectacular and then demand that humans destroy it to satisfy some end-game projection. We have at least a couple billion years more of good living on here if we don't screw it up with global warming, and then the earth will be toast, and all it's once in infinity uniqueness will probably never be duplicated again...

I am going off on a tangent there I guess, sorry, but I'm at a loss with this stuff.

I did laugh out loud at the picture. I'm only offended in that it is not serious enough, it lampoons him, and this is no joke.

[Khephra]

24. Here's a thought experiment for you

Do you think that Rick Santorum would be offended or inspired by that picture?

If it the picture was with an article that praised Bush as being divinely inspired then it would be blasphemy, if it's with an article that is basically accusing the Religious Right and other Republicans of offering up a false deity, then it's satire.

Fine line I know, and one that not all Christians would agree with, that's for sure.

But I think I understand the artistic intent. It's supposed to be having this reaction on you. And it's not supposed to be a pleasant one.

That's why I think this might be one of the most powerful pieces of anti-Bush art ever created.

[FlaGranny]

54. khephra

I agree with what you say. Every time I look at that picture a sense of revulsion comes over me. May that be the reaction of everyone - Christian and non-Christian alike. It puts a real face on what the RW has been promoting - for all to see. I can't wait to read the article this photo accompanies.

[JeniB]

20. UGH!!

If it had been in Mad Magazine or something like that it might have been somewhat acceptable but GQ? Bush must be loving this!!! He's probably laughing his ass of saying "See, they do too think I'm God!"
I HATE it.

[Clete]

22. That crossed my mind as well.

What exactly is this really about?

[Devlzown]

23. Blasphemous. But it reminds me of something funny.

Every year our church had a live Nativity scene for Christmas. The children and teenagers in the church stood in as the wise men, shepherds, etc. Our respective role was decided by the adults in the church. The year Iwas in it, they picked the school slut to be the Virgin Mary. All us kids had a nice chuckle over that one at the expense of our parents.

[madrchsod]

26. i`m a believer in christ

and i find very satirical. bush uses religion as a cover to do his evil. there is nothing bush has done that follows the teachings of christ. he believes god approves of his evil..i hope every conservative-fundi religious zealot goes wacky over this picture. why is bush now being depicted as the son of god? because he believes he is doing gods work.

[Clete]

27. Well, let's hope after he becomes President for life that

we don't find ourselves in Church praying to him as well.

[liberalmuse]

31. The good news is...

Bush probably won't get 2 full terms. The anti-Christ only gets 7 and 1/2 years, from what I understand. Of course he completely destroys the earth within that time, so that's bad. I started this post as a joke, but now I'm getting the creeps!

[liberalmuse]

28. I don't believe in the anti-Christ...

But damn, if there was such a person, Bush would be him. The beady little shark's eyes clash with my image of Jesus (if there were such a person) having soft, large, luminous eyes. I think the mouth is the worst, though. It's an arrogant, stingy mouth that utters blasphemies, not beatitudes.

I know it's satire, but I find it disturbing, too. They should've depicted him as liberals see him, in another picture, with the red suit, horns, a 666 on his forehead, and to top it off, a picture of an oil well-with-blood-spurting-out-of-it on his chest.

[kixot]

29. Definately, even more than this one:

[Dissenting_Prole]

48. Or this one.

I have this one printed on a T-shirt

[SoCalDem]

30. Here's another

[liberalmuse]

35. LOL!

OMG, though, I've still got the creeps. When I first saw this picture, I burst out laughing, and then when I really looked at it, <shudder>. He looks possessed. I need to go to a happy thread now, because I'm freakin' myself out.

[Sweetpea]

32. Aint nothing Christianly about this m'fcker.

[gulliver]

33. President Tartuffe

Only dumb.

[sistersofmercy]

34. Clete truly love your posts but as a lefty hmmm I'm laughing my...

sweet little a** off. If anyone of any leg christian faith takes this seriously...well then protesting it won't do any good. It's really blasphemy but hey can't tell believers what to believe. Jesus Bush too funny. How many dead? Iraqis? Women? Children? Fathers? Oh yeah, faith and justice will prevail!

[Clete]

36. Well, this is why I find it so offensive.

If they had done it with Jimmy Carter, it would have been fun. But a man with so much blood on his hands depicted as Jesus the Prince of Peace is so disgusting to me.

Incidentally, even though I don't believe Jesus was the son of God and that he was a mortal being like the rest of us, I do believe he was an extraordinary person in his own right, who never hurt anyone and loved everyone.

[sistersofmercy]

41. Clete, I agree with that why I'm dolefully laughing at the christians...

who call themselves good christians in light of what atrocities georgie boy has done...to compare him to jesus is just blasphemy, plain and simple. Why I'm laughing at the few, the proud, the chosen...well they should know better!

[NashVegas]

52. Are You Serious?

Carter wasn't an angel, but because most people think he was, any message would be completely lost.

It's *because* Bush is a bible-toting bomb thrower that a graphic like this is effective. He's been presenting himself as a man of Jay-zus for three years, this is the picture of himself he's been trying to present. Well here it is, outside of your imagination: how do you like it?


I don't understand why more people in this thread don't see that.

[AntiCoup2K4]

38. If the Idiot Son of an Asshole thinks he's Jesus then....

...isn't it about time somebody went to Home Depot and got a hammer and some nails?

[tnlefty]

39. LOL!!! that was funny

good one!

[Kazak]

40. That pic is so...

*MONEY*

[PeakOil2008]

42. I find it difficult to truly be disturbed by anything anymore.

That said, that picture is disturbing to me, simply for the fact that it attempts to elevate such a bad joke of an unholy man (Bush) to a level worthy of reverence. As someone else here previously mentioned, the Right-wing Religious fundies truly are making a mockery of their own brand of Christianity with this nonsense.

Bush doesn't even know the first thing about being Christ-like.

[Algorem]

43. Ya know he's got the 10 commandments stuffed in his loincloth.

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[Bolo Boffin]

44. "Nobody f*cks with the Jesus."

I don't understand why you're all so upset about the Sacred Heart of Jeff Bridges. I mean, The Dude abides!

:bounce:

[regnaD kciN]

45. Blasphemous...

...not to mention inaccurate, since Chimpy's face is superimposed over a bit of Roman Catholic imagery commonly referred to as "the Sacred Heart of Jesus." Since Dubya lacks a heart, sacred or otherwise, they should have chosen a different bit of religious art.

(On the other hand, it's worth noting that Republicans aren't the only ones to stoop to this. Back in 1976, some Carter supporters at the national convention were waving a sign showing Jimmy as Jesus, with the accompanying text, "J.C. for America!" :eyes: )

[Hippo_Tron]

46. Random But...

Bush with the jesus beard looks almost exactly like the father on that WB show Everwood. Oh yeah and back on topic Bush and Jesus have no comparison, I mean Jesus was suppoasedly a saviour and Bush is well...

[HFishbine]

49. Some Christians may be

But I doubt if Jesus is.

[DemLikr]

50. Where did we get the idea we have some right to go thru life unoffended?

The illustration, like many in the media, is intended to spark discussion and debate, just as it did here. Does anyone actually think Jesus walked around with a burning heart on his t shirt?

If you're not often offended, you're not exposing yourself to enough challenging ideas.

And if you try to shut people up who offend you, you're a loser.

[Skittles]

51. I'M OFFENDED AND I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN

BUSH IS OFFENSIVE, PERIOD.

[Imalittleteapot]

56. ditto

However, I could easily accept it if he were portrayed as the devil, even though I'm not a believer.

[Clark Can WIN]

55. Laminated and Framed

You know he'll be hanging this up behind the wet bar in the doublewide in Crawford.

[DinahMoeHum]

57. Bush thinks he IS God.

n/t