World A very muscular brand of Christianity: Jesus Christ now has a makeover.

[tom_mai78101]

When you hear the name Jesus, is the first image that comes to mind a dewy-eyed pretty boy with flowing locks? If so, think again. After 2,000 years, the Messiah is getting a makeover.

This time he's less "gentle Jesus, meek and mild" and more of a kick-ass action hero – a Chuck Norris in sandals.

No more cissy Kumbaya stuff. In this testosterone-fuelled theology, the Saviour finally has the rippling biceps he would have developed as a carpenter from a working-class home in Nazareth.

The macho Jesus movement has been bolstered by books like No More Mr Christian Nice Guy and The Church Impotent – the Feminisation of Christianity. But it's artist Stephen Sawyer, whose paintings of the Son of God as a tattooed biker and boxer have captured the imagination of Christian men searching for a more manly role model.

A very muscular brand of Christianity

Why Jesus has undergone a macho makeover

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lyerae]

Blasphemy! BLASPHEMY!


Edit: I just thought this might be taken as offensive, so I wanted to say that it was intended as a joke. Please don't think I was serious.

 

[Varine]

Does he kick some non-believer ass when they try to crucify him this time? I was really expecting that last time... was NOT ready for the twist at all.

 

[xPass]

That's just... Different.

 

[tom_mai78101]

All the while, I thought every man would go crazy for it...

Or was it just me and my imagination?

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

would have developed as a carpenter

Jesus was a rabbi, not a carpenter..? His "father" was a carpenter.

 

[FireCat]

That's Just lol

 

[Accname]

@Jesus4Lyf:
As far as i know the bible says he was a carpenter.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

@Jesus4Lyf:
As far as i know the bible says he was a carpenter.

You know wrong.
There is a close reference that says he was the son of a carpenter, which has often been mistranslated to say he was one himself.

... Err, not that it matters, just wanted to clarify that nobody should really care! xD

 

[Dan]

You know wrong.
There is a close reference that says he was the son of a carpenter, which has often been mistranslated to say he was one himself.

... Err, not that it matters, just wanted to clarify that nobody should really care! xD

+10

 

[sqrage]

Jesus was a rabbi, not a carpenter..? His "father" was a carpenter.

God is a carpenter?

 

[Varine]

God is a carpenter?

I was always told God and Jesus are the same entity.

 

[Azlier]

There's a reason for the quotes around 'father'. J4L thar is referring to Joseph.

 

[The Helper]

If you did about Islam you would be on some kind of list just saying...