What if you were sitting near this man on a plane?

[Sapphire Blue]

Would you be friendly to him?

Would you have a conversation with him?

Would you be suspicious of him?

Would you try to avoid him?

Would you be afraid of him?

Would you want to get off the plane?


Who is this man?


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Possibly the most accurate likeness of Jesus ever created. (http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcfa.htm)

Recreating the face of Jesus (video): http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1245000/video/_1245732_jesus13_buchanan_vi.ram

[Garbo 2004]

1. Well, the possible likeness of a Jewish fellow frm Jesus' time & location

at least. I saw a documentary where they they did that reconstruction.

It's not a likeness of Jesus per se but what a fellow of his time and place may have looked like.

[jaysunb]

4. Unfortunately

the vast majority of the people who visit this site will not understand the significance of your comments......
:toast:

[troubleinwinter]

7. I think you are wrong. I think most are pretty sharp.

[jaysunb]

19. I've been here since the beginning...

most are not.

[Speed8098]

34. You're wrong

I've been here just as long and most are.

If you think so little of us, why do you bother to come here?

Why even make a statement like that, other than to bolster your false sense of superiority?

[SPKrazy]

54. DU Started Before 2002

and I would wonder how bright you are to start down this path

[0007]

30. You're underestimating us!

[donco6]

37. ?

What does that mean, if not a slam on everyone's intelligence?

BTW, I saw the documentary too.

[SmokingJacket]

58. Why wouldn't anyone understand those comments?

They sound pretty straightforward to me.

[benburch]

2. I'd send him to my barber.

Man, he needs some work!

[troubleinwinter]

3. That so aint neither Jesus.

Jesus had long hair and was European... you can tell it because he was white.

Here's PROOF:

[SoCalDem]

48. Bzzzzzt!..Bzzzzt! wrong-O.. This is Jesus

[neebob]

52. That's Mormon Jesus. nt

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. Silly, everyone knows he was Aryian...

[Warren DeMontague]

15. That's not Jesus. That's a stoner I used to know from Van Nuys.

Fucker still has my portable CD player.

[Igel]

51. That picture looks distressingly like a student I

had in my historical linguistics class.

Did his project on Arabic.

[Clark2008]

6. Interesting

However, it should be noted that this is the face of the average peasant in Biblical (New Testament) times, not the face of Jesus, per se.

Still, to answer your question, other than the unruly hair, I don't see why anyone would have a problem sitting next to this guy on a plane. I might wonder why he, during this century, didn't have better bathing and grooming habits, but he doesn't look "scary" or anything.

Of course, my first husband is Palestinian and my current husband is a Russian Jew, so, well, LOL, I'm just slightly accustomed to true Semitic features. * wink *

[troubleinwinter]

12. I would likely find this person to be one that I might like to sit next to

His hair is less "unkempt" than many I see at airports. Perhaps he would not be wearing a tanktop and flip-flops, and exposing his hairy chest with a gold chain. At the very least, he probably would not have a shitty attitude and loud manner.

[tocqueville]

8. it's ok as long he doesn't start lighting up his shoes

maybe it was Jesus on that plane ? who knows...

[HamdenRice]

32. Dude! you almost made me laugh my coffee through my nose! nt

[tocqueville]

43. look at the eyes, they are exactly the same on both pictures

the nose is the same, the lips somewhat different. Even the hair goes the same way. Put a a darker complexion and some pounds on Walter Reid and you have ..."Jesus"...

[kentuck]

45. And he had that good Arabic name of...

Richard Reed.

[alarcojon]

49. Fucking Hilarious

I really DO see a similarity.

[AlienGirl]

9. I'd probably talk to him, cause he has nice eyebrows

With a better haircut, he could be really hot...

Tucker

[PretzelzRule]

55. I could see that too

this is the first person I thought of when I saw that picture:



To compare:

[BlooInBloo]

10. A guy who looks like a plastic wax figure?

I outta there dude.

[REP]

11. Jesus Flies Economy?

If he did, that'd mean he'd be jammed up against me. I'd be polite, unless he smelled bad or tried to feel me up.

[troubleinwinter]

13. Interesting Headline: "Jesus feels up fellow passenger"

[Warren DeMontague]

14. The Late Oliver Reed?

I dunno. Dude always gave me the creeps- And now that he's dead, It would seriously freak me the fuck out to be sitting next to him on a plane.

[Toucano]

16. If he showed up without any shoulders like that, I'd be a little unsettled

For his second coming, he's going to look like this:

[Warren DeMontague]

17. That'll make Pat Robertson soil his Grampers, all right.

:rofl:

[linazelle]

18. I look for wicks on his shoes.

:rofl:

JUST KIDDING.

[grottieyottie]

20. a swarthy Middle Eastern man

And what would happen today if a swarthy Middle Eastern man without wealth or political connections suddenly appeared in front of the White House proclaiming such a radical doctrine of mercy, forgiveness, charity, self-abnegation and love – love even for the "evildoers" who "want to destroy our way of life"? Would he be targeted by the lawless spy gangs that Bush has personally loosed upon the nation? Would he be condemned as a terrorist sympathizer and expelled from the country? Would he be seized and "rendered" to some secret CIA prison or Bush-friendly foreign torture chamber for "special interrogation"?

Or perhaps Woody Guthrie saw the truth years ago, as he sat in a cold boarding house in New York City, transfiguring an old folk song about an outlaw into a gospel for modern times: "If Jesus was to preach here like he preached in Galilee, they would lay Jesus Christ in his grave."

Chris Floyd wrote brilliantly about this - in a Christmas post last year.

http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=362&Itemid=5

[fishwax]

22. welcome to DU!

That's one of my favorite Guthrie songs, and absolutely true.

:hi:

[grottieyottie]

23. Thanks!

I love it too.

[fishwax]

21. then again, THIS is possibly the most accurate likeness of Jesus ever

created ...

[Hekate]

28. Jesus playing "keep-away" with the Campbell's Soup kids?!

Nahhh.

As for the pic in the OP, I have no problem with the guy's color, features, hairdo, or whathave you -- but the *expression* on his face is really, really odd. That's what would put me off.

I would expect an itinerant philosopher/rabbi/guru/preacher to have a more open and friendly face, that's all. Somewhat like the Dalai Lama or Thich Nhat Hanh.

I'd be really interested in sitting next to such a person on a long flight, even if he wasn't Buddhist.

Hekate

[WePurrsevere]

31. "Jesus saves!" .... "He shoots! ... He scores!" ....

sorry... old chat room snipe... I just couldn't resist. ;)

[TheBaldyMan]

24. I'd show him my glass of water and ask him if he could do that trick ...

only could you make it neat scotch instead of wine if it wasn't too much trouble.

[cboy4]

25. If he was sitting in the middle seat next to me, I'd have the same look

of disapproval on my face as anyone sitting in the middle seat, taking up all my f'ing arm and leg room!!

If he was in the isle seat....no problemo.

[NMMNG]

26. I already knew who that was supposed to be before I scrolled down

I find all of the typical depictions of Jesus as a lilly-white (or nearly so) man laughable. He was from the Middle East for pete's sake. :eyes:

[knitter4democracy]

38. Our icons don't show him like that, either.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, we have rules on how Jesus is supposed to be depicted with specific measurements and all. His skin is always to be darker, and he's never to look white. He didn't look like that.

Good luck finding a manger scene for the kids to play with for Christmas that doesn't have them all white, though . . . :eyes:

Here's a group that makes and sells icons, and here's one that's more traditional:
http://conciliarpress.bizhosting.com/christ_the_teacher_5_x7_7_x10_.html

[CJCRANE]

27. I find it ironic

that freepers rag on about "ragheads" when in fact Jesus and his disciples might have worn similar clothing.

By the way whilst researching my answer to the OP I found this fantastic website:

http://www.godchecker.com/

"Welcome to Godchecker - your Guide to the Gods

We have more Gods than you can shake a stick at. Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia currently features over 2,850 deities.

Browse the pantheons of the world, explore ancient myths, and discover Gods of everything from Fertility to Fluff with the fully searchable Holy Database Of All Known Gods."

[WePurrsevere]

29. People are people. I like people. How they look is not important to me....

if they're friendly and want to talk.. I'll usually listen and/or talk to them.

Judging people by how a person looks IME is foolish. Some of the best folks I've known I never would have if I had "judged" them by how they looked or dressed or even behaved at first... sometimes you have to peel away the outer "mask" to find the jewel inside.

Besides... terrorists come in more colors then brown... like Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols and the Oklahoma City Bombing.

(OT btw: I found the wildest OC bombing conspiracy site while Googling OC. It looks like a RW freeper site with the sources they use.. like NewsMax and FreeRepublic Forums. They even try to link OC to 9-11 and shift it more to Clinton's fault.)

[HamdenRice]

33. Reframe this question: Why would Jesus be on a plane in the first place?

Can't he fly like the other superheroes? Didn't they say something about that at the megachurch last week? Or did I read that somewhere?

[genie_weenie]

35. Is he going to start the "Nobody comes to the Father,

except through me" malarkey or the much more congenial "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them"?

So, a Jewish man with a very olive complexion sits next to me on a plane? Big deal. What kind of responses are you looking for???

Oh, could I totally go all Grand Inquisitor from The Brothers Karamazov on him???

Seriously, is this part of the NBC at NASCAR story?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12174110/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060405/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_dateline_1

[Joe Fields]

36. I don't fly.

[savemefromdumbya]

39. Thought Jesus had long hair?

must have had it cut for the picture?

[leftchick]

40. I have seen this somewhere before

So I knew it was JC. Great post! :)

[peekaloo]

41. I'd order water from the beverage cart and ask him for a "favor".

[fishnfla]

42. Well, he doesn't need to use his seat cushion as a flotation device

so yeah, I'd sit next to him

[Buns_of_Fire]

44. If he wanted to talk, I'd gladly talk with him...

If he preferred silence, I'd gladly be silent with him.

If he wanted to meditate, I'd happily meditate with him.

If he wanted a swallow from my inflight flask of tequila, I'd gladly share with him.

If he tried to steal my bag of complementary nuts, I'd cold-cock him.

[madeline_con]

57. Trouble is...

they always want to yak yak yak and tell you their life story when all you want to do is catch a nap.

If you feel like a little socializing, they all drop off to sleep. ;(

[SoCalDem]

46. It's..It's...It's....Jesus

I'd ask him to make me some wine :)

[name not needed]

47. HE GOT MOTHAFUCKIN' SNAKES!

[ghostsofgiants]

50. SNAKES! ON A MOTHERFUCKIN' CRUCIFIX!

[riderinthestorm]

53. Where's that Jesus on a trailer hitch pic?

I need comparisons to that guy cause clearly Jesus on a trailer hitch is the man! All of the fundies at Terry Schiavo's nursing home say so!

[ContraBass Black]

56. It's just a guy.

He could use a comb, though.