First thing you notice is the breakdancin’ Jesus, and then the eye moves to Catholic priests clapping politely, and then the brain shuts down. What is this alien event? Why…huh…ack…processor failure. Overload, overload, overload.
(via Movin’ Meat, appropriately titled for the image)
That’s not Jesus. It’s a Jesus imposter.
How do I know?
No holes. Especially in his side. His guts should be hanging out. The better to fondle them with.
(Hat tip: Ben Goren).
This isn’t Jesus break dancing. For dancing is a sin. The floors at the Vatican appear to be freshly waxed, and thus a little slippery. And who among us doesn’t enjoy a good prat fall?
Fear and loathing in Damascus
Is it really safe to break dance on such a shiny floor? Maybe you’re OK if you’re magic and indestructible. Not sure that flimsy loincloth was a great choice given his company, though.
Should be break-dancing on water.
Glen Davidson
It’s ok, neilweightman, because he doesn’t have sex organs. As god, he doesn’t need them. To create another in his own image, he just piles up some mud and gives it a blow. Voila, C’est tout! C’est si bon!
Sorry to go off-topic so early in the thread, but there’s a poll to pharyngulate.
“Does God “clutter up” explanations of how the universe began?
Yes, there is no place for religion in science (2,171 votes)
No, a theory of creation is compatible with the Big Bang (5,985 votes)”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9102740/Richard-Dawkins-I-cant-be-sure-God-does-not-exist.html
Notice some of the priests don’t cast shadows? This is obviously depicting a story not included in the bible, titled “That One Time When Jesus Totally Destroyed Some Vampire Priests”. It’s widely known that vampires are mesmerized by breakdancing*.
*not intended to be a factual statement
Wait a minute. Somethings different around here. Is someone having fun with themes? I sense the force has changed color schemes…it’s all pastels and deep blue tabs.
Glen:
+1
Oh yeah, you can also tell he’s Imposter Jesus because he’s wearing tighty whities.
Jumpin’ Jeezus, it’s the second coming. You knew there’d be a lot of song & dance.
robro:
Yes and this latest blue is hideous and hard on the eyes. Blecch.
Damn, Jesus sure is pale. Must be blood loss.
Go Jesus, it’s your birthday.
Go Jesus, it’s your birthday.
Your one year older, one year wiser.
Rock n’ Roll star king czar and a kaiser.
A room full of friends, a mouth full of cake.
Every present is for you and it feels pretty great.
You’re the man of the hour, the V.I.P.
You get the first slice of the p.i.e.
But first blow out the candles and make a wish.
Put a smile on cus it’s your birthday bitch!
Go Jesus, it’s your birthday.
Go Jesus, it’s your birthday.
Jesus? Or Liam Neeson?
Since nobody really knows what Jesus looked like, I’m going with Neeson.
The guys in dresses are thinking that the guy in the loincloth is too old for their tastes.
Argh, I logged in to make the exact joke as Janine @14. Congratulations… sigh…
he ain’t breakdancin’ – he’s performing capoeira.
but still, yeah, WTF
Jesus sure is pale. Must be blood loss.
I don’t think so, since he looks kind of pink. Probably the effects of spending 2000 years in a tomb: very bad for your vit D level.
I love the priests’ expression of polite interest but no enthusiasm. I’m sure that says something about the church and its relationship to its source text, but I’m not sure what.
Breakdancing Jesus…your argument is invalid.
In Soviet Russia dance breaks Jesus.
Jesus breakdances over 9000.
I used to be a breakdancer like Jesus, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
All your breakdance belong to Jesus.
______
Yeah, that’s right, this has broken me so badly all I have are meaningless internet memes. This is more WTF than WTF.
Louis
Idiots – you’re not gonna get a lap dance unless you’re sitting down.
‘Tis Himself, OM @ 16;
Too true, too true…
That said, has anyone else noticed that ‘Ole JC seems pretty athletic in this picture? It seems that he has inherited the same homoerotic demi-god super musculature that the ancient Greeks applied to Hercules, Perseus and the like.
Apparently, wherever he has been for the last two millennia has a really good gym.
Not that I am suggesting that the depiction of jeebus as a figure of worship with rock-hard abs should have any particlar sexual connotation put upon it. I mean, we all know that it is physically impossible for a catholic to be a closeted homosexual, right? Naturally, their homophobia comes straight from teh Lard, not from any kind of denial of their own desires based upon toxic self-loathing – like Ted Haggard, they are of course completely heterosexual…
Rasmus; The cardinals don’t need shadows, they have reflections. But note that Jesus has a shadow but no reflection, therefore he is a zombie or a vampire or something.
The hair looks a bit strange. Is Jesus sporting a mullet hairpiece?
I dunno, I kinda think this is high-quality Awesome. I like it much better than disco Jesus. Now we need snowboarding Jesus, skate-rat Jesus, and tagging Jesus with a can of spraypaint.
Why is there a space in the back. Was there another priest that left? Are they leaving room for the pope in case he comes by and wants to see?
Naked Mole Rate Jesus.
The old guys in drag aren’t clapping, they’re lubing up.
davidutidjian @ 23;
As long as he doesn’t sparkle in direct sunlight…
Rasmus:
They all cast shadows. The distinctness of the shadow depends on where they are in relation to the light source.
Is it just me or do the priests’ shadows look a lot like the “Anakin’s shadow is Darth Vader” picture used to advertise one of the Star Wars films? Especially the two on the right.
Jesus is in a spot of sunlight so he casts a shadow, but his reflection is washed out in the sunlight.
The disciples were frequently amazed by their spiritual leader, so jesus found a way to amaze these cardinals in the 21st century. It’s a gift you know. Jesus may have done a lot of dancing when he was alive. I wouldn’t trust those old stuffshirts to write about it later.
The title is “Jesus comes out of The Closet”….
The Immaculate Conception:
http://www.cosmosarson.com/index.php?/newworks/breakdancing-jesus/
You guys’ weirdness meters are calibrated way too low.
This picture is obviously fake. If it was real, Jesus Christ would be tap dancing.
Jesus demonstrates Extreme Footwashing.
Who painted this?
It reminds me of looking at a kitchen unchanged since the seventies. Orange formica, avocado green appliances, black-and-white checkered tile with mirrored back splashes. And I’m forced to realize: at some point, someone looked at this horror and said “Yeah… this looks GREAT! They’re gonna LOVE this!”
And someone, sometime, actually did!
carpenterman, the link mikelaing posted at #33 seems to be the artist’s website.
The gap in the center is where Jesus was standing before he took his turn. True to breakdancing fashion, each of the cardinals will strip off their albs and take a turn to show their stuff. (You don’t see any clothing on the floor for Jesus because he only wears the tighty whitey, if anything at all. Remember he doesn’t carry the stain of original sin.)
Jesus is pale for a person of Semitic descent, at least on his mother’s side of the family. Perhaps that’s because God is a white guy…What am I saying!? Of course God is a white guy. Sorry, I know you’ll all forgive me.
Also, he doesn’t get around much anymore since all that dying on the cross business. Plus, he spends most of his days in the prayer booth. Takes a lot of time to answer all those incoming requests.
Most of the cardinals seem to be enjoying themselves except the one to the left of that gap. Maybe he’s down with Jesus’s moves or he’s concentrating on his own moves because he’s next.
Cardinals, you been Served!
holytape,
For sure, it looks like his coccyx is in for a world of hurt.
Yet another thing PZ shows me that I would like to get on a T-shirt. Sigh!
I see those cardinals didn’t read the story of Didymos Thomas too closely.
You’re not supposed to ask for signs. “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet believe that Jesus is the awesomest breakdancer.”
holytape:
that’s ok – so are the priests.
Janine, we don’t approve of gendered insults on this blog. ;/
The Catholic Jesus is emaciated, wasted, a waif about to blow away in the wind.
That Jesus, with all those muscles, is inescapably Mormon Jesus The Strong and Muscular Jesus.
Do not miss the riots gallery, by the same artist:
http://www.cosmosarson.com/index.php?/newworks/riots/
This is obviously fake since breakdancing HaySeuss would be leveling buildings, what with being 2000 feet tall and everything. The National Enquirer knows all about these things.
VATICAN NEWS
Jesus slips on Catholic bullshit. Sues Ratzinger.
Breakdancing? He’s clearly unleasing an air biscuit.
And here I thought it was Jesus TAPdancing Christ.
Is it just me, or does this Jesus look really ripped?
I mean… look at that washboard…
Maybe he was really trying to show those lazy-ass priests how to stay in shape? They do look rather pudgy for the most part.
I thought the absurdity of this image would be all the more striking in 3 dimensions, so I converted it. Enjoy! http://doublewoe7.deviantart.com/art/3D-Breakdancing-Jesus-287368600