I’ll concede to this point…
Jaki rahi bhavana jaisi, prabhu murat dekhi tin taisi.
“In whatever way one chooses to perceive the Lord, in that very way the Lord appears to that person”.
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I’ll concede to this point…
Jaki rahi bhavana jaisi, prabhu murat dekhi tin taisi.
“In whatever way one chooses to perceive the Lord, in that very way the Lord appears to that person”.
Hey! At least include a spoiler alert. Some of us don't want to know that.FYI, those aren't actual pictures of Jesus or God, and bear no relation to what they look like!
Yes, I could agree to that@Eddi
Could you agree to the idea that if a Dharmic person saw God, God would take the form of, say, Vishnu, and if a Kemetic saw God He would appear as, say, Amun?
No, they don't. The imagine him out of whole cloth. Did you know I can think of one picture of Jesus where he not only didn't have a beard, but he sported a roman haircut and wore a toga.They have previous depictions to go on
Within Christianity there is an on-going visual tradition within which Jesus (and God) are portrayed in certain ways - as in the pics in my OPNo, they don't. The imagine him out of whole cloth. Did you know I can think of one picture of Jesus where he not only didn't have a beard, but he sported a roman haircut and wore a toga.
You know that in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith claimed to see them both as separate but same-looking personages right?I have a theory...
So, this is how Jesus is often portrayed:
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And this is how God "The Father" is often portrayed:
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Both have long, straight hair
And both have beards
Here is my theory:
They are both the same person!
Only one is of the same person when he was young, and the other is the same person when he was elderly
When God manifested himself on Earth he did so as Jesus
Right now, Jesus is up in Heaven, but his appearance has aged (from the first pic to the second) so as to give him greater seniority and gravitas and to reflect the passage of time that has occurred since he walked the Earth
So... when people purport to have seen God when they see an old man in the sky they have in fact seen Jesus, who is the primary means through which God interacts with humankind, alongside the Holy Spirit
I don't think God "The Father" looks like anything and that neither does the Holy Spirit
So whenever people draw or paint God it is necessarily Jesus in particular that they actually draw/paint
Only sometimes he is depicted as he was when he walked the Earth and at other times he is depicted as he is right now, up in Heaven (although people mistake mature Jesus with God The Father - they think they are drawing God The Father but are in fact drawing mature Jesus)
I believe that when Jesus returns he will do so as an old man, not massively geriatric, but perhaps in his late 60s or early 70s
Basically, when he returns I believe he will look like how people imagine God "The Father" rather than looking like he is normally depicted. And that people have unknowingly been depicting God as an old man to prepare the people of Earth for the return of Jesus, in which Jesus will return as an old man
When he comes a second time, when people look at him they will see an avuncular and fatherly figure, which is I believe how God wants to present himself to humankind
He will look like he is normally portrayed, only aged about 30 or 40 years!
Edit: I know that those are not actual pictures of God and Jesus.
But I believe that God is sensitive to the beliefs of humans
So that when presenting himself to us he does so in our terms, based on what we expect and imagine about him
So my theory is that when Jesus comes down he will be older than when he first walked the Earth and will look like how people imagine God, so that people think of him more as being God than being Jesus
Nobody questions why upper caste Indians are pretty 'white' compared to most Hindu peoples, for instance. Is that 'racism' or is just an historical fact?
Absolute fallacy propagated by western “indologists”. Krishna, Rāma, the Pandavas, are depicted as being dark-skinned Kshatriya.
I have a theory...
So, this is how Jesus is often portrayed:
View attachment 55379
And this is how God "The Father" is often portrayed:
View attachment 55383
Both have long, straight hair
And both have beards
Here is my theory:
They are both the same person!
Only one is of the same person when he was young, and the other is the same person when he was elderly
When God manifested himself on Earth he did so as Jesus
Right now, Jesus is up in Heaven, but his appearance has aged (from the first pic to the second) so as to give him greater seniority and gravitas and to reflect the passage of time that has occurred since he walked the Earth
So... when people purport to have seen God when they see an old man in the sky they have in fact seen Jesus, who is the primary means through which God interacts with humankind, alongside the Holy Spirit
I don't think God "The Father" looks like anything and that neither does the Holy Spirit
So whenever people draw or paint God it is necessarily Jesus in particular that they actually draw/paint
Only sometimes he is depicted as he was when he walked the Earth and at other times he is depicted as he is right now, up in Heaven (although people mistake mature Jesus with God The Father - they think they are drawing God The Father but are in fact drawing mature Jesus)
I believe that when Jesus returns he will do so as an old man, not massively geriatric, but perhaps in his late 60s or early 70s
Basically, when he returns I believe he will look like how people imagine God "The Father" rather than looking like he is normally depicted. And that people have unknowingly been depicting God as an old man to prepare the people of Earth for the return of Jesus, in which Jesus will return as an old man
When he comes a second time, when people look at him they will see an avuncular and fatherly figure, which is I believe how God wants to present himself to humankind
He will look like he is normally portrayed, only aged about 30 or 40 years!
Edit: I know that those are not actual pictures of God and Jesus.
But I believe that God is sensitive to the beliefs of humans
So that when presenting himself to us he does so in our terms, based on what we expect and imagine about him
So my theory is that when Jesus comes down he will be older than when he first walked the Earth and will look like how people imagine God, so that people think of him more as being God than being Jesus
Too bad there is more to it than your opinions or wishes.
Both have long, straight hair
And both have beards
Here is my theory:
They are both the same person!
I believe that when Jesus returns he will do so as an old man, not massively geriatric, but perhaps in his late 60s or early 70s
When he comes a second time, when people look at him they will see an avuncular and fatherly figure,
So my theory is that when Jesus comes down he will be older than when he first walked the Earth and will look like how people imagine God, so that people think of him more as being God than being Jesus
such a God is guilty of deceptionI have a theory...
So, this is how Jesus is often portrayed:
View attachment 55379
And this is how God "The Father" is often portrayed:
View attachment 55383
Both have long, straight hair
And both have beards
Here is my theory:
They are both the same person!
Only one is of the same person when he was young, and the other is the same person when he was elderly
When God manifested himself on Earth he did so as Jesus
Right now, Jesus is up in Heaven, but his appearance has aged (from the first pic to the second) so as to give him greater seniority and gravitas and to reflect the passage of time that has occurred since he walked the Earth
So... when people purport to have seen God when they see an old man in the sky they have in fact seen Jesus, who is the primary means through which God interacts with humankind, alongside the Holy Spirit
I don't think God "The Father" looks like anything and that neither does the Holy Spirit
So whenever people draw or paint God it is necessarily Jesus in particular that they actually draw/paint
Only sometimes he is depicted as he was when he walked the Earth and at other times he is depicted as he is right now, up in Heaven (although people mistake mature Jesus with God The Father - they think they are drawing God The Father but are in fact drawing mature Jesus)
I believe that when Jesus returns he will do so as an old man, not massively geriatric, but perhaps in his late 60s or early 70s
Basically, when he returns I believe he will look like how people imagine God "The Father" rather than looking like he is normally depicted. And that people have unknowingly been depicting God as an old man to prepare the people of Earth for the return of Jesus, in which Jesus will return as an old man
When he comes a second time, when people look at him they will see an avuncular and fatherly figure, which is I believe how God wants to present himself to humankind
He will look like he is normally portrayed, only aged about 30 or 40 years!
Edit: I know that those are not actual pictures of God and Jesus.
But I believe that God is sensitive to the beliefs of humans
So that when presenting himself to us he does so in our terms, based on what we expect and imagine about him
So my theory is that when Jesus comes down he will be older than when he first walked the Earth and will look like how people imagine God, so that people think of him more as being God than being Jesus
Too bad there is more to it than your opinions or wishes.
The name "Krishna" originates from the Sanskrit word Kṛṣṇa, which is primarily an adjective meaning "black", "dark", "dark blue" or “the all attractive”.
Not quite.
From Wikipedia:
Ah, so there were blue people, too? Apparently so, if one didn't think colors had other significance in paintings and were actual colors of people then.
The Historical Origin of Lord Krishna, the Incarnation of Vishnu
Is that a white person in there, too? How is that possible? Are all the cows in India white, too?
Perhaps. It seems more likely that Krishna was simply dark, however. Radha is said to have had a fair complexion. She wouldn't have been 'white' as the way its currently referred to, however.
I'm unsure on the cows. I can tell you where I'm from, almost all the cows are black. It doesn't seem unreasonable that all the cows in a specific area would be white. Perhaps someone in that region of India can answer this for you.
Ah, so there were blue people, too? Apparently so, if one didn't think colors had other significance in paintings and were actual colors of people then.
Well, most histories seem to agree on invaders from the far north came in and set themselves up as a ruling class, and later rulers claim to be their descendants. If many became darker over a couple of thousand years that would be possible, of course, but they would probably still be paler than the average equatorial tribal types in a lot of cases.