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bigtree

(86,005 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 09:02 PM Nov 2015

Carson: OMFG!

from the Guardian:

Ben Carson's house: a homage to himself – in pictures

The decor at Ben Carson’s home in Maryland shows that Donald Trump may not have the biggest ego among the Republican candidates. On display are awards, certificates, medals, and ...


...on display in the hallway is a painting of Carson with Jesus

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Carson: OMFG! (Original Post) bigtree Nov 2015 OP
wasn't one of those guys in The Temptations ages ago? hmm nt msongs Nov 2015 #1
Lionel Ritchie was supposed to be in the picture but he got photobombed. nt hay rick Nov 2015 #12
That mullet Jesus is gonna look GREAT in the Oval Office. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #2
ok to give the benefit of the doubt (why I don't know) LiberalElite Nov 2015 #3
Thats not Jesus demwing Nov 2015 #8
looks like a bathrobe bigtree Nov 2015 #13
Is that a black Jesus with flowing hair? Remembe the Jindhal portrait where he is 10 shades of white Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #4
What a narcissist sakabatou Nov 2015 #5
I'm pretty sure it's photoshopped. panader0 Nov 2015 #6
No, here is the original article Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #7
I guess I left off the sarcasm thing. panader0 Nov 2015 #10
lol. lob1 Nov 2015 #14
You can only hope... nt demwing Nov 2015 #9
it's been done bigtree Nov 2015 #11
Bigtree--I knew Gauguin and Ben is not Gauguin. panader0 Nov 2015 #15

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
3. ok to give the benefit of the doubt (why I don't know)
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 09:25 PM
Nov 2015

Maybe the artist was a non-professional relative of a patient? Isn't that Jesus is a little out of whack - small head and BIG hands? And what's he wearing - a bathrobe or a kimono?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. Is that a black Jesus with flowing hair? Remembe the Jindhal portrait where he is 10 shades of white
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 09:35 PM
Nov 2015

lighter than real life?

Extremist Christianity like this is as hypocritical and insane as any other extremist religious view.

Seems appropriate that Ben B. Stabby's vision of Jesus has his hand out.....asking for money?

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