If you’re gonna use art for such examples, that’s fine, but this is akin to blasphemy. No athlete should ever be compared or likened to a deity, regardless of the sport or athletic. They are mere humans.
Blasphemy isn’t a thing outside of the believers of that specific religion. It’s a charge that holds no meaning when leveled against any outsiders. And that’s without even getting into the idea of free speech in a secular country. You sound ridiculous.
@geek Look up Numbers 31:17-18 where Moses orders his soldiers to commit genocide and take little girls as war brides(sex slaves). And ask yourself why anyone would worship someone who threatens to torture and burn people for not following him. Pls reach out if you want polite debate/perspective
Y’all would never do this with Muhammad. And as a devout Christian, neither would I because it would be unkind to our Muslim neighbors. You don’t have to agree with a single teaching of Christ to show respect and human dignity to people who do.
Exactly. Because Muslims believe that would be highly inappropriate and non-Muslims, while disagreeing with their religious beliefs, have enough respect for them as people not to show them the respect of not creating such images.
Non-Muslims have in fact disrespected the Muslim taboo against depictions of Muhammad, deliberately and in an organized fashion.
Non-Muslims do not have more respect or deference for Islam broadly than they do for Christianity. Muslims are actually targeted by hate campaigns, come on man
But going off how quick you are to name call some for having the audacity to see the world differently than you, one can only assume you feel no similar compulsion to show respect and decency towards others.
Or the people who follow Christ can just ignore it? I don’t have to respect something I believe to be untrue bc you believe it’s true. Christian’s need to just stay in your lane and let the rest of us live without having to tippy toe around your beliefs. It’s absurd.
No. The other app became a cesspool because all the racists and Nazis were allowed to come back and spread their hatred. That said, mainly because a racist Nazi bought Twitter.
Obviously not, as there is not the same rich history of paintings of Muhammad like there is with Jesus Christ, rendering it much harder to find images of Muhammad in poses that are comparable to contemporary sporting images.
It's not demeaning the dignity of anyone to observe similarities in pose
There’s a reason for that. Maybe think more deeply about the complexity and issues of diverse people and cultures before labeling someone who disagrees with you as “silly.”
Plenty of Christians regularly accuse Muslims of insensitivity and often go out of there way to deliberately offend Muslims.
I'm saying what you're doing is silly because what is being addressed is a specific artistic depiction, it's not about the figure depicted itself but the pose.
But the Bible and Christian doctrine do certainly prohibit look down on the many, many trivial and mocking appropriations of the image of God that are ubiquitous in our culture. Admittedly, the is far from the most egregious example, but ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Again, I belive those doctrins are for belivers? I was always theologically taught that if somebody wants to be disrespectful, then they will get what's coming to them.
A mere human gave birth to God
We're all Gods children, you've never been compared to your father?
A human painted the picture
Shits all made up anyway
I am often struck by how well the great artists, who had no access to slo-mo or still photography, were able to capture the human body in motion. And equally, how graceful athletes are.
This concept of elevating sports to religious iconography fits American culture right now, just like Caligula's 90 days of games and murder, but what the hell, why not these days? https://justweighing.com/
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If you’re gonna use art for such examples, that’s fine, but this is akin to blasphemy. No athlete should ever be compared or likened to a deity, regardless of the sport or athletic. They are mere humans.
Stop assuming you know some stranger’s beliefs or religion.
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinlockett215.bsky.social/post/3ljv7e2akb22g
Non-Muslims do not have more respect or deference for Islam broadly than they do for Christianity. Muslims are actually targeted by hate campaigns, come on man
Or that the kind of respect and deference I’m talking about is the reason why there are few images of Muhammad?
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinlockett215.bsky.social/post/3ljv7e2akb22g
It's not demeaning the dignity of anyone to observe similarities in pose
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinlockett215.bsky.social/post/3ljv7e2akb22g
I'm saying what you're doing is silly because what is being addressed is a specific artistic depiction, it's not about the figure depicted itself but the pose.
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinlockett215.bsky.social/post/3ljv7e2ar3s2g
Frederick Douglas
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leon Sullivan
Bill Gray
Harriet Tubman
Octavius Cato
and the like?
Putting yourself in the company of those names is spectacularly ironic
Curing ham.
no penalties on this move here, ref
We're all Gods children, you've never been compared to your father?
A human painted the picture
Shits all made up anyway
Unless you’re talking about transcendent humans, for example Nikola Jokic
And enemies. Especially enemies.
PTL
Eye for art to put this together 👏