{"id":13244,"date":"2014-11-12T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=13244"},"modified":"2014-11-12T10:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:07:01","slug":"hitler-poses-jesus-might-worst-painting-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2014\/11\/hitler-poses-jesus-might-worst-painting-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitler Poses With Jesus In What Might Be The Worst Painting Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Over the years I\u2019ve shared some epically terrible paintings of Jesus.<\/p>\n

From Jesus in space<\/a> to Jesus writing the Constitution<\/a> to Jesus propositioning Adam and Eve<\/a>, it seems like we Christians just can\u2019t stop ourselves from painting Jesus in unbelievably awkward and incredibly cheesy ways.<\/p>\n

But none of those paintings (and I would dare to say no painting of Jesus that you\u2019ve ever seen) rival this one in potential awfulness.<\/p>\n

\"jesusandhitler\"(Credit: YouTube screenshot)<\/p>\n

As you might have gathered from the headline, that guy in the toga and Hitler stach\u00e9 is indeed Adolph himself.<\/p>\n

It turns out that this painting has been hanging in a church in Germany for several years\u2026without causing much controversy. Now, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re thinking \u201cOf course it\u2019s hanging in Germany and of course they\u2019re not that upset about it.\u201d But before your good ole American Deutscheaphobia kicks\u00a0into full gear, it\u2019s that very German hanging, non-controversy starting fact that might, just might keep this painting from being the worst idea ever in the history of art.<\/p>\n

According to the former pastor<\/a> of the church in which this potential abomination hangs, it is not, in fact, a tribute to Hitler, but rather a subversive work of art. As he explained to The Times of Israel<\/em>,<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was designed and inaugurated in a difficult\u00a0time for Germany, no question,\u201d he admitted, but added that \u201cthe individual is made aware that his life is finite\u00a0no matter how powerful he might feel \u2014 there is another power over him, a stronger power.\u201d
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\nGoelkel noted that Jesus in the painting is preoccupied by a man who seeks assistance and does not give the Nazi leader his attention, while the fuhrer \u201cstands despotically\u00a0at the side; he\u2019s the only one wearing boots\u2026 Haughty and arrogant.\u201d
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\n\u201cThis image is a central challenge to Nazism: Christ is in the middle. The powerful can stand idle as much as they want,\u201d he surmised.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s a fascinating take that I know certainly didn\u2019t pop into my head the first time I saw this painting. But I\u2019ll give the pastor the benefit of the doubt that this was indeed the artist\u2019s intent.<\/p>\n

Assuming that is true, what do you think?<\/p>\n

Would you hang\u00a0this painting\u00a0in your church in hopes of sparking potentially important conversations?<\/em><\/p>\n

Or are you just not buying the whole subversive thing to begin with?<\/em><\/p>\n

Let me know what you think in the comments.
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