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Jesus wrote the Constitution, according to painting in weird press release.
For your weekend reading: a painting for you godless America-hating subversives to think on.
Jesus wrote the Constitution, according to painting in weird press release.
A painting of Jesus presenting the Founding Fathers and fellow Americans past and present with the Constitution is a creative solution to the nagging problem of the separation of church and state, according to a press release someone named Julie sent me.
It is also the perfect representation of the fused Tea Party libertarianism and religious right conservatism that we see in the persons of Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. This painting is not, however, running for president.
"One Nation Under God" was painted by Jon McNaughton, a guy who is “an established artist whose new paintings have attracted the international attention of millions over the last two years. This painting video has over 3.3 million views on YouTube alone! Highly detailed religious and patriotic subjects are the focus of his paintings.”
Aside from Jesus gifting us the Constitution, the painting features proud soldiers, a black college student reading a weird book favored by Glenn Beck called the 5,000 Year Leap, a Supreme Court Justice ashamed that he is a baby murderer, and a liberal media reporter “biased towards the left and try[ing] to shape the thinking and actions of Americans in that direction.”
One of the soldiers pictured is a black man who "happens to have the last name of 'King' on his body armor. He could stand as a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. - a great leader of American Civil Rights." He could. McNaughton's not sure.
McNaughton is available for interviews, and is eager to discuss his “hopes for America’s youth and the symbolism behind his painting.” You can take an interactive tour of the painting at his website, but please do think about where the money is going before you make a rash and ironic decision to shell out $29.95 for a piece of Tea Party kitsch.
I much prefer this one, but be warned, do not look to long, lest you succumb to the terrifying abyss of otherworldly madness.
http://ropata.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/r4e2c.jpg— whatwhat- Despite your snarky and biased overview that implies a certain kooky mindset in anyone that might find truth in this painting, the reality is that there have been forces working in America to drive God out of our lives. The 1st Amendment did not call for freedom "from" religion, but freedom of religion. Those who study the Inner Truths know that Great Beings...all part of the Godhead worked thru mankind to assist in bringing forth this nation and the Constution that insured the Liberty that guarantee the freedoms that so many in this world can only imagine. Forces exist today that seek to perpetuate godlessness, and to mock those that Believe. They seek to degrade and defile all that has made this nation great by debauching and perverting our values and morality.
To those who know.....God simply IS. LOVE is THE FORCE OF GOD, and is the only Power in the Universe that can create, bind, heal, restore, and make all things new again. "May the Force be with you!". No man lives unto himself;for every living thing is bound by cords to every other living thing.— Yermak29 - Why is he giving it to a kid? Especially since Lincoln and Washington are right behind him? That kid's gonna spill grape juice on it.— tdcuse
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