Scapegoat or Myth made into Literal Truth - Limited Edition 1 of 10 signed Photograph

POPE FRANCIS and THE VATICAN [Protestantism/Anglicans included] portrait of the myth, the man the dogma? As an atheist I feel that the obsession these old men of Religion specifically those who control the reins of power within the Vatican have with the crucified figure of an overtly muscular, very healthy, white anglo-saxon male, naked and bloody on a cross speaks volumes for a Church and a Religion that at its heart is disturbing and ultimately very negative. A beautiful image it maybe, but it is also hideous too at the same time, an image that appeals to the two worst aspects of the human psyche both narcissism and cruelty in order to assuage some ancient guilty appeasement to the gods by sacrificing someone or something. [afterall the whole jesus thing is little more than the Prometheus myth retold. And even before the Greek god Prometheus there was the Egyptian god Pheonix, again similar mythology. its obvious the early jesus cults were well researched and pretty enterprising too for that matter. And who gets to play this sacrificed Jesus character one has to ask? -No doubt some poor bastard who's either been unwittingly, ceremoniously slung into an anachronistic cauldron run by spiritual fakes, or more likely some poor unbeknown sod who has rather been shanghaied against his/her own free-will into playing the modern returned 'jesus figure' for the 20th and 21st centuries...because if such a person had have been asked up front no doubt there would have been a case of outright refusal to obey the instigators of all of this self-serving nonsense and great and higher purposes/commands. Guaranteed the sort of righteous folk who like this kind of thing are on an intellectual level very shallow people indeed. Mindless and shallow and pretentiously 'non-materialist-non-narcissistic'. Again the type of folk inured to this sort of thing are usually from pretty well-off backgrounds which explains the rosey-eyed world view and idealistic nature they tend towards others esp those from lower class backgrounds. They're most definitely not from low socio-economic backgrounds or of the working classes that can be guaranteed! And rarely is the sacrificial victim a nice, well educated, upper-middle class rich kid, it would have to of course be generally and stereotypically someone of low economic means with little familial backup who is seen to be and considered disposable enough to suit the evil minds behind such religious/spiritual machinations engineered to facilitate and expunge some unconscious corrupt guilt the wider body politic senses of itself. If these church/religious leaders like the new media saavy and enlightened newly elected Pope Francis and his kind ever had their 'Jesus' actually arrive back on earth one day in order to seek his ownership of 'their' control and stewardship of the Christian church's [both the catholic and protestant churches including all of the little jesus based cult's] and all of its accoutrement and lucre guarded over by these Holy-men and women, Priests and Popes and Bishops etc., all for his own personal useage- [ie possibly to use for acquiring land in the best parts of the world with which to fashion a majestic home upon in which he might also choose to partake of various high-class whores and other fleshly pursuits- like a nice large collection of art and trinkets, perhaps some nice expensive wines/spirits/cocaine, maybe a little yacht or three-none of which happened to be under 60 foot in length and perhaps a little gambol here n there at various casino], - I feel damnably sure that the slitherer's who now watch over the various Christian church would very quickly have their 'lord jesus' quietly hung, drawn and re-crucified before the deadly hour of dawn preferably before the sun was set. All to make damn sure that all the excessive power, glitter, gold and other largesse like the vast holdings of real estate that these church's/religion's own was never lost from their controlling, greedy, insidious, tenacious grasping hands basically. Jesus the myth was a creation of the Holy Roman Empire mainly as a counter measure and way of putting a stop to extremist jewish nationalist's who opposed the Romans in the land of Palestine, and who used terrorism to make their anger known to their Roman oppressors.

Photography:Digital on Canvas

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:70 W x 60 H x 2 D in

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