I am making my own research. I wanted to hear from people opinions. Is it okay to hang Jesus pictures on your wall?
It is. Bear in mind that it's going to be an abstracted representation, though; nobody knows what Jesus actually looked like. The most common depictions of Him are the creations of a later age, in particular the artist... okay, I can't remember the guy's name; it'll come to me as soon as I stop trying to remember, and I'll reply to this giving it. Pretty every isolated culture of Christianity (it was VERY unpopular at first, pretty much everywhere it went) depicted Him as resembling the locals; behold- Chinesus!
What He ACTUALLY would've looked like, assuming normal genetics for that time and place, is a lot like a big nosed, dark skinned Arab. But obviously, there were photographs back then, and you generally only got your portrait painted if you were a noble or some such, so we have nothing to go on. That's okay, though; looks weren't the point, given that the core of the message about our shared humanity as the children of God.
Remember that God, being omniscient, sees past the complexities and confusions, and knows your heart. THAT is what matters, far more than minutia about rules and regulations.
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Why would it not be okay? It’s a matter of personal choice. If you mean whether it is disrespectful to hang pictures of Jesus on your wall, then the answer is no. As long as you’re doing it with the right intentions and in a reverent manner, it’s absolutely okay.
I’ve once asked a priest if it’s okay to do something that I personally think praises God while others might feel like it’s inappropriate, to which he replied: if a son does something to please and praise his father because he thinks it’s right, would his father scold and punish him for his good intentions?
Hope this answers your question.
I don't think Jesus will mind. I mean people hang crosses of him hanging on it. I think a little picture is not going to hurt.
I think it's ok to hang whatever pictures you like on your walls.
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No. #1: There's no picture of Jesus at all and that long blonde hair, blue eye dude that looks like Cesare Borgia that someone painted claiming to be Jesus is wrong.
God doesn't want any image at all of anything that you think is Him or is in heaven to be revered or worship.
Having images of such stuff leads to a false god and idolatry which some especially Catholics are guilty of violating God's very 1st commandment yet they don't care because Catholicism is rooted in paganism.
Exodus 20:1-5
And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
“You shall have no other gods before Me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
Nothing wrong with celebrating the body of christ
It’s very well okay for me to hang whatever I would like on my wall.
If you're a religious Christian, of course it's okay. If you're not, that would be very tacky... and most likely, disrespectful.
Sure, hang whatever you want... I've been hanging religious pictures as of late myself.
If you're religious then sure, would be weird otherwise
No it’s not
forbidding the making of any image of anything “in heaven above or on earth beneath or in the waters below” (Exodus 20:4)
Since nobody really knows WHAT Jesus looked like, I guess it doesn't matter.
If not then you can put up a thing that says “Property of Jesus”. Sophos wrote that on his wall
Go for it, but is that Jesus white with golden blonde locks?
No. That is wrong. You may not do that. Go to your room.
Why wouldn't it be?
Yes, I have a Jesus picture on my wall.
It's your walls; put up whatever you want
Yes.
Sure, do what makes you happy.
No, it is very tacky.
Sure why not?
Uhhhh yeah
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