| Thursday, December 26, 2002 |
10:37 - New Jesus 8.0! Now with more features!
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/25/face.jesus/index.html
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This is bound to upset a whole lotta people, but they're going to be hard pressed to explain why, I think.
Neave and a team of researchers started with an Israeli skull dating back to the 1st century. They then used computer programs, clay, simulated skin and their knowledge about the Jewish people of the time to determine the shape of the face, and color of eyes and skin.
They turned to the Bible to determine the length of his hair. In the New Testament, "would Paul (one of the apostles) have written, 'If a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him' if Jesus Christ had had long hair?" the article speculates.
The magazine's editors admit that they cannot be certain of the accuracy of this facial representation.
Indeed, but I'm much more prepared to believe this than the Sistine Chapel. Truth tends to be less glamorous than fiction... and Kevin Smith movies aside, it's certainly a lot more plausible for a face like this to have been the real deal than some internally lit version of any ten long-haired thin guys I knew in college.
I wonder what kind of psychological tricks it'll play on people who have deeply internalized the "classic" Jesus face, though? Will this be a blip, or will it shake things up?
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