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LDS painting of second coming in Gizmodo article's backdrop

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posted by TedB 439 days ago | status: published

Co-worker Aaron barker found this bit of pseudo-blasphemy. I guess if you don't know that the iPhone has replaced Christ in the image, it just looks like an angelic heralding of the newest gadget. Hopefully they're not implying anything deeper...

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Funny ( possibly inaccurate? ) bit of trivia: that "LDS painting" was actually painted by a non-member â€” who, the account goes, got quite the heat for portraying the scene without the classical Christian trappings.

written by SilusGrok 439 days ago

I thought the painter was a 7th Day Adventist.

written by NonArab-Arab 436 days ago

Is the iPhone really the second coming? In my humble opinion, anything that does wild tricks like that is from the devil. And with 10% of our income going to tithing, how can we justify buying one of those devil machines?

Can we agree that this isnâ€™t the most modest phone we would hope for in our LDS society?

written by trwth 438 days ago

@NAA: Yeah, that's what I recall, also...

@trwth: Man, I hope you're kidding.

written by SilusGrok 436 days ago

Harry Anderson, the artist in question, is a seventh-day adventist. However, a lot of his works were commissioned by the church. I think this one may have been as well, as original sits in Independence, MO visitors center.

written by alea 433 days ago

My wife thought the original was in the Mormon Battallion Visitor's Center in San Diego, where she served her mission. I dunno!

written by TedB 431 days ago

FWIW the file is titled "jesus_phone.jpg."

written by AMSmith 432 days ago

LDS painting of second coming in Gizmodo article's backdrop

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