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Chapter 30

           Still,youmustknowthat,ascraftsmanship,paintingsandsculptureoftheCrucifixionareusuallyatrociousandthepainted,realisticonesoftenusedinchurchesaretheworstofall?thebloodlookslikecatsupandthatex-carpenterisusuallyportrayedasifhewereapansy?whichHecertainlywasnotifthereisanytruthinthefourGospelsatall.Hewasaheartyman,probablymuscularandofruggedhealth.ButdespitethealmostuniformlypoorportrayalinrepresentationsoftheCrucifixion,apooroneisaboutaseffectiveasagoodoneformostpeople.Theydon’tseethedefects;whattheyseeisasymbolwhichinspirestheirdeepestemotions;itrecallstothemtheAgonyandSacrificeofGod."

           "Jubal,Ithoughtyouweren’taChristian?"

           "What’sthatgottodowithit?Doesthatmakemeblindanddeaftofundamentalhumanemotion?IwassayingthatthecrummiestpaintedplastercrucifixorthecheapestcardboardChristmasCrchecanbesufficientsymboltoevokeemotionsinthehumanheartsostrongthatmanyhavediedforthemandmanymoreliveforthem.Sothecraftsmanshipandartisticjudgmentwithwhichsuchasymboliswroughtarelargelyirrelevant.Nowherewehaveanotheremotionalsymbolwroughtwithexquisitecraftsmanship,butwewon’tgointothat,yet.Ben,foralmostthreethousandyearsorlonger,architectshavedesignedbuildingswithcolumnsshapedasfemalefiguresitgottobesuchahabitthattheydiditascasuallyasasmallboystepsonanant.

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