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Specialists from the University of North Carolina conducted an unusual case study involving several thousand American citizens calling themselves Christians. Respondents asked to tell how they represent the external image of Of God.
For this, technology was widely used in forensics. Each participant in the experiment described his vision. the appearance of the Creator, and based on this description, the experts made peculiar image robot. Then all received portraits were combined into one averaged. Result of this work you can see below.
It turns out that the average Christian from the United States represents God as a comparatively young Caucasian man with a round face, short hair and a pleasant smile. It turned out that young people see the Creator young, and the elderly see the elderly. One in short, many individuals seem to regard the Almighty as his peer. Apparently, it’s easier for them to associate. Almighty with you.
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In addition, the respondents’ perceptions of the appearance of God as it turned out to be influenced also by their political beliefs. For example, conservatives see Heavenly Father more severe, courageous and strong-willed, and liberals – good-natured, feminine and courteous.
The work done, on the one hand, may seem half-joking, because she still doesn’t give the true image of God, however, on the other hand, this study shows that the face Jesus Christ may be far from the true face of the Messiah. For example, even the fact that Jesus did not live in Europe, but in Asia, but less, we present it (draw on all icons) as European a person with long straight hair to the shoulders is already alarming. Sociological study of specialists at the University of North Carolina only confirms that the true face of any God is to us one way or another is “imposed”, everyone imagines it practically such as “wants” …
