Stigmata...

Updated image for a show I'm doing in a few months based on my views about religion.

Enjoy.

Edit: Someone asked what my take was on this image. I usually don't express my views on my stuff but when asked I will...

Of course the glass through the hand (and title) is the symbolism of Christ on the cross (nails through hands), the glass represents the body of Christ while the green represents the poison and evils that the Catholic Church spews all the time and the blood is represents not only the pierced hand but the millions who have died in the name of religion and the hundreds of millions that suffer while the church gets richer and richer while they stay poor. Jesus led a life without material things and the Catholic Church is the biggest business in the world with more art, property and wealth than most, if not all, third world nations.

That was my thought going into it anyhow. I should say that I think religion is a beautiful thing and if practiced the way God wanted people too (not just Catholicism but all faiths) is an amazingly powerful thing. It's just organized religion has turned into a farce and a way to compact power and wealth into the hands of the few.

Edit #2: Someone also asked what Stigmata is. Well, here ya go...

Got this from wikipedia...

Stigmata are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus.

So the hole through the hand is stigmata. People have claimed throughout time to all of a sudden have sores in their hands and feet where Jesus had nails driven through him. Also cuts around the head or a wound in the ribs where he was stabbed.