Quote:Davidsch: Its a bit funny that you associate the log-man with Jesus on the cross, cause I do not see any similarity in it, to be honest.
There's no similarity to Jesus on the cross. I never said there was.
There is a slight similarity to the two thieves on either side who are bound differently. They have their arms around the pole instead of being nailed to the cross—that's the significant part. It's an iconographical way of saying there is something different between the guys who are arm-looped and the guy who is nailed. It specifically associates stigmata and the mandorla-wound with Jesus.
In one of the pictures of the thieves, there is a smaller thinner support pole in addition to the main log, just as there are smaller thinner support poles in the VMS logman picture. Yes, they are in a different orientation—it's only a slight similarity, but I believe in putting a lot of ideas on the table if it's for something that has been particularly difficult to figure out. Then go through them and see where they lead.