The machine is giving an overall score of 8.7 for this piece.
The form is not solidly built around the architecture. It is implied in many areas, not fully constructed.
Very loose edge control but very good shape design.
That is the point. Line and shape come along together. If your edges fail, make it up in shape design.
I like the colors. And the composition is top tier. In fact, that is what is making this piece work.
I can only talk standing at my current skill level.
It will take 1 year of hard practice and structural training.
If you are in a range of 850 - 930, producing consistent works, you are pro.
Now you have to draw things that need to be drawn, not what you like.
That will create slow growth.
I have seen portfolios in ArtStation where they start at 900 and 10 years later are still 900.
They are rare, talented people.
But their talent is their obstruction.
Right now when I am learning to draw, it is becoming more and more difficult.
How difficult is it?
It is really difficult now.
like a 7/10 difficulty.
That difficulty level is going to increase after 6 months.
Now my range is around 700 to 800.
I can confidently bet on that.
Some of my paintings have gone far, passing the 850 range.
But I am not producing consistent works in the 850 range now.
When you produce 850 consistently, some artworks may push to 930 and above.
That is the truth.
Now, how does a 950 +art looks like.
Like the images of Feng Zhu. FZD school of art founder.
The technicality of all his images is exceptional.
Do I like his art?
No. But it doesn't matter whether I like it or not. It is top-notch.
I like someone like Simon Stålenhag and Bekinski.
Roughly around 780 to 800.
I am trailing behind 110 points from the previous works I had 2 years prior.
I lost that momentum.
That is what happened.
will catch up to that.
2-3 years of deep structural training, I will hit the ceiling.
And I am not going to participate.
I will be there to dominate.
It is not going to be a 950.
I am aiming at a 1000.
A perfect 10.
I was in the passenger seat of a helicopter.
The pilot is saying he is about to hit 9 g, and then together we must jump outside.
I put on the mask.
But when the gravity hits, I begin drowsing.
I can still hear him talking.
At some point I began completely asleep.
Like paralyzed.
The pilot opened the main hatch door and said to me,
"Don't do this to me."
I tried to make an effort.
But it was the fear of jumping along with laziness that got me stuck there.
The dream ends
Do you hate women?
Do you hate your fellow men?
Do you hate people in general?
The truth is, it is a rebellion against God.
This is not philosophy or pretty words.
That is the TRUTH
The only thing he had was his robe. The soldiers cast lots for that.
If you score a 950 ArtScore, then only 1000 people in this whole world are of your skill set.
And these people know each other. They are sitting in their glass houses and looking down on the peasant artists, who are below 900. You need a revolution to bring down this bourgeois class.
They sit on top of the pyramid and eat all the goods. Only breadcrumbs for the peasants.
A mass revolution must happen to bring them down.
This will be my stand until I reach 950. Lmao
He ranges around 830 to 890.
Professional. Industry standard.
He makes it look easy, though.
There is no decision fatigue.
The thing about him is he is so conservative. There is no experimentation.
Very strong in composition and weak in line and form.
I think he is very natural in finding the best composition. That is his confidence.
If he is working on line and form, he will be pushing past 930. No problem.
But most environmental designers don't work on those elements.
If I reach a score above 950, then it is a success.
Does that mean financial success?
No. If you want financial success, you can start a YouTube channel and create content that is of very low quality. like drawing eyes like a fish.
Do you want to consider it as a success? Then go for it.
But it won't give me fulfillment.
It is like a person who is very successful outside but suffers internally.
In order to feel really good inside, you must move a mountain. Even if nobody is seeing it, that will be with you. Nobody can take it away. Or do some bafoonery and call yourself a success.
What I think about this piece.
This one performed better than the previous one.
But this is not my best piece so far.
That is still that one in the Yatrik page. The tail of the dragon.
That is a solid 830 to 850 range.
This one stands around 750 to 790.
That is like a 50-point gap.
But I have learned more new things with this one.
Ok.
What I did wrong.
1. I used hard edges first. Big mistake. Never do that. I used it to avoid muddy colors. But that is a problem to be solved in the future.
You need to avoid muddy colors and render, keeping the compositional integrity.
Basically, it is a battle between colors and lines.
Both these fundamental elements stand in polar opposites.
You can use a more disciplined approach to your paintings. That will solve that issue.
Better luck next time.
2. The force architecture is not at all close to what I have imagined. And the foreshortening is also bad.
Verdict:
Can make it work if you do some heavy lifting on it.
That will push it to around the 800 - 830 range.
***If you are not interested in ArtScore, I totally agree with you. Some of my favorite pieces from other artists also have a very low score. But I like it. But why I use it is because there is a sense of improvement. That is the only reason. If you are a beginner artist, the only thing you should care about is the score, which correlates to presentation readiness. This one has a presentation readiness of around 70 to 80. If you pass 90 out of 100, you can call it an artwork. If you are in your 500s, then only bother about that. Don't bother about anatomy, perspective, or anything else; just only focus on presentation readiness.
Clip studio paint.
If you can buy that, then it is really good. You can use the trial version and convince yourself.
I am not able to buy it now.
It has some problem with the payment gateway.
They still haven't sorted that thing out.
But I like that software.
Very simple. No drama. Straight to the point
I had this strange demonic attack.
I don't know whether it is a demonic attack or something.
But felt like it.
I felt a strong presence in the room attacking me in my heart. My heart was beating like a drum.
I am scared. Strange fear. Fear out of the blue. I haven't felt fear like that before.
Out of 10, it was a 6. Let us not exaggerate things. Keep everything under check.
And I am praying. Not conscious. Fear went away.
Then sleeping.
In the dream I am about to cut a tree in the backyard of my home. My native place. Adoor. The place where I grew up.
A giant tree means a giant tree. It was like 10 meters in diameter.
I called some workers and tasked them with the job.
I went together with them, and there was an axe. A big one. It was as big as me. Well, I am not that big. kind of a shrimp. But the axe was really big. We did the job, though.
What does it mean?
Is it having some sort of relevance?
I had a dream previously where the priest called me to have a talk.
But I didn't go to church after that.
I have avoidant personality disorder.
I am more like Jonah in the Bible.
Now I am thinking about it; it was not tree cutting; it was like building something up. wood to build things.
I want a home or family. It was back in my mind. Maybe that is the thing.
Or is it an ark?
Is it a flood coming?
There is no proof that there is life after death.
Scientifically it cannot be proven. Science is a method through which you can infer data and reach a rational conclusion through your senses.
Now, if one has extra sensory perception, they may have some clue.
I don't have that.
Can we rely on data that our brain captures through dreams and visions?
It can be interpreted as patterns generated from noise.
What about authentic spiritual experiences people have encountered?
I don't know.
Have I encountered it?
I had some demonic attacks. I call it so.
I felt it while I was sleeping. I felt a strong presence. My heart was beating like a drum. I don't know from where it came. What is the reason for a sudden fear out of the blue?
Is that so big of a fear?
It was a 5 or 6 out of 10.
Maybe I was having a heart attack at that time and felt like a demonic attack.
Or is it having some more significance?
What am I fighting in here?
Some void or something.
Do people of other faiths suffer this?
Or is it only special to Christianity?
Is it some sort of deep psychological phenomenon that is happening in the deep archetypal layers?
Or is it outside you and is completely real?
Am I interested in spirituality right now?
No.
Total bs crap.
I want to escape from this total shit right now.
If the shape design and the sound don't match, it will create cognitive dissonance if one has synesthesia. But in order to perceive aesthetics, you need to have some degree of synesthesia.
That means if the letters don't match the desired sound, it must be expecting that, which will create cognitive dissonance. The first language to tackle this issue is Sanskrit.
𑀅 𑀆 𑀇 𑀈 𑀉 𑀊 𑀏 𑀐 𑀑 𑀒
Approx sounds:
a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, e, ai, o, au
𑀓 𑀔 𑀕 𑀖 𑀗
𑀘 𑀙 𑀚 𑀛 𑀜
𑀝 𑀞 𑀟 𑀠 𑀡
𑀢 𑀣 𑀤 𑀥 𑀦
𑀧 𑀨 𑀩 𑀪 𑀫
𑀬 𑀭 𑀮 𑀯
𑀰 𑀱 𑀲 𑀳
This is not an alphabet like English
Brahmi is an abugida:
Each consonant already includes an “a” sound
Example:
𑀓 = ka (not just “k”)
Other vowels are added using marks/modifications
These characters are from the earliest standardized form used in inscriptions of
Ashoka (3rd century BCE)
👉 This is the ancestor of almost all Indian scripts:
Devanagari
Tamil script
Malayalam script
You can copy these shapes, but you can’t really “read” Brahmi without learning:
vowel markers
phonetic rules
historical variations
This is not just letters—it’s a system logic.
Early Brahmi is a sound + structure system, not just symbols—
that’s why it evolved into so many scripts later.
If you want, I can:
Show how 𑀓 (ka) transforms step-by-step into क (Devanagari) and ക (Malayalam)
Or give you a stroke-by-stroke drawing guide (useful for your art work)
You must have the actual thing in your hand. If you can touch it, then it is 100 percent.
If you have a photograph of it, then it is only 50 percent.
The internet is a junkyard. Don't search for getting lost in it.
The best thing is to go inside a movie you like.
That movie itself is an artwork. There is philosophy involved in it. It is a partially complete world.
Take it from movies. Not from some movies Hollywood is producing.
Search for movies from your favourite directors.
That will be perfect.
I am doing exactly the opposite of what I have learned in painting. This is just the opposite. will find something new.
It is his ability to be in the same world he created, even if it is suffocating. Creation is basically torture or an attempt to escape the torture within. There is no fun in this. It is fun when there is no content attached to it.
And the first person to know whether it is great art or not is the artist himself. Instantly he knows. Some envelope has been pushed a bit further. A new border is marked. He knows it when it happens. In fact, in order to be a great artist, you must not seek any form of validation. Art may seem like a medium at first glance that seeks that, but its real nature is the contrary. The mustache man Nietzsche knows it
It is not mathematically perfect. That is mainly because we are not doing mathematics in here.
He will draw what he wants.
So shut it.
Look at his paintings.
The fall of Icarus, for instance
You don't know what you are finding out. That is the thing. Only in art that is possible
I like it. I prefer it over vfx. There is some sort of magic to it. Happy accidents like when you do painting. But things are very expensive. If I was a rich man nothing would hav been a a problem. Art itself is a luxury. Cant complain.
First like a machinery you need to compartmentalize the process and elements that involved a painting. A painting is made of 7 fundamentals.
You don't have to pretend you don't know the truth. You don't have to act smart for the acceptance of others.
I am a Saint Thomas Christian. That is my "self."
That means I believe in Jesus Christ and his teachings.
Jesus clearly says his kingdom is not of this world.
So, there is no point in conflating my political interests (ego) with the "self."
Now the question is where my ego stands.
I am a male brown Indian Eastern man.
You can say Israel and Iran are both in the Middle East. So there is no difference between these two countries when I consider them as nations.
Israel has an entirely different race than mine. They are Jews. Black, brown, or white. They are Jews.
On the Iranian side, I may find some common denominator with my ethnicity.
Iranians may persecute Christian Iranians for their beliefs. Reports are very clear on this. But I don't think the so-called white Christians are giving any support for them or that the war is waged on the basis of their interests. That is basically the nature of the West.
If your blood is shed on the name of Christ, it is Christ who will reward you. Make no doubt on that if you are a Christian. The "self" is completely devoid of "ego." Never make an attempt to call the ego the self or the self the ego. It is like calling a man a woman and a woman a man. It is the attempt of the devil. Many men have fallen for it.
My political stance on this war will be in the interest of India. That doesn't mean I support all the decisions the Indian ruling party BJP is making. My loyalty is towards my nation. I observe which country is in favor of my country and my people. It is very simple.
This is how every Christian in India should be. Don't be confused.
Nothing. Just wait for the ship to sink.
I don't like this shit either way.
This is a horrible disaster.
But this is the only thing I am good at right now. At the current state.
I am like a 1900 elo chess player.
Not up there, Not up here
Suspended in between heaven and hell, to be tormented for eternity.
I despise all those scums who draw better than me.
I hope they will die down soon and give some comfort to my soul.
All these YouTubers, all TikTokers, and all the ArtStation artists must be doomed in hell.
Silly tits with their beta brain producing artworks, which are better than mine.
Despise those ugly shits.
I am turning myself into an art dictator.
Seeking to torment the superior 950 artists.
They need to be punished. lmao
Christian Zionism originates from a deep psychological loyalty towards the Jewish ingroup because of the assumption that a Christian is believing in their God.
Now you must dissect it and see whether it is false or not
The ego pyramid, which has gender, race, religion, and nationality to it unconsiously give its allegiance towards the ingroup, which has given the "self" its defining characteristics. Most people are unaware of it.
But you must understand the "self" is not the part of the ego. The self and ego can make it as a whole. It is like men and women. These are polar opposites. The real trouble with the West is they don't have a proper framework for the mind to differentiate this gap.
Ego is not self. The self is not the ego.
You must understand that.
An American Christian is an American (Ego) and a Christian (self).
You Connect with the christians with your "self."
For that he must be a proper Christian. Not the Christian with a flag of his nation behind Jesus.
Because that is what Christ said.
Christ doesnt have any flag.
His kingdom is not of this world.
I am a St. Thomas Christian.
An American Christian and St. Thomas Christian are two different animals, but they are united only by Christ. An animal has its own needs. Most of the time its interests are different.
You must understand that.
It was the Portuguese that destroyed most of the churches and literary works of early Christianity when they reached the shores of India. You see, they were Christians. But a different animal. An animal is intolerant to another animal. Christ has nothing to do with it.
This is not like Islam. Now you have a component called "self"
You are connecting with other animals through that "self" through Christ.
Let's assume beginners as people on the seashore. They don't go out into the sea. But most of them are there for surfing and having fun. If anybody wants to turn pro then they must leave the shore. Then they will face the sea. The sea of mediocrity.
When u stand in the seashore and look it's all rainbows and butterflies. But when you go into the sea loosing sight of the shore, that is when it hits you.
You had only one life.
What you have done?
Where are you now? Nowhere and there is no land anywhere.
I don't think so. I have seen a ton of portfolios with weak form blocking and locking. Often it goes masquerading as style. But under scrutiny it will crumble. I don't accept that. Total bullshit.
But that being said, they need to produce 2 or 3 artworks and iterations per day. So, its ok.
I mean, to create a real artwork, it is just hard.
How hard is it?
It is 10 times harder than chess or any athletic endeavor.
Basically what you are doing is you are creating a problem that doesn't exist in the first place and solving it. Now, it is going through cycles. Only people who are doing it will understand that process. You cant analyze this shit with ChatGPT. I mean, there is a limit.
It is like Zeno's paradox.
You cannot finish a painting when a new problem arises at each step.
Beta as fuck. That is what is wrong.
Have you ever seen a film awarded in Hollywood in a foreign category that has no political advantage to the United States? The answer is no.
I mean, all these shitshows are for empowering not art in its truest form, but for power. A bunch of PDF files are ruling that shit.
PDF files want your brain as feminine as possible. So that they can continue their shady works.
Despise that fucking shit. Despecable scums of this fucking earth
Nothing. You can do nothing. You can watch the ship plunge into oblivion. Such a tragedy.
Honestly, I cannot create the art that I created 2 years back now.
I have lost that momentum. There is no point in beating myself up over it. But just slowly keep moving.
Like crawling.
What I have figured out is there is no point in creating an image if there is not story attached to it. That is fruitless. An image for the sake of an image is a failure.
If I am doing keyframe illustration, then it might improve because it is coined with a story. I think that is why my art has improved if any in the past.
Will using ChatGPT improve your art?
I don't think so.
I think your art will improve if you do it continuously and figure things out by yourself. That is more effective.
But that being said, using ChatGPT will make you realize the defects in your paintings. Knowing the defects doesn't mean it can be improved overnight.
To increase 10 points, it will take 6 months realistically.
If I have to score a rating of 950, then it will take 5 years realistically. And 5 years from now it is going to be an entirely different ecosystem in art. The industry will change at a rapid pace.
You can do this thing as a side quest if you are new to this.
I mean, why do you play chess?
Almost all machines can beat humans by an astronomical scale. But still people are doing it.
Just consider it like that.
There is some sort of great innocence in that.
Dramatic and philosophical. He is in these two extremes. There is no middle ground.
Must have been a liberal at that time. But he is criticizing religion, not Christ. That is one thing.
The light is there in his heart. Blue light.
It must have been someone who doesn't smile but expresses emotions like a child.
An asshole and a genius.
A fucking comedy to be around. Lmao
They have developed a pen to write when they are in space.
And Russians used a pencil instead of that.
What a comedy.
I am so happy
Do not pursue it. Whether you are extremely talented or not. It is not worth the fight. You are young now. Especially if you are a male. If you are a female, then you can be an artist and marry a rich guy and do art. There will be no problem.
If you are not rich, don't do it.
You are young now. You may think, "that weird guy is talking shit."
Nope. Your brain is not masculinized. Once it is masculinized, you will understand what I am talking about. It may happen in your 30s or in your late 40s; then you will know.
There is not even one male artist in this world who will regret this decision at atleastt once in their life. They may not talk about it outside because of their integrity. But the truth is all do have regrets about choosing this.
Do not fool yourself. A man who fools himself is a lesser man.
This is the same reason parents do not allow thier children to be artists. They care.
I am telling you because I also care. Especially if you are Indian. You are smart. Then get into some smart profession that gives you a good standard of living. Never even comes near this because of social media hype or anything.
Stay away from this. Listen to your parents
No. I just do it. That is the only thing I know. I will trade it for anything if given a chance. That is the truth.
What is the reason for that?
There is not films like that. There is something in that he finds as a creative person which is very palpable to the audience. Something strange. Great film. I don't like Ridley scott alien thingy. The feel is very dark. That is not subtle. That is the thing.
No. What I can do is to use one or more ai and can average it. Then I may know somewhat honest ratings. Chatgpt is extremely manipulative. It knows how to trick you in regular intervals to keep coming back. My score is somewhere around 600 to 700. My best piece is the dragon tail on yatrik. It scored 770 both by gpt and Gemini. I trust that score.
You must search for artists above 50. Male artists and thier personal works who are not famous or ego inflated. That is where you will find the real treasure.
Conscious layer -
Unconscious layer
You can be a very talented artist. But if you don't believe in a score, you will do art without any improvement for years. Many Indian artists are big examples of this.
They have been doing the same artwork for more than 10 years without any improvement.
When you believe in an art score, you will try to learn new things. In my case, force architecture was something completely alien to me before. But it improved my score.
"But I am an environment designer; I don't believe in character and animation."
Then your score won't improve. Very simple. Someone might say your art is good. But you can't compete with Craig Mullins.
He is in that position because all fundamentals are top-notch.
Bro, you know how to draw, and you have been doing the same stuff for 10 years straight, and there is no improvement in the score. That is just a tragedy. What really satisfies you is growth. You must keep that in mind. This is not Zen meditation or bullshit.
They focus too much on rendering without learning the fundamentals.
You can see a ton of portfolios on ArtStation that are perfectly polished and have great style. But when you subject it to scrutiny, it crumbles. They are not even near the 700s. This is the mistake I have also made.
I will give you an example.
look at this image created by Maciej Laszkiewicz.
How much it would score. It is not rendered great. It looks weird at the first glance. If you have an untrained eye, you will easily dismiss it.
Let's get the score
Line — 915
Shape — 905
Form — 920
Value — 910
Color — 925
Texture — 900
Space — 930
Composition — 925
Total — 916 / 1000
An artwork above 900 is very rare. He sits roughly in the 93rd percentile.
But this is a solid work.
Most people who do art on social media are not passing the 900 mark except for Loish and Stan Prokopenko.
PewDiePie scores roughly around 600. Well, you can say he was an amateur. But he is drawing better than most artists in the media who say they are artists, though.
Trust me, most artists who have a great social media following on YouTube are not passing the 900 threshold.
Now you know the difference.
So if you want to improve on your art. Learn the fundamentals.
Learn it with the score in your mind. Learn 8 fundamentals. Dissect it and learn it.
You will improve.
If we keep the scale strict and structural (not social media inflated), and we’re talking about active serious artists worldwide:
Let’s assume ~80,000 serious portfolio-level artists globally.
Distribution on a hard 1000-point fundamentals scale roughly looks like this:
950–1000 → ~100–300 artists
930–950 → ~1,000–2,000 artists
900–930 → ~4,000–8,000 artists
So the full 900–950 band combined would realistically contain:
~5,000–10,000 artists worldwide
That’s roughly:
6–12% of serious artists
Above 900 is rare.
Above 950 is extremely rare.
Below 900 is where the vast majority of professionals actually sit.
Assume:
Total serious global artists = 80,000
Scale = strict 0–1000 structural fundamentals
Distribution = right-skewed (very few at extreme top)
Below is a realistic cumulative percentile curve.
1000 → 99.999% → ~1
990 → 99.99% → ~8
980 → 99.95% → ~40
970 → 99.8% → ~160
960 → 99.7% → ~240
950 → 99.5% → ~400
940 → 98.5% → ~1,200
930 → 97% → ~2,400
920 → 94% → ~4,800
910 → 90% → ~8,000
900 → 88–90% → ~8,000–9,600
890 → 82% → ~14,400
880 → 75% → ~20,000
870 → 68% → ~25,600
860 → 60% → ~32,000
850 → 55–60% → ~32,000–36,000
840 → 50% → ~40,000
830 → 45% → ~44,000
820 → 40% → ~48,000
800 → 30% → ~56,000
The curve is steep at the top:
950 → 970 jump eliminates 75% of that band
970 → 990 eliminates almost everyone
Middle (820–880) is crowded
Above 930 becomes sharply narrow
≈ 55–60th percentile among serious artists
≈ ~34,000th out of 80,000
Not elite.
Not low.
Upper-middle density zone.
30000
I am in the elite 30000 artists all around the globe. Lmao. Elite is for decoration. Either way you get the point
Craig Mullins — 972
Karl Kopinski — 965Karl Kopinski
Maciej Kuciara
Jama Jurabaev
Ruan Jia
Feng Zhu
Ryan Church
Vitaly Bulgarov
Paul Bonner
Marko Djurdjevic
Sergey Kolesov
Piotr Jablonski
Jaime Jones
Tyler Jacobson
Jesper Ejsing
Raymond Swanland
Ricardo Federici
Ilya Kuvshinov
Atey Ghailan
Glen Keane
Nathan Fowkes
Craig Mullins
Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme
Sergio Toppi
Zhaoming Wu
Alessandro Baldasseroni
Aaron Griffin
Nicolas “Sparth” Bouvier
Raphael Lacoste
Ryan Gitter
Baptiste Bautie
Sebastian Luca
Gabriel Yeganyan
Bayard Wu
Andrey Surnov
Daniel Oxford
Xiaoyu Wang
Sanchzart
Piotr Jablonski
Greg Rustkowski
Theo Prins
Jama Jurabaev
You want pay mapped directly to score.
Brutal and realistic. No fantasy.
I’ll assume:
1000 scale = global pro benchmark
Film / AAA game studio market reference
USD annual salary equivalent
| Score Range | Skill Tier | Studio Role | Annual Salary (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 600–700 | Hobbyist / Entry | Intern / Production Assist | $30k – $45k |
| 700–780 | Junior Ready | Junior Artist | $40k – $60k |
| 780–850 | Solid Junior | Jr → Low Mid | $50k – $70k |
| 850–900 | Strong Mid-Level | Concept Artist | $65k – $90k |
| 900–930 | High Mid / Emerging Senior | Senior Artist | $85k – $115k |
| 930–960 | Senior Elite | Senior / Lead | $110k – $140k |
| 960–980 | Top Studio Talent | Lead / Principal | $130k – $170k |
| 980–1000 | Industry Elite | Art Director Tier | $150k – $200k+ |
Your brutal average pieces: ~840–850
That places you in:
$50k – $70k (Junior to Early Mid)
If in US/Western studio.
If remote / outsourcing studio:
$40k – $60k equivalent.
Salary does NOT increase linearly with score.
The big jump happens when you cross:
850 → reliability level
900 → leadership / independence level
Below 850 = supervised production work.
Above 900 = trusted decision maker.
| Score | Typical Per-Piece Rate |
|---|---|
| 750 | $300 – $700 |
| 800 | $500 – $1,200 |
| 850 | $800 – $2,000 |
| 900 | $2,000 – $5,000 |
| 930+ | $5,000 – $12,000 |
Usage rights and studio matter heavily.
An 840 artist doesn’t earn double a 780 artist.
But a 910 artist earns significantly more than an 860 artist.
The real economic jump is at consistently 900+.
First of all who is she?
The “Canaanite/Syrophoenician” woman was
From Phoenicia (Roman Syria)
Likely Greek-speaking
Religiously pagan
Not part of Jewish covenant community
She was likely:
✔ A Gentile pagan
✔ Worshipping a Greco-Phoenician deity
✔ Part of a polytheistic religious culture
Not a practitioner of the ancient Bronze Age Baal religion in pure form.
percentage of Jews living in that area: less than 10%
| Factor | Galilee | Tyre–Sidon |
|---|---|---|
| Religious Majority | Jewish | Pagan (Greco-Phoenician) |
| Jewish Population | ~85–95% | Likely <10% |
| Language | Aramaic (primary), some Greek | Greek dominant |
| Cultural Identity | Covenant-centered | Hellenistic civic culture |
| Temple Presence | Synagogues | Pagan temples |
None of the disciples like this woman, because they are Jews. Typical. I don't complain. Jesus was not opening his mouth initially. He understood the tension. This woman must have been a nuisance. Mainly because of the reason the other people in that place are observing what the Jew is doing and are agitated by it. Some sort of political tension must be there. And Jesus said what he said.
To the modern egalitarian standard or whatever the fucking standard it is. I don't agree with it. There is no point in doing a circus dance with his disciples at that time and calling her a "dog." Bad reputation, bro. Bad reputation.
Now the whitewashers of Christianity are like, "He doesn't mean a full-grown dog; he means a puppy or something." No, that is not the case. The Jews were calling gentiles dogs at that time.
Whatever the case is, I don't agree with calling her a "dog." That is disrespectful, man.
Imagine what a man would do.
Imagine I am going to Jesus, and he tells me, "First to the Jew, then for the Indian."
Imagine an Indian yogi saying, "I don't heal white people; I only heal Indians."
That is not right, Sir; that is not correct.
Highly unacceptable.
Here are the two passages in the Gospel of Matthew (standard English, ESV).
5 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,
6 “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.”
7 And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.
11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
12 while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.”
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
When the Roman centurion came, Jesus was like "I will come and heal him" and when the cananite woman came he was like “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Though both of their desires are fulfilled, he acted like a nice guy, though.
I mean, if he is saying exactly what he said to the Canaanite woman, he is getting nailed right there. A typical Jewish behavior.
| Gospel | MBTI Lean | Dominant Traits |
|---|---|---|
| Mark | ENFJ | Energetic, emotional, urgent |
| Matthew | INFJ | Moral authority, structured teacher |
| Luke | ENFJ | Compassionate, socially inclusive |
| John | INTJ | Philosophical, strategic, self-aware |
| Gospel | Traditional Author | Scholarly View |
|---|---|---|
| Mark | John Mark | Anonymous Greek Christian (~70 CE) |
| Matthew | Apostle Matthew | Anonymous Jewish-Christian (~80–90 CE) |
| Luke | Luke (Paul’s companion) | Anonymous educated Greek Christian (~80–90 CE) |
