Recently on CNN I caught a video showcasing the story of a very gifted 12-years-old artist named Akiane Kramarik. There have been several young artists in the past, but I find Akiane rather unique.
What makes Akiane so fascinating is not so much how well she paints, but rather the subject of her work and her inspiration. Akiane claims to have met God when she was just 3. He told her that she needs to paint and help the less fortunate. He also noted that he’d be there to guide her along the way.
It gets more bizarre when you discover that her mother is an Atheist and her father a recovering Catholic. Religion was never discussed in the house and the kids are all home schooled.
Before you write her off as a freak, watch the report below, read this, and take a look at her art.
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Hey, Akiane’s mom, try to stop astroturfing here and tell your daughter to paint something other than stinky Kenny L.
Whether or not Akiane is painting Kenny Loggins let us see how good you are at painting Kenny Loggins
To gasmonso. It is sad that people have become so devoid of any spirituality or love to the extent they cannot appreciate such beauty and talent. I wondered a little how a child could paint such beauty but reason that no one could envision these things without divine inspiration. God is Love and the artist of beauty is a child of Love who belongs to God.
Hey, Akiane’s mom, try to stop astroturfing here and tell your daughter to paint something other than stinky Kenny L.
Better lay off those spirits too. Cheesy art still stinks.
Rachel Deans, I think you are tying some unsupported (and unjustifiable) assumptions to an observation in a pretty sneaky way. Linking this girl’s supposed talent (and even then, based on website pictures) to a god is a strange, unsupported leap, when at the same time such a god chose to give her such a “gift”, but not to so many millions of other kids. You’d have to more reasonably conclude that any creator entity is either unfair, or else now utterly benign or no longer existent, or else never has existed. Nor do you have any support underlying your insertion of “spirituality”, which I think is a suspect term to begin with. Pretty sneaky sleight of hand you inserted there. Stay away from my card table please.
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have some respect at least, the fact all of you seem to jump on the kenny logan joke bandwagon shows less than dash, and also an incapacity to make think for yourselves. Have any of you even stopped to consider that this really is something that is currently eluding rational explanation? I know some of you really don’t like the idea of god because you see it as ignorant, but from where i stand on the fence you look no better than religious extremists, just on the opposite end of the curve. Two things are true, she is a child prodigy and that her art is fantastic, i would like to see any of these commenters to square off their art against hers. If i could afford it, regardless of wether or not i believe, i would totally buy her art. The talent, composition and colours are pleasing to the eye. Loosen up people.
Who is “kenny logan”, and why are you so stupid? Too much “pilotes” shake your brain up?
“to make think for yourselves” -too funny
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So, really, why does she keep painting Kenny Loggins? His music is sooooooo stinky…
These are beautiful insights and revelations of God and heaven. Our God is awesome to work through a child in such an amazing way. I am inspired, strengthened, and encouraged by your work Akiane. Keep drawing and being used by God to communicate of him to the world. I appreciate the gift of God in you!!
Jesus is real!
OK, I lied. Nothing in the paintings is any proof of anything divine.
Some girls just like guys with beards. Even if they play cheesy music like Kenny Loggins. He can be Jesus to me.
So, really, why does she keep painting Kenny Loggins? His music is sooooooo stinky…
Hold your nose for sure. Kenny Loggins’ music really reeks. Why does Akiane keep painting that stinker anyway?
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Is there another Rachel Deans other than me or are others trying to confuse my posts?
To Doug Syme. If you and those other reprobates like you have no appreciation for God or the pure inspiration given Akianne I would advise you to find material more appealing to your senses and leave the beauty of spiritual gifts to those with a message to share. God spoke to his prophet Jeremiah and told him before he was forming him (Jeremiah) in the belly he knew him, prophet to the nations he became by God’s will. God could only inspire the pure in heart. If you would choose you could become pure and come to know God. It is a matter of choice.
Yeah, Rachel, that guy in the belly of the whale story is really believable. Uh huh. Oh, ya and last weekend I had a good talk with a snake too. He was really worried about the post-Eisenhower economy.
Seriously, why should anyone believe that stupid shit that you keep flinging at us?
You stupid twit.
Well what I really want to know is why she keeps on painting Kenny Loggins. That guy’s music is soooooo cheesy. Stinky poo or what!
Rachel Deans, I think you are tying some unsupported (and unjustifiable) assumptions to an observation in a pretty sneaky way. Linking this girl’s supposed talent (and even then, based on website pictures) to a god is a strange, unsupported leap, when at the same time such a god chose to give her such a “gift”, but not to so many millions of other kids. You’d have to more reasonably conclude that any creator entity is either unfair, or else now utterly benign or no longer existent, or else never has existed. Nor do you have any support underlying your insertion of “spirituality”, which I think is a suspect term to begin with. Pretty sneaky sleight of hand you inserted there. Stay away from my card table please.
Well what I really seriously want to know is why she keeps on painting Kenny Loggins. That guy’s music is soooooo cheesy. Stinky poo or what!
Karen that’s very funny re the snake. Good one.
And really, why does Akiane paint Kenny L so much? His musack just rrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeks. It’s wayyyy bad. Foul f-f-f-foul stuff.
Trinity Christian Preschool is an institute for brainwashing young kids with the Christian god fraud.
Gotta get them young, before they start to think critically and independently!
Why is there so much negative feedback for a child who has been gifted with such a wonderful ability to paint at such a young age? It sounds as if you are all very immature. I pity you fools. I would like to see your ability to draw and paint when you were four years of age. I am sure your mother saved some of your school work…or did she throw it out because it did not meet the standards of this little girl?
Margaret, RTFA already. Most of the negative feedback is not due to the child artist herself, but because people keep trying to credit her talent to some “nice” sky fairy creature that is supposed to have created her (but somehow also nicely gave lives of awful suffering and hardship and less talent to billions of other kids).
But I still also have to ask, why does she keep painting Kenny Loggins? His musack really does suck and she could find much more interesting subjects to paint.
Most people on here are of the world they don’t believe in God! There are miracles every day.its easy to mock something they don’t understand than to give it credit I believe its from God. These days we’re in are the end times where Satan is running ramped on earth even Satan believes in God .just believe don’t let your hearts be harden.just like in Moses time with the Egyptians. Give credit where it is do!
carmine, google “argument from ignorance fallacy” and educate yourself as to why your post about your superstitions is obviously BS. And no “miracle” has ever, ever been proven to be the work of a divine entity.
Now, how come your big goddy guy can’t just take out satan so that we humans aren’t bothered by him? Guess your “god” ain’t much of a god, hey…
Margaret, RTFA already. Seriously, actually read it. Most of the negative feedback is not due to the child artist herself, but because people keep trying to credit her talent to some “nice” sky fairy creature that is supposed to have created her (but somehow also nicely gave lives of awful suffering and hardship and less talent to billions of other kids).
But I still also have to ask, why does she keep painting Kenny Loggins? His musack really does suck and she could find much more interesting subjects to paint.
Trinity Christian Preschool is really an institute for brainwashing young kids with the Christian god fraud.
Gotta get them young, before they start to think critically and independently!
Hey, Akiane’s mom, try to stop astroturfing in here and tell your daughter to paint something other than stinky Kenny L.
Better lay off those spirits too. Cheesy art still stinks.
So let me get this straight. God is not very powerful because he dosent wipe out Satan because u would like that? Maybe He has his own plan.Is that arrogant or what? Maybe u think u are God. If u believe u can jump off a building and not get hurt that dosen’t make it so. SO just because u don’t believe in God or Jesus doesn’t mean this is not true -” every knee will bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord”
No, Linda, it is not arrogant for us to question your crazy beliefs. It is actually a public service for us to do so, since you do not live in a vacuum, and the rest of us have to live with the (often arbitrary) rules that your religion inflicts on us.
A set of beliefs that does not hold up to questioning (and that is the case for yours) should be discarded by anyone with courage and honesty. You appear to lack both of those traits.
On the one hand, you claim that we are arrogant in questioning your beliefs, and yet you claim to know the outcome for certain. So, who is the arrogant one now? You are a stupid, arrogant, and cowardly bitch.
So anyway why does Akiane keep painting Kenny Loggins? I mean u and me both dosent like his cheezy stinko music either.
She looks pregnant in that last photo. Maybe Kenny L. or Jesus did her.
Ok. If you want to ignore the overwhelming evidence of a God, you might as well double your error and ignore the overwhelming evidence of a devil. Remember one thing though, the Bible never says that you have to be a nice person to get to heaven. You might want to read ” The Case For Christ” before you end up where we all really deserve to be. (It was written by a guy who started the research as an atheist, like you. Stop being stupid.)
Now if only I could produce that evidence. Seems nobody else can either. Hmmm. The only reasonable conclusion is that there’s no god after all.
Also, the Christ-sacrifice-salvation story is really just a steaming pile of bull-do. How is it again that an omnipotent being couldn’t do his saving bit without the whole silly Jesus hoopla? And how was Jesus’ death a “sacrifice”, when an omnipotent being could just pop up a replacement son any time with less than a snap of his fingers? Pretty pathetic “god” that you’ve made for yourself there, Christian.
Fuck your stupid Jesus stories. Enough already.
So anyway why does Akiane keep painting Kenny Loggins? I mean even I don’t like his cheesy stinky music.
I am really unimpressed by the individual writing anti–God posts under my name. How about manning up and posting your lies under your own name. Part of me is really disgusted, but the other is really sad for you. How about posting an atheist book for me to read? I’ll read your book, you read mine (see above). I am not afraid of the truth. How about it? Bring it on. I really do pity you and that hopeless life you are winding down. You and I are both going to die and it will not be like flipping an off switch. Sorry to disappoint you.
Mike Plotycia
P.S. Why is the creator of the universe obligated to run it in a way that you approve of? Seems pretty arrogant to me.
The bible stories about a “god” are really unimpressive, and plainly false. Love those talking snakes and mustard trees too, and that flat-circular earth, not.
The Christ-sacrifice-salvation story is obviously just a steaming pile of bull-do. How is it again that an omnipotent being couldn’t do his saving bit without the whole silly Jesus hoopla? And how was Jesus’ death a “sacrifice”, when an omnipotent being could just pop up a replacement son any time with less than a snap of his fingers?
Pretty pathetic “god” that you’ve made for yourself there, Christian.
Why does Akiane keep painting Kenny Loggins? I mean even I don’t like his cheesy stinky music.
Ya stinky poo musack or what. Why paint that stinker Loggins? Icky yucky stinky cheese.
So, let’s see, you’ve got an omnipotent, “loving” god that still can’t defeat “satan” and still lets millions of innocent poor, starving kids in Africa die horrible deaths from diseases and malnutrition, but gives preferential treatment, special traits and a nice comfy life to a white kid in Europe? BULLSHIT. Such a god is best called a bigoted asshole. Good thing it doesn’t actually exist.
And how come Akiane keeps painting Kenny Loggins? Seriously, his music really stinks and she should really get a new subject. What a waste of paint.
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thats the best damn painting of me yet! If we all did something about the ills in the world
(myself included), then what?
The painting is run-of-the-ho-hum and looks airbrushed. As for the ills of the world, if the evil Christian god is doing what is claimed as his usual, then he is to blame but doesn’t do a damn thing to help. And no, the free will defense fails so don’t come out humping that one from behind onto us like you do to your friends.
So, let’s see, you’ve got an omnipotent, “loving” god that still can’t defeat “satan” and still lets millions of innocent poor, starving kids in Africa die horrible deaths from diseases and malnutrition, but gives preferential treatment, special traits and a nice comfy life to a white kid in Europe? BULLSHIT. Such a god is best called a bigoted asshole. Good thing it doesn’t actually exist.
And how come Akiane keeps painting your ugly face? Seriously, your music really stinks and she should really get a new subject. What a waste of paint.
quit repeating yourself satan, oops… tracy with a lower case “t” i mean
The painting is run-of-the-ho-hum and looks airbrushed. As for the ills of the world, if the evil Christian god is doing what is claimed as his usual, then he is to blame but doesn’t do a damn thing to help. And no, the free will defense fails so don’t come out humping that one from behind onto us like you do to your friends.
So, let’s see, you’ve got an omnipotent, “loving” god that still can’t defeat “satan” and still lets millions of innocent poor, starving kids in Africa die horrible deaths from diseases and malnutrition, but gives preferential treatment, special traits and a nice comfy life to a white kid in Europe? BULLSHIT. Such a god is best called a bigoted asshole. Good thing it doesn’t actually exist.
And how come Akiane keeps painting my ugly face? Seriously, even I think my music really stinks and she should really get a new subject. What a waste of paint.
The painting is run-of-the-ho-hum and looks airbrushed. As for the ills of the world, if the evil Christian god is doing what is claimed as his usual, then he is to blame but doesn’t do a damn thing to help. And no, the free will defense fails so don’t come out humping that one from behind onto us like you do to your friends.
So, let’s see, you’ve got an omnipotent, “loving” god that still can’t defeat “satan” and still lets millions of innocent poor, starving kids in Africa die horrible deaths from diseases and malnutrition, but gives preferential treatment, special traits and a nice comfy life to a white kid in Europe? BULLSHIT. Such a god is best called a bigoted asshole. Good thing it doesn’t actually exist.
And how come Akiane keeps painting that ugly face? Seriously, my music really stinks and she should really get a new subject. What a waste of paint.
The painting is run-of-the-ho-hum and looks airbrushed. As for the ills of the world, if the evil Christian god is doing what is claimed as his usual, then he is to blame but doesn’t do a damn thing to help. And no, the free will defense fails so don’t come out humping that one from behind onto us like you do to your friends.
So, let’s see, you’ve got an omnipotent, “loving” god that still can’t defeat “satan” and still lets millions of innocent poor, starving kids in Africa die horrible deaths from diseases and malnutrition, but gives preferential treatment, special traits and a nice comfy life to a white kid in Europe? BULLSHIT. Such a god is best called a bigoted asshole. Good thing it doesn’t actually exist.
And how come Akiane keeps painting an ugly face? Seriously, my music really stinks and she should really get a new subject. What a waste of paint.