I'm getting close to converting the new design to css and ready for site graduation and launch soon! Meanwhile, I need some ideas for the error, captcha and 404 page images. They should be light-hearted and relate to Christianity.
For the captcha image, I normally use a non-human figure. (it asks "Are you human?")
Please post your ideas here, preferably with photo/image references.
A few examples for other SE sites:
Travel.se captcha
English.se captcha
Travel.se 404
Bicycles.se error
I'm sorry, how can you have a 404 and not have some reference to "He is not here! He is risen!"
Some ideas for captcha:
Matthew 7:15 themed:
Broad and narrow path - doesn't include non-humans, but distinguishing is definitely there:
If you want animals pretending to be human - Medieval Christianity was very fond of illustrating animals in human situations. There's no shortage of various creatures dressed up, hunting, besieging one another, etc. Of course we also want to have a Christian theme. The following are from devotional books.
(1.) From a book of hours of 1460 (Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Den Haag, MS 10F50, f. 6r) comes this fox-monk trying to decipher some writing (source):
(2.) Another Dutch book of hours (British Library, MS Stowe 17, f. 84) has a fox, disguised as a priest, preaching something probably-dubious to some poultry:
It's a popular theme (related to Matthew 7:15, and often used in polemics against false preachers) but I like this one in particular because of their facial expressions.
Both of these images are public domain.
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle... (Mark 10:25a ESV)
Do not throw your pearls before pigs. (Matthew 7:6b ESV)
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matthew 6:19-20 ESV)
An infamous fresco restoration gone a bit awry. I think it is fairly recognizable and matches the concept. On the negative side: perhaps it is a bit cruel to the artist? Also, I read that she has been asking for royalties, though I don't know what the actual legal situation might be.
For the Captcha, the story of Balaam's ass comes to mind. In the story, Balaam is off to help the enemies of the children of Israel, and so God sets an Angel to kill him. Balaam's donkey sees the angel, and keeps trying to protect Balaam, but Balaam is beating him to get him to move forward. Finally, God gives the donkey the power of speech in order to warn Balaam of what is going on...
I got it here: http://gc2012.spokanediocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/balaams_donkey1.jpg
I'm assuming its public domain, only because of the age.
or the full one
I could not find an image with a very quick Google search, but I wonder if it would be appropriate to use for the Captcha image a scene depicting the guarding of the Jordan in Judges 12 where "shibboleth" was used to determine if someone truly was not an Ephraimite. Such does not present a "non-human figure", but it would carry the concept of separation.
(Along similar lines, something with the sheep and the goats from Matthew 25:31+ might not be inappropriate, though such might feel harsh--not that slaughtering Ephraimites is light-hearted but at least that was only temporal judgment.)
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