So I was on a mainstream forum last night and people were bitching about one user who had an image of Jesus and the text "Even I post here" as their Avatar.

It's a popular forum and though the avatar was a mild joke at the attitude of the forum owners, people got into a huge uproar to the subject.

Can something as simple as your Avatar hurt your business image on a forum?

And would you rather the "face to name" feel of a real headshot? or doesn't matter to you?