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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Lincoln on October 21, 2003, 08:34:32 PM
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Just curious. I went to a church a few months ago for my good friend's funeral and noticed this. I was just thinking about this, why is he portrayed as White skin when it's a documented historical fact Jesus had Brown skin? Just curious, thanks for any help.
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because DiVinci(i think it was him?) was paid to paint him as a white man.
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Because all the painters that painted him during the renaissance were white, and painted Jesus as they percieved him, white people percieve Jesus as white just as black people percieve Jesus as black. Jesus was a man, his skin color is unimportant.
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Because all the painters that painted him during the renaissance were white, and painted Jesus as they percieved him, white people percieve Jesus as white just as black people percieve Jesus as black. Jesus was a man, his skin color is unimportant.
So why not change the image of Jesus to be more in line to what the Bible says. After all, his just a man, his skin color is not important.
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Thanks for helping me clear that up.
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i think jesus is just a man images.. he can be seen as white or black... maybe even brown... it is just what we feel most confrontable with..
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i think jesus is just a man images.. he can be seen as white or black... maybe even brown... it is just what we feel most confrontable with..
No. Its a historically proven fact that Jesus had Brown skin.
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Who cares? My painting of Jesus hanging in my living room isn't any of your business. If you want a brown jesus, make a brown Jesus. If you think Jesus was really named Leroy, makes a Leroy picture. If you think Jesus had tentecles growing out of his nose, make a picture like that. It's none of your buisness what I think Jesus looks like, and It's none of my business what you think he looks like. What are you trying to accomplish? Why complain? Just buy the brown Jesus picture instead of the white Jesus picture. LOL Kids. Get a grip, man, the reason "the man" is holding you down is because you believe in him.
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alot of my black friends think god, jesus and all the other biblical ppl were black and they go to black churchs thats make them believe that i have went to church with them for a funeral and it was hillarious cuzz they really do make them look black... if you wanna see a black jesus go to a black church...
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i think jesus is just a man images.. he can be seen as white or black... maybe even brown... it is just what we feel most confrontable with..
No. Its a historically proven fact that Jesus had Brown skin.
i never said he wasnt brown... i just said.. everyone has there own image of him.. regardless.. of what he really looked like.. he was a human like me and you.. and i am sure he wouldnt be happy with all this fighting about skin color anyways...
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Get a grip, man, the reason "the man" is holding you down is because you believe in him.
LOL... now that was cleaver. No actually what people think Jesus looks like has a lot to do with what you think about race in you life. I thought Jesus was white for a long time. Therefore, that made white seem closer to God. I was not privilage to know the truth for a long time. I think in a time where we are always looking for the right interpration of the Bible, and are always rewriting it, we should also do the same for Jesus, and how we look at him too, and try to find the truth, not a pipe dream.
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Have you guys ever thought about why Middle Eastern people fall under the White category on applicatiions (college applications for example) ?
Because if they made a seperate category for Middle Eastern people then that would create a difference between Middle Eastern and White people (which there obviously is a difference), and it would establish the fact that Jesus was NOT WHITE. Yes, people, he was Middle Eastern, but the White people in this country don't want that distinction to be made in this case. Only when we go there for oil and phony wars, then there is a difference between us and them. They then become the axis of evil, terrorists, wrong-doers, etc.
Plus, according to some of you, Jesus is a terrorist, since that's some of your guys' perception of Middle Eastern people. LMAO... I can't believe nobody has ever realized that "hey Middle Eastern people don't look white"... people ignore shit like this when the issue is tied to something greater such as Jesus in this case
Just some food for thought :-*
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LOL. What a stupid topic.
I don't care what skin color Jesus had. I'd much rather pay attention to the great things he did that argue about something petty like this.
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lol there is no scientific fact of what jesus looked like ......all we know is that he was a jew and probably looked like many of the hebrews of his day........and even if he was white he probably looked like Don Johnson or some tanned white dude cuz he was always out in the sun. But in all honesty Jesus , according to the discovery channel and many scientists they worked with on this one easter special, he would've had a more round head shaggy ass beard and a mad jew fro.......the jesus we see in paintings is painted to be Italian .....but in actuality Jesus probably looked like bob dylan.
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lol there is no scientific fact of what jesus looked like ......all we know is that he was a jew and probably looked like many of the hebrews of his day........and even if he was white he probably looked like Don Johnson or some tanned white dude cuz he was always out in the sun. But in all honesty Jesus , according to the discovery channel and many scientists they worked with on this one easter special, he would've had a more round head shaggy ass beard and a mad jew fro.......the jesus we see in paintings is painted to be Italian .....but in actuality Jesus probably looked like bob dylan.
Exactly. You can't see him as being different from the people he belonged too.
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He was Jewish so he looked Jewish not European!
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Jews aren't a race,despite beliefs otherwise. They might have become to look distinctly "Jewish" in some cases because they tend to marry and have kids within their cultural group,like all humans.When you have a smaller group to start with this increases the amount of overlapping genetic information in that group,wich makes it's members look more and more alike, as is the case within the majority of the Jewish population.
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Just curious. I went to a church a few months ago for my good friend's funeral and noticed this. I was just thinking about this, why is he portrayed as White skin when it's a documented historical fact Jesus had Brown skin? Just curious, thanks for any help.
Are you seriously this stupid? No one knows what color Jesus skin was. How the hell could we know what someone who lived 2,000 years ago looked like, especially in a region as diverse as the Middle East?
The fact of the matter is that Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, and for most people it is easier to relate to God if he looks the same way you do. Go to a black church and you will see pictures of a black Jesus, go to a white church and you will see pictures of a white Jesus. Heck....go to a Christian church in Asia and you will see Jesus depicted as being Asian. Even Buddhists in China portray Buddha as Chinese even though he was born in India.
Now I have a question for you, Brother Lincoln. Do you get as upset when you see images of a black Jesus as you do when you see images of a white Jesus? Somehow I doubt it, because you are a racist and everyone knows it. That is why you are a joke and have no credibility on this board.
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That is why you are a joke and have no credibility on this board.
The irony in that is astonishing
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Just curious. I went to a church a few months ago for my good friend's funeral and noticed this. I was just thinking about this, why is he portrayed as White skin when it's a documented historical fact Jesus had Brown skin? Just curious, thanks for any help.
Are you seriously this stupid? No one knows what color Jesus skin was. How the hell could we know what someone who lived 2,000 years ago looked like, especially in a region as diverse as the Middle East?
The fact of the matter is that Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, and for most people it is easier to relate to God if he looks the same way you do. Go to a black church and you will see pictures of a black Jesus, go to a white church and you will see pictures of a white Jesus. Heck....go to a Christian church in Asia and you will see Jesus depicted as being Asian. Even Buddhists in China portray Buddha as Chinese even though he was born in India.
Now I have a question for you, Brother Lincoln. Do you get as upset when you see images of a black Jesus as you do when you see images of a white Jesus? Somehow I doubt it, because you are a racist and everyone knows it. That is why you are a joke and have no credibility on this board.
Documents from the time in which Jesus was born (historical facts) it was said that Jesus had light Brown Skin. Any other way is just historically innacurate.And just so you know, I did not get upset that I saw a picture of a White Jesus, I simply was curious as to why. I don't understand why he would be portrayed as Black or Asian either.
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why he is portrayed as different races has been explained,by c walker i think.
The fact of the matter is that Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, and for most people it is easier to relate to God if he looks the same way you do.
which makes a lot of sense,to me anyway
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Documents from the time in which Jesus was born (historical facts) it was said that Jesus had light Brown Skin. Any other way is just historically innacurate.And just so you know, I did not get upset that I saw a picture of a White Jesus, I simply was curious as to why. I don't understand why he would be portrayed as Black or Asian either.
There are no documents that exist that state what color Jesus skin was. You are flat out lying.
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Wow...Anyone who thinks Jesus could have possibly been black is flat-out retarded...JESUS WAS JEWISH PEOPLE! HE WAS ALSO BORN IN (WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS) ISRAEL! YES! HE WAS ISRAELI!!!! WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS IN FACT MIDDLE-EASTERN!!! YIPPEEEE!
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Wow...Anyone who thinks Jesus could have possibly been black is flat-out retarded...JESUS WAS JEWISH PEOPLE! HE WAS ALSO BORN IN (WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS) ISRAEL! YES! HE WAS ISRAELI!!!! WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS IN FACT MIDDLE-EASTERN!!! YIPPEEEE!
The man has a point.
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Wow...Anyone who thinks Jesus could have possibly been black is flat-out retarded...JESUS WAS JEWISH PEOPLE! HE WAS ALSO BORN IN (WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS) ISRAEL! YES! HE WAS ISRAELI!!!! WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS IN FACT MIDDLE-EASTERN!!! YIPPEEEE!
The man has a point.
Thank you.
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Wow...Anyone who thinks Jesus could have possibly been black is flat-out retarded...JESUS WAS JEWISH PEOPLE! HE WAS ALSO BORN IN (WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS) ISRAEL! YES! HE WAS ISRAELI!!!! WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS IN FACT MIDDLE-EASTERN!!! YIPPEEEE!
The man has a point.
Thank you.
So you agree with what I said? 8)
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Who cares..
we will all find out the lie when when we die.
Hatesrats 2oooTre
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Wow...Anyone who thinks Jesus could have possibly been black is flat-out retarded...JESUS WAS JEWISH PEOPLE! HE WAS ALSO BORN IN (WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS) ISRAEL! YES! HE WAS ISRAELI!!!! WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS IN FACT MIDDLE-EASTERN!!! YIPPEEEE!
The man has a point.
Thank you.
So you agree with what I said? 8)
I agree with truth, not disagree with people I hate.
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That is why you are a joke and have no credibility on this board.
The irony in that is astonishing
lmao