because DiVinci(i think it was him?) was paid to paint him as a white man.    

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.

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..

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.  

Quote from: lil bullet aka Pink on October 21, 2003, 08:59:06 PM

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...

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

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.