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Why in churches is Jesus portrayed as a White-skinned man?

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Lincoln:
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.

AWS SS 88:
because DiVinci(i think it was him?) was paid to paint him as a white man.    

Trauma-san:
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.  

M Dogg™:

--- Quote from: Buddy Holly on October 21, 2003, 08:39:14 PM ---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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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.

Lincoln:
Thanks for helping me clear that up.

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