in every image we see of him he is always caucasion? How is it that he is the only person, at that time, that was white? Every other person would have had Middle Eastern look and features. Right?
2006-09-12 08:24:30 · 20 answers · asked by wilchy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree. Jesus was Jewish. He should look or have features common to the people of that time period, culture, and geography. We live in a very ethnocentric culture in which we all interpret everything from OUR own perspectives. We should learn to look at things from the perspective of the people who were originally there.
2006-09-12 08:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by blizgamer333 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being that white Europeans were the driving force of spreading their brand of Christianity, they also reflected their ideas of what Jesus looked like in the arts. Had it been another culture, say a Nubian culture that spread it far and wide, Jesus would have had a different name, and would appear black in their arts.
Considering that Jesus came from the Middle East, I would say there's a 98% chance that he was dark complected. Of course there are people who would get mad at you if you tell them this. This is because some people don't want to think and are stubborn as mules. Such good "sheeple."
2006-09-12 08:33:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, moveon.org's paid posters ALWAYS say Jesus is being portrayed as WHITE with BLUE EYES and BLONDE HAIR. Guess what, that is an outright LIE! I have never seen such a portrayal of Jesus. Every portrayal I have EVER seen shows him as WHITE with BROWN EYES and BROWN HAIR. Now perhaps he should darken up some to a more middle eastern olive complexion but that is the limit.
2006-09-12 08:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right... there is a paragraph in the Bible that explains how Jesus looked. His hair, eyes, and skin was dark... the Bible also said that he was plain looking.. not even handsome really... No one knows what Jesus really looked like, so the lack of knowledge allows us only to speculate with the fews details that we do have. It is not a big deal that when people portray Jesus in drawings, that he is caucasion.. they just want a visual, and if that is what Jesus looks like to them.. that's just fine.
2006-09-12 08:31:57 · answer #4 · answered by ToYkaT04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should watch the Christmas episode of "The Boondocks" LOL. Jesus was a middle easterner, therefore, did not fit into the myth of "white Jesus".
2006-09-12 08:27:07 · answer #5 · answered by allnamesaretakentryagain 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is decedent of Adam and Eve. the word Adam means to show red in the face or to blush. Jesus had a white complexion.
2006-09-12 08:33:32 · answer #6 · answered by Hosea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are only pictures. No one knows what Jesus really looks like. Most people though associate Jesus of their own race. Why I don't know.
2006-09-12 08:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't.
Some have issues with any picture at all because it dimishes His infinite Glory down to some man's iconic representation.
I, however, do not go nuts over it if it helps the faithful in their ability to relate to Him.
2006-09-12 08:30:54 · answer #8 · answered by NickofTyme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think cameras were around back then nor film. and i believe paintings are an artists' image, what they think. not necessarily what it truly looked like. also says men with long hair is shameful, however most portray jesus as having long hair. its just what u want they saw him as. kinda like santa, he looks different to everyone. (same general idea with fat and beard and wearing red, but how fat, how tall, how rosey are his cheeks...
2006-09-12 08:29:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you imagine anything harder than trying to convince people to worship as a god someone who doesn't look like them? The whole Jesus concept is tough to swallow as it is--Why complicate it by showing what he really looked like!
2006-09-12 08:32:02 · answer #10 · answered by Mark M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋