just wondering...Hope you can help?

Question

I will be the first to admit i dont know much about any religion so i am here to learn, but hopefully you can answer theese questoins for me.

1. Are their any actual real drawings or paintings of Jesus floating around anywhere or are the images of Jesus we see are just from people's imagination, did he realy have a beard?

2. I can only go buy what ive seen in movies, but why do the African American folk sing such happy upbeat songs and gingles in church and the other people sing more slow higher pich songs in church? Is this true or is it just movies

Answer 1

1. There are no drawings or paintings of Jesus. What you see is what people imagine him to look like. Jesus was Middle Eastern so I imagine that he didn't look like what white people always make him look like. He could have been very dark skinned for all we know.

2. All churches are different and it depends on the culture sometimes. African American churchs do tend to be more outgoing with their songs. Some contemporary churches do the same things though. If a church has a congregation of mainly an older generation, then they might be more traditional and slow. It all really depends on the church, the denomination and the culture.

Answer 2

I don't know if there are any real drawings of Jesus floating around out there. The only way to honestly guess how He looked is to research how Jews of that time looked. It really does not matter what He looked like, it matters what He gave us.
The music people sing in church depends on what church it is. Some churches sing only hymns while others sing upbeat praise and worship. You have evangelical churches and then there are fundies. It just depends on the church. I personally don't believe it matters. God is not listening to the beat or the sound of the voices He is listening to what is being sang, the words, the devotion, the praise, ultimately the love and the hearts of His children. Music was given to us so we can give it to Him.
Those are just my thoughts/beliefs. I hope I helped you some. If you have anymore questions just contact me. God bless.

Answer 3

There are objects that are proclaimed to have impressions of Jesus' face, such "Veronica's Cloth", the "Mandylion of Edessa" and the "Shroud of Turin", but these artifacts were not generally known until long after Jesus' departure. So the answer is yes or no, depending on your faith. Aside from these putative relics, no known painting or drawing from life exists.

http://www.livingmiracles.net/Images.html
http://www.livingmiracles.net/Shroud.html

To categorize all African American worship the same way is to stereotype, but there is a tendency in some congregations to worship more exuberantly. This is more likely the result of culture. European American immigrants came largely from serious-minded, minimalist, "Puritan" backgrounds, suspicious of the perceived ritual excesses of the Catholic and Anglican churches. However their theology may have developed, the attitude has prevailed in their worship practices. To emote before God is prideful and undignified.

African Americans have generally not had that inhibition. Whether due to their ancient African roots or in response to their long history of dignity-denying slavery, or even because of a closer reading of the Bible, they seem to believe in "making a joyful noise before the Lord", taking their cues from the Psalms and from King David dancing before the Ark of the Covenant.

People's worship tends to reflect their social outlook. People in traditionally lower social classes are resigned to having less control of their lives and so tend to be relaxed and uninhibited in their prayer. Upper-class people have more control and so tend to be more closed and reserved. It isn't so much a matter of race as class and culture.

Answer 4

Most Jesus images are based on images of Zeus. there are no pictures.

As for the other, it's by denomination, not color, although there is probably a higher number of gospel singing churches that are mostly black.