Why is it that christians argue amongst themselves over the color of Jesus' skin. I keep seeing bigots on here who clame to be "christians" that make hateful remarks towards blacks, asians, hispanics, ect.... and yet if Jesus had been born he was born in Isreal and would have been similar in coloring to the Israeli's we see today.... so I guess my question is... how can you follow a God who's son is "of color" and still be a bigot? Any christians have an insight to this one, or muslims, pagans, jews, ect.(I don't really care)...? And why is it so hard to realize that if Jesus existed he couldn't have been white?
2007-04-10 19:04:05 · 15 answers · asked by ravensimoon 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Meg... how about you try this link. You will find multipal people, not one model.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DIsraeli%2527s%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26b%3D21&w=400&h=262&imgurl=www.darrenmccollester.com%2Fimages%2Fint-news%2Fisrael%2FIS10.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darrenmccollester.com%2Fint-news-israel-10.html&size=54.3kB&name=IS10.jpg&p=Israeli%27s&type=jpeg&no=30&tt=566&oid=5c910f58b680aad0&ei=UTF-8
2007-04-10 19:43:27 · update #1
Because no matter what your religion, Christian or otherwise, people always create their God or gods in their own image. The lean, ascetic Indian Buddha was also changed to a fat, contented Chinese man when Buddhism was brought over to China by missionaries who had come from India.
People can't bear to think of their God as a foreigner.
2007-04-10 19:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Why is it that christians argue amongst themselves over the color of Jesus' skin"
We don't.Others come and think that just because a picture of Jesus portrays Him as white,that's what all pictures of Him portray and Christians are just a bunch of white supremacists.
Nothing could be further from the truth.There are just as many pictures of Jesus portraying Him as other colours.
"I keep seeing bigots on here who clame to be "christians" that make hateful remarks towards blacks, asians, hispanics, ect."
As a Christian,I reject and denounce racism.It's hateful and never justified.
"how can you follow a God who's son is "of color" and still be a bigot? "
Why do you think that Christians all beleive that Jesus was white?
"And why is it so hard to realize that if Jesus existed he couldn't have been white?"
Once again,it's not hard to realize.We all know that Jesus would not have been white.We aren't the ones arguing about it.
2007-04-11 02:13:46 · answer #2 · answered by Serena 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't it say in the Bible that Jesus had hair like wool? That someone implies African descent.
If Jesus was white, he would have been Roman, not of the line of Isreal, so he would have been Pagan. Though I suppose he could have been mixed. And maybe converted.
2007-04-11 15:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by kaplah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>>and yet if Jesus had been born he was born in Isreal and would have been similar in coloring to the Israeli's we see today<<
You mean like this Israeli?
http://images.google.com/images?q=Roni%20Duani
http://www.answers.com/topic/roni-duani
EDIT: Don't get me wrong; I don't care about the color of Jesus' skin. It is just that I had seen Dan Gillerman (the Israeli ambassador to the U.N.) on 'The Daily Show' minutes earlier and therefore found humor in your 'Jesus' couldn't have been white...he would have been similar in coloring to the Israeli's we see today'. And then when I searched for images of Israelis on Google and found Roni Duani, I just couldn't resist!
Dan Gillerman photos: http://images.google.com/images?q=dan%20gillerman
2007-04-11 02:32:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I can interpolate from the data given from the source link, the skin color wavelength frequency is around 650 nano meters plus or minus 25 nano meters.
JESUS IS GOD
dave
2007-04-11 03:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by dave777 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never did understand that one, myself. Used to go to school with Nazis who went to church on Sunday. Never could get a coherent answer as to why they marched and did field exercises on Saturday then went and worshipped a Jew on Sunday...and then went to school with the rest of us the other five days in the week.
But then again, I'm just this happy hybrid who's never made much sense of a lot of that.
2007-04-11 02:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by Babs 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the bible says that God made us in his own image. you can very well look in the mirror and say to yourself "i don't like my image." well we aren't talking about our physical image, are we?
it doesn't matter what color skin Jesus had. the image that really matters is how clean you keep your spirit and soul that is housed in the physical body.
the color of a skin is the result of those human bodies adjusting to the environment of their permanent habitat over the length of time to make it genetic.
2007-04-11 02:15:08 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Blond with green eyes, a nice even sun tan as he enjoyed skinny dipping with his friends.
2007-04-11 03:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people want a Jesus that looks like them self. Its a comfort thing I think..
I agree with you. Jesus would have looked like the men of his time. He would have looked like Arab men look today.
2007-04-11 02:10:01 · answer #9 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Prove that he wasn't white... God chose the Jews as his chosen people and what colour are the majority of Jews? The odds are he was white. Don't argue something you can't prove. If he isn't, than I denounce my Roman Catholic faith.
2007-04-11 02:10:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋