Why have pictures depicting Jesus as white?
I mean c'mon. This is 2007. I think we ALL now that the dude was Middle Eastern.
I don't get it! He WAS NOT white.
2007-10-06 15:10:59 · 18 answers · asked by iColorz 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was just pointing out an observation.
No - skin color does NOT matter. But JESUS was NOT WHITE, so DON'T depict HIM as SO. Thats all I'm saying...chill.
2007-10-06 16:33:11 · update #1
most of those paintings were done by renaissance artists...so they made him white.
paintings were being commissioned by the church so of course they painted them the way the church wanted them to.
i could be wrong about this though.
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2007-10-06 15:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I have actually heard several arguement on this. He was from the line of David who is "documented" to have red hair. Thus he could have inherited from the line of David a "white" look bu then I think "The man lived in the sun. Even if he was white under the tan, he was still tanned"so yeah either way....he wasn't lily white.
2007-10-06 15:29:28 · answer #2 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought white was the cheapest color artist can use? Why burden artists like this? What have you against artists? And why not blue or plaid? Why accurate art work only?
I am glad your not ruler of the planet - unless I missed a news story.
2007-10-06 16:02:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would throw the religion off if they worshipped a middle eastern. I would worship no doubt, but others might not. People in 2007 think of middle-easterns as terrorists.
2007-10-06 15:21:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is what is in the eyes of the beholder if your white so be it black then He is , red the same , or even yellow remember He loves all and they are all His chilren . But where He was in Israel He was more than likley olive skinned so He would blend in
2007-10-06 15:37:55 · answer #5 · answered by the only 1 hobo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus (if he existed) most likely resembled Saddam Hussein (like in the Popular Mechanics article referenced above) or Osama bin Laden (the image on the Shroud of Turin looks just like him). See images here:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcfa.htm
2007-10-06 15:20:08 · answer #6 · answered by gelfling 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's a nice story and a pic of what Jesus probably looked more like...based on characteristics of a Galilean Semite in his era.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282186.html
2007-10-06 15:18:43 · answer #7 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you just want an academic debate on the skin color of the Son of God, you're really missing the reason why the Father sent Him to earth. Skin color is a moot point.
2007-10-06 15:17:25 · answer #8 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If you means the historic Jesus... each people choose the color they prefer.
Jesus is a new state of conscience... and so has no color.
2007-10-06 15:17:55 · answer #9 · answered by vahucel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because people like to think he was like them. I've seen black Jesuses..(is that the plural of jesus?)
And middle easterners are evil, so he couldn't have been that (i'm kidding, obviously)
2007-10-06 15:15:23 · answer #10 · answered by just some chick 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋