Christians why is the common image of Jesus based on a serial killer?

Question

Jesus wouldn't have been a white man, he would have been middle eastern looking or maybe even perhaps, black... omg..

The common image of Jesus that we've seen all of our lives is based upon this man

Cesare Borgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Borgia

Son of Pope Alexander the VI, the Borgias are known as the first crime family.


He employed Leonardo da Vinci who painted both him and his sister (whom he had an incestous affair with most of his life) in the last supper.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/borgias/3.html


Seriously Christians, it's time to take a long hard look at your religion. Now there's the real da Vinci code...

Answer 1

You know full well this wasn't a "question".

Yahoo answers is a question & answer board, not an insult free-for-all

Answer 2

Not much of a student of religious art, are you? The images of Christ in art have been numerous and varied, and certainly not boiled down to one "common image" that bears a resemblance to a particular Borgia -- whose own image, incidentally, is not exactly photographic but also an artist's rendering.

So da Vinci and others used models from real life -- so what? To draw some sinister meaning from this is simplistic, and far from a reason to "take a long hard look" at anything. It does seem to indicate that at least some people have way too much free time on their hands.

Answer 3

Leonardo da Vinci may well have had access to the Turin Shroud as at least one other painting of his is a perfect proportional match, suggesting he may have been able to take measurements of the features.

Although the legitimacy of the Turin Shroud is still undecided, the radio-carbon dating evidence has been largely discounted because it was taken from the wrong place.

Correspondences between the Turin shroud and the Sudarium of Oviedo suggest that both pieces of cloth may have been from the same corpse which is traditionally said to have been that of Jesus.

There is no certainty in this evidence, but there is a strong possibility that the features Leonardo da Vinci used for the face of Jesus were based as closely as possible on the only evidence we have of the actual face.

Answer 4

Jesus endured the cross not for sin (murders, etc.), but as the final proof of the power of God over the notion of any other power or life as being real, and to show to mortals the importance of turning from sin here and now to find the door of salvation. A serial killer is a deranged mortal thought that loves the sin of killing, and may have other loves of sin as well. Sin is ugly however it surfaces.

Answer 5

what utter nonsense! the image of jesus currently used by western churches goes back far before cesare borgia. (maybe cesare borgia's face was based on jesus' then).

most people who have an opinion consider that the likeliest origin for the lightskinned jesus was the face on the statue of zeus at olympia. many religious icons of zeus would already have been in existence by the second century ad. icon sellers who didn't want to juice outmoded stock could easily have altered [Z]EUS to [I]E[S]US on their badges.

most explanations are disturbingly easy if one is willing to notice the truth.

Answer 6

Most all of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings were of his family members, portrayed as religious figures.

Answer 7

I don't think christians can be blamed for the image of christ turning out to be blond, tall, willowy. Each artist has his or her chance to depict Jesus as he/she sees fit.
It does seem like each christian's responsibility, however, to do as much research as possible to reach the true Jesus - and that would include disregarding false depictions - seeking his likeness through more dependable sources (dare I say the History Channel or Discovery Channel?) and to fully regard Jesus as a Jew.

Answer 8

I guess your view of God might be just a bit different than mine. Jesus was Jewish, not black no white, Jesus. He had a beard and as the bible describes him, he was nothing spacial too look at. you would not have noticed him on the streets.

Answer 9

AHAHAHAHAHA....That is hilarious!

but Jesus was way before the time of the rennaisance so theres no visual proof that Jesus did look like that. However if there is no visual proof of how Jesus looked, why do people assumed he looked like that anyway?

Answer 10

let's get out of those antiquated blogs in the forms of religious text. we need globalisation of all the religions and to have a new software/ a new programme for the human beings in this globalised world.

Answer 11

And I thought it was Ted Nugent!
God images are recreated in each era by the people in power.
It's interesting but not disturbing. Live with it!