That seems very crooked. This is your God !Now worship him!
It almost seem as if the white man is the true devil.
2007-12-12 11:16:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People portray their gods the way they want them to look. White Europeans transformed the Arabic Jesus into some Norse god.
2007-12-12 11:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've never seen him portrayed as blonde haired and blue eyed. If there is a picture out there portraying him that way, they are very much mistaken. Christ probably looked like an Arab or Middle Easterner-- after all, he was BORN in Israel. So naturally he looked like other Israelis, right? He was most likely dark haired, dark eyed, with tan skin... not blonde haired, blue eyed, and white skinned. A lot people do not think of him as having an Arab/Middle Eastern look though, because people picture him as something similar to themselves.
2007-12-12 19:22:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm trying to figure out where he was portrayed as such...
Often, when people think of Jesus, they think of a man that looks similar to them - similar race, color of skin, facial features, etc. The idea is that He's for all people, not just for one race. I go to Mexico and Jesus will look Hispanic in paintings and statues, I go to the Middle East and he might be Arabian(which is probably about what he looked like). Its not really a big deal.
2007-12-12 19:21:53 · answer #3 · answered by d_and_n5000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take an art history class. Then you will have some class.
White man is the DEVIL?
You know what " A doctrine of black suprmecy is just as evil as a doctirne of white supremecy"Martin Luther King Jr
2007-12-12 19:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since nobody , in his day ever described Jesus , no paintings or drawings of him were ever made by anyone who knew him personally , we have not the tinyest idea if what he looked like .
The Dutch and Italian painters who painted the pictures that are recognized as portraits of Jesus, used their imaginations.
Don't blame them too much . They probably had no idea of what a Middle-Easterner actually looked like . Travel was very limited five or six hundred years ago.
Your above statements sound like they're from some uneducated fool who wants to get his say in .
2007-12-12 19:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Art history.
By the middle age, the church was gentile in majority. Europe was Christian. The prominent artists depicted Christ, not just as they themselves were, but also with a halo, which is not found in the Bible.
Artistic license.
I would not vilify a whole color of people for the errors of some.
2007-12-12 19:24:59 · answer #6 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus portrayed as a white guy? Hmmm.
We all know that he was born among the people of Isreal, who were and are now fairly dark-complected.
2007-12-12 19:23:05 · answer #7 · answered by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portrayed as blond haired and blue eyed by whom?
2007-12-12 19:19:51 · answer #8 · answered by blowry007 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every culture thinks of him as they see themselves. White people view him as white, blacks view him as a black man, etc. But if you watch television,read,etc. about bible lands those people aren't caucasian, african american, Latino, nor Asian. The Bible doesn't describe what Jesus looks like. The pictures we see are people's guess. But we know typically they have dark hair/eyes, etc. People should stick to the facts.
2007-12-12 20:00:09 · answer #9 · answered by paula r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He isn't everywhere. Everyplace in the world has a different way he looks. He really had dark skin, black hair, and brown eyes. People just change his image to relate to him more.
2007-12-12 19:21:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋