Mel Gibson's Passion is A WhiteWash of the Truth
My biggest gripe with this movie is that once again Hollywood has used European actors and actresses to depict the scenes of non-white men and women.
Even if they didn't want to go as black as Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel or Danny Glover, they could have used someone who was "yellow" or "light skinned". Was Will Smith or Cuba Gooding, Jr. not available? This is a greater distortion than when Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra. Egypt is in Africa, not Europe.
Jesus was a Nazarene man as Samson. Nazarene's wore their hair locked. Samson's hair was locked. His strength was in his hair. Nazarene men do not comb or cut their hair and they let it mat, lock, and grow. Nazarene is from nazar, meaning "unshorn." In fact, that is why Rastafarians wear their hair as the Nazarene men of Jesus' time. Their strength is in their hair. The next time you see a nappy headed, deadlocked youth walking down the street, rebelling against society with his baggy pants and his shoes untied, then just think that Jesus today might look like him. (Nm. 6:2,5, Lv. 19:27; 21:5) (Jg. 13:5, 16:17,19)
"Buddha was black which is why his wooly hair is always shown in small tight curls, pepper corn style or corn rows. Early sculptures of him clearly reveal his Africoid features (wide nose and full lips). So was Zaha of Japan, Fu-Hsi of China, Tyr of Scandinavia, Quetzalcoatl of Mexio, Sommonacom of Siam and Isis of Egypt and Rome. Krishna of India was "blue-black." In fact, Krishna means black or the Black One in Sanskrit. He is always portrayed with blue or blue-black skin. Mohammed, founder of Islam was also "bluish" in color with "frizzy" hair. His grandfather was 'black as the night." Moses was Black according to Mohammedan tradition and early portraits. His hand would turn white, then back to his "other flesh" when God wished to give him a sign. (Ex. 4:6,7). Lao Tse of Taoism was "a divine incarnation, born of a virgin black in complexion and as beautiful as jasper." (Thorton: History of china Vol. 1). The chief title of Osiris, the greatest of Egyptian gods means "Lord of the Perfect Black." He was also called "The Great
Finiti Ive seen movies and I know people that live there personally.I know a girl that married into a muslim family and her husband moved her and her children to Saudi Arabia and she cant talk about jesus she has to read the bible secretly and everything its horrible. 🙁
Back to the movie did anyone else think he part where Jesus was carrying up the cross was to long?
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Black," similar to Krishna. The chief title of Zeus, greatest of the Greek gods was "Ethiops" which means "burnt faced." Early statues of gods in India have Africoid features and woolly or locked hair. The name of the Mexican god Ixtliton means "blacked faced." In fact, many ancient Mexican gods are portrayed jet black with Africoid features. Once banned, The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors, by Kersey Graves reveals remarkable knowledge on this subject, along with Anacalypis by Godfrey Higgins and African Origins of the Major World Religions by Amon Saakana, ed. Many Bible stories are borrowed from ancient Egypt, Sumer and India, as documented in John Jackson's Christianity Before Christ.""
Anyone questioning the blackness of Nazareth should look at the changes in America. It was only 600 years ago that this land was cultures, religions, language, and people have been replaced by a few relics and us. The mixed people in the Holy Land today are not even inhabited by red and black men exclusively. Today, those native the same as the people who lived there 2,000 years ago; the Holy Land has been invaded, too.
So Mel Gibson has further exposed Hollywood and how many movie-goers believe that Tinseltown is ran by historians and not rich actors. Gibson has sparked the Second Coming by placing Jesus outside of the "church" and we finally get to openly talk about Him as a MAN on Earth and not some figment of our imagination.
We survived the truth about Santa Claus. Aren't we old enough to finally learn the truth about Jesus, too?
Moving to Discussion- this is not a review.
Incidentally, Jesus' racial make-up is something that no-one can prove and is hotly debated by historians. Gibson felt perfectly at liberty to chose a traditional look and no-one can actually totally factually dispute that.
Fact is, there is just so much we do not know about that entire period. Even the crucifiction is mostly conjecture. Says Gibson:
"I consulted a huge number of theologians, scholars, priests, spiritual
writers," Gibson wrote. "The film is faithful to the Gospels but I had to
fill in a lot of details - like the way Jesus would have carried His cross,
or whether the nails went through the palms of His hands or his wrists ...
Since the experts canceled each other out, I was thrown back on my own resources to weigh the different arguments and decide for myself."
So yes, Gibson filled in some bits- like Jesus' race- himself. But only because there was no firm idea one way or the other.