Originally posted by Turbo-CajunI think no matter what your intention is here people are going to take this idea the wrong way. I personally don't care, he could have been green, but I guarantee this room is going to give alot of Christian rooms a run for their money. It'll be nothing but war. There are some things people won't talk about, regardless on how you word it.
On that other link (the term paper) it tells about how some of Jesus's family lived in places that were known black civiliztations... and Mid East human geography has changed a lot in the last 2000 years. Things like that change fast... look at how the typical american has changed in the last 400 years. There was a huge number of Jews of lighter skin that moved into the area (Isreal) after WWII... look at the people that lived there before the Israelis took the land. Palestians look way different than the Israelis... and that switch in population in Israel happened only 60 or so years ago. There is some evidence in that link that says there were blacks that lived in that area... i dunno. I guess I dont think he is really black either, I think he was dark though... dark. Not the brown hair, blues eyes Jesus that we see a lot of. I just thought "Was Jesus Black?" would get more attention than "What do you think Jesus looks like?"... i dont like making threads sounding like that, it makes me sound too religious. I just called it that because I had just read a bunch of stuff on black churchs and got into a site talking about black theology (not the made up one, lol)... it was what I was thinking about, and they are the only group that seriously tries to challenge the eurocentric image of Jesus.shoot me.
what does his skin color have anything to do with the message or what he said? Sounds like allot of smokescreen.
And of course you have a white jesus represented by white people, you also have a black jesus who is represented by blacks and some chinese paint jesus to be chinses. Its peoples way of relating more to the image. Theres no harm in this and it really doesn't change a thing. Regardless of what his skin tone was I think its healthy people honor him in any skin color form they choose to.
I actually took a course on this in college. It's one of the reasens I'm not a religious person. The fact is most races today were originally all on one continent Pangea. Africa was at the center of the continents with all other continents attached as coastlines. So it would make sense to assume that most people would stay close to the shoreline and not venture too far inland. That's why when the continents broke up most people ended up being in what today we call Asia, North America, and South America. All theoldest civilzations were on these continenets ex. Aztecs, Chinese Dynastys, Native Americans, Incas, etc.
Since Asia Minor (Middleast) is directly in between Europe, Asia, and Africa, it makes iy debatable by people who don't know better. Jesus was not black, Jesus was not white, Jesus was not Asian (technically he was). Asia Minor was a perfect place to have Jesus. The races in that area are so bemuddled that Jesus wasn't a race at all. At least not by todays standards.
All the black people who say that Jesus was black are being ignorant and reverse racist.
All the people who think Jesus was white are doing the same but don't know they are because they are more ignorant than the ignornat black people.
If I had to definitively classufy Jesus I would classify him as being Asian. He is of course from Asia Minor which is a part of Asia. Blacks and whites are just being racist not accepting that Jesus was not from either race. Blacks and whites are so caught up on one being superior to the other that they don't want to face facts. It's stupid really they call themselves christians and what noot, but that hate each other so much they delude themselves into believing their god is their own color just to best the other.
Before I get flamed I think I should add what race//nationality I am: French Laotion Italian Cherokee & a little Irish
Originally posted by ShotgunWes
I actually took a course on this in college. It's one of the reasens I'm not a religious person. The fact is most races today were originally all on one continent Pangea. Africa was at the center of the continents with all other continents attached as coastlines. So it would make sense to assume that most people would stay close to the shoreline and not venture too far inland. That's why when the continents broke up most people ended up being in what today we call Asia, North America, and South America. All theoldest civilzations were on these continenets ex. Aztecs, Chinese Dynastys, Native Americans, Incas, etc.Since Asia Minor (Middleast) is directly in between Europe, Asia, and Africa, it makes iy debatable by people who don't know better. Jesus was not black, Jesus was not white, Jesus was not Asian (technically he was). Asia Minor was a perfect place to have Jesus. The races in that area are so bemuddled that Jesus wasn't a race at all. At least not by todays standards.
All the black people who say that Jesus was black are being ignorant and reverse racist.
All the people who think Jesus was white are doing the same but don't know they are because they are more ignorant than the ignornat black people.If I had to definitively classufy Jesus I would classify him as being Asian. He is of course from Asia Minor which is a part of Asia. Blacks and whites are just being racist not accepting that Jesus was not from either race. Blacks and whites are so caught up on one being superior to the other that they don't want to face facts. It's stupid really they call themselves christians and what noot, but that hate each other so much they delude themselves into believing their god is their own color just to best the other.
Before I get flamed I think I should add what race//nationality I am: French Laotion Italian Cherokee & a little Irish
yea people that just pay attention t his race are just missing the point and i think most everyone, including most christians, know this. I got the impression the person was just starting this post to try to point out that white christians are idiots for having a straight hared blue eyed jesus painting in their house. Who cares, its how you tear his teachings is what matters, not what color you depict him as.
and as a side note, we may be close to the same hybrid man! I am part french, part indian (don't know the tribe its from florida) part irish and part english. Your about the closest I have heard for my specific mix of races hehe
Well....I'm 1/2 Italian. My dads side is from the Old Country..Southern Italy..bottom of the boot..My mother is 1/4 Cherokee, her grandmother was full cherokee..She's related the story to me about the "Trail of Tears." but I think she's more German. Her maiden name is Couch. Supposedly not the best people in the early 1800's.. Kinda trouble makers.
And you finti??
Honestly, what blonde- haired, blue eyed man is equipped for the harsh sun of Jerusalem ? Even a "dak-skinned" caucasian could not live in the harsh climate of what is present day Iraq, Egypt and so on. People of color do not "peel" when exposed to the sun for lengths of time, as they were in those days. (For the record, we don't get skin cancer from it either.) Do you know why? Because we (people of color) are made for those conditions. We were the Kings and Queens of Ancient Egypt. Our hair is thick as too protect us from the harsh sun of those areas. Even our nostrils (and I'm talking about before the races were so mixed) were larger, allowing us to breathe in the humid air. I'm not saying that Jesus was what ya'll consider black (considering that "black" people come in numerous shades) but he definitely wasnt the California surfer that America wants him to be.
Originally posted by Jedi_KnightAlly
I'm scottish traced back to goodness knows when, got a famous ancestor and all lol.I personally think jesus was probably, blue, with red stripes, and a mohikan(spelling is wrong).
And he ate hash browns, eggs, and NO sausage, cause he was a Jew.
What I think he really ate, was only live things...It doesn't say he ate fish, though he might have, but said he multiplied it for the people. He could of had once a year pass over lamb...