The image of Jesus was taken from the image of Zeus

I was reading this article on Discovery News, and it made me think about the wrong beliefs that some people have. Jesus was white is so stupid I can't believe it. The image we have of Jesus is not even Jesus, it is Zeus. Here is an image of a statue of Zeus and a popular image of Jesus. Do you see the similarity?

http://news.discovery.com/history/art-history/what-did-jesus-look-like-131216.htm

But bearded white dudes all look alike. What does this prove?

I wish that second image wasn't so big. Can a mod fix that for me?

I have no mod powers in this forum. I think only globals would at this point.

This happens a lot. I saw a picture tree once that showed Orpheus in various historical depictions. It changed subtly through the years. Then, shortly after Christianity boomed, one of the earliest depictions of Jesus surfaced. It was the same as the most recent Orpheus, but with a shepherd's staff in place of a stringed lyre. People borrow and steal everything.

Really, white Jesus isn't an accepted fact by anyone but the most lax and unintuitive of people.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Really, white Jesus isn't an accepted fact by anyone but the most lax and unintuitive of people.

Most of my relatives would shoot you if you said Jesus was black.

I'm the black sheep of the family.

Before that, earlier images of Jesus were based on Alexander the Great:

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/12/14/loc_look_evolved_over.html

"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image."

Originally posted by Astner
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image."

Then why do Christians use the image of Jesus still today?

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Most of my relatives would shoot you if you said Jesus was black.

I'm the black sheep of the family.

Black Jesus died for your sins, yo.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Black Jesus died for your sins, yo.

I didn't ask him to. My "sins" are part of my learning in this life. But I don't believe in Hell, so that make a "sin" something quite different, then what it is to a Christian.

Anyone with any bit of sense [and I realize that many certain people do not have sense] would know that Jesus looked like what people born in the Middle East look like. Olive/dark skin, black hair, dark eyes... I believe that white Jesus was born once Christianity moved into Aryan areas. Who wants to worship, to hold in absolute adoration... someone who doesn't look like them?

Originally posted by siriuswriter
... someone who doesn't look like them?

This revelation alone, 2000 years ago, would have made today a better world.

Originally posted by siriuswriter
Anyone with any bit of sense [and I realize that many certain people do not have sense] would know that Jesus looked like what people born in the Middle East look like. Olive/dark skin, black hair, dark eyes... I believe that white Jesus was born once Christianity moved into Aryan areas. Who wants to worship, to hold in absolute adoration... someone who doesn't look like them?

Do Tolkien elves count?

This is closest anyone has to Yeshua Ben Yosef:

Back then long hair wasn't proper, and that is what people looked like in that area back then.