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Color of the Cross
http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/200...ack-jesus.html
'Color of the Cross' depicts Jesus as black. Why is Jesus usually shown as European white? Shouldn't Jesus be Middle Eastern? |
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Re: Color of the Cross
IIRC, his native language was Aramaic. So he probably didn't look like a Celt, no.
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Re: Color of the Cross
Because it's easier for the predominantly white Catholics to identify with a white Jesus. You're right, he definitely wasn't white-European [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Also, most of the painters and artists creating images of Jesus were probably white as well, and this was the image they had in their mind because of their culture. Since those are the images we see, that's what we view Jesus as.
It injects a bit of humor when you see a Christian who is racist against people of Middle Eastern decent, doesn't it? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
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Re: Color of the Cross
A. Gus Hansen
B. Josh Arieh C. Paul Darden Who does Jesus resemble most? I think it's (B) Josh Arieh. |
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Re: Color of the Cross
Not bad, jog.
Heh. I consider this the Age of Irrationality for a reason. Interestingly enough, I'm reading Anne Rice's Christ the Lord, which is pretty much a year in the life of the child Jesus. Sure, she's a great fiction writer, and as such her works should be judged by that metric, but you know, she researches her subject matters well. I'm no closer to understanding females than I was a year ago. /rant |
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Re: Color of the Cross
They need to work on his eyes some. Ain't a flicker of intelligence in 'em.
But as the end of the article said, it may not be 100% accurate, but that's as close as we'll get. Nice find. Edit: No, not these eyes either. Heh. |
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