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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:26 AM Original message |
Where did people get the idea that Jesus was white, had flowing, wavy brown hair |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. From white church officials and artists. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Pretty much sums it up. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've been wondering that too. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Was it Michelangelo? |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. He don't look like bob dylan to me |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. What we think of when we think of Jesus dates back to about the 4th Century |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's not uncommon for people to |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Exactly. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. I didn't know THAT was a representation of Jesus! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. During the 1988 Jesse Jackson campaign we used to meet... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. when whitey found jesus |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. i read somewhere that the beard was used because the gospels are vague |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. If he was an orthodox jew, wouldn't he have a beard and earlocks? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Peyot? Well, I suppose if his hair was long enough you wouldn't |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Oh yes there is.... |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. A hypothetical reconstruction of someone from the same time and place of Jesus, |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. what the heck else would white people worship? nt. |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. I Think it |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because most of the people in this country are white |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I posted some above |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. Can you imagine what he smelled like? |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have some really "out there" religious family members who recently |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. from those black velvet paintings... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. Probably from medieval depictions. |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. From this: |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Uh, how about Raphael, Guido Reni |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. My Grandmother |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. Maybe from this? |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. Everyone knows Jesus looked exactly like this: |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. dude! |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Funny you should mention that about the burning bush. |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Oooh! |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. Maybe that movie, "King of Kings" |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. I think they got it from his yearbook. |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Wouldn't that mean he graduated around the age of 26? |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Oops, wrong yearbook. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
28. When they found his driver's license. |
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electprogdems (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
29. And the Mormons took it step further |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. Jesus looked like Brad Pitt, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. White religion projects themselves onto him. I'm surprised he doesn't |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. Few people knew he was also a magician.. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. have you seen his parents? |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. Everyone knows Jesus looks like a country music star. |
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