Why do most americans think jesus was a white man? when he lived in the middle east he would have been brown?
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Why do you believe that most Americans think Jesus was a white man?  \n\nIt seems to me that most Americans either a) know that he was a darker-skinned man, or b) don't really give much thought to what color he was.\n\nMy question to you is:  why get hung up on Jesus' skin color?  It seems that you, and not "most Americans," are focusing on the color of his earthly skin.  \n\nMy advice to you is to focus on WHO Jesus is.  Things like his skin color don't matter.
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1: Jesus was not a Jew, he was a Muslim. so was a Muslim, just like any other prophet. \n2: there is no proof that Jesus was white and blue- eyed and i think that it is wrong and disrespectful for people to draw a picture of Jesus, even though, he was a prophet
112416
definitely. cant u see the offences & insults for: white, black, reddish ppl, asians, arabs, jews, muslims & even jesus himself? like, all the christians, us"the americans"  are wow or ew, all the jewishes are disgusting or all the muslims are terrorists or vice versa!
1138042
No everyone dissed Him. It's just they don't see what we see in Jesus. We are both blinds to each others (Christianity and all other religion) truth and I think we should respect that.
1016380
Jews! Jesus was a Jew. \nChristianity came from a mix of Judiasm and Paganism...
387273
If marrying outside your race was wrong, then Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Esther, Samson to name the majors would all be found guilty. God so loved the "world" that He gave His only Son. It didn't say God so loved the whites only, the chinese only, or what have you. God created blacks and other nationalities in His image and likeness and God said it was good. It's not the color of your skin you should be concerned with, it's the contents and issues in your heart coming out of your mouth. So we might as well get over any inner racist feelings that are rooted down in there because you will have a big problem in God's kingdom where there are multicultures and mixed babies and people all in Christ, made in His image.
338085
1. They didn't have expert barbers 2000 years ago, and Jesus was poor anyway and wouldn't have been able to afford a haircut.\n\n2. Jesus was Jewish, from the lineage of David.
1088892
i have never heard of that but is it anymore odd than thinking jesus, a man who never even visited europe, was somehow european looking?  Odds are jesus looked more like Sadam Hussein or bin laden than he did the frail hippie looking figure most accept without question
951588
your funny-your trying to put guilt by your reverse question-and only 10% of americans here today have relatives back to slavery days -they came from europe and elsewhere since the early 1900's but many run with that chip on their shoulder both colors-let Jesus set you free -david in Jesus amazing grace that saved a wretch like me  :D
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you kind of have to read between the lines when Jesus Chirst is speaking. since he is talking to a jewish believers, he is telling them that he has more sheep/followers who are not in front of him but spread through out the world. and that all his followers are not just jews but from other races as well.
843183
Well the lil piggy is wrong because jesus is not black he is white. And god would be white also.
199939
Although Arabs, Jews and other Semitic people of the middle east are closely related, Jesus was not a Jew, either ethnically or linguistically. Jesus would have been much akin to a Sephardic Jew of today.\n\nAnd yes, I believe Jesus would find much to object in our governments and behaviours of today. One need only read the red letter sections of the Bible to see he really is at odds with the politicians we vote for, as well as the way we conduct ourselves.\n\nRepentence and humility should be our response. What else can we do?
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it does matter, from,...... long ago the catholic church has manipulated this and very under the table "remarks" white skin is superior, therefore making Jesus white with blue eyes, but like adressed in the movie Malcom X, Jesus had to have color because he was born a Jew in a place where people hacve color. People have argued me that it was possible that even tho the geographic situation, Jesus was indeed white because "He Was The Son of God"..... basically this person told me that you have to lack a skin color to be son of god...
557088
Seems right. However, no one really knows the truth as to Jesus' real appearance. Isaiah gives a brief description but nothing was ever recorded when He walked the earth in human flesh.
1009162
Seems to me like cultural bias. A "pasty white chick" who resides in Isreal ... somewhat illogical. If this is truly a "historical modification," it's not the first. Though Columbus was not the first person to "discover" America, Catholics engrained it into our national culture to retain a Catholic influence in Protestant America. I recall a book that suggested the Founding Fathers' economic interests superceded their other motives for founding this country. And, then, if you read the DaVinci Code, that poses an interesting and thoughtful idea as well.
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Ignorance!  Jesus was a Jew and born and raised in the middle east and Egypt.  He was probably very dark skined from traveling by foot so much.  He was a carpenter by trade and spent a lot of time out doors.  He must have had an awesome tan!
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As I understand it, Jesus chose a diverse assortment of people to follow him, a doubter being only one of them, so that all sections of society were 'represented' if you like.  That means people who doubt in todays society can look to Thomas, and if they so wish, take comfort from the fact that even though Jesus knew he was a 'doubter' he was still chosen.   It's another reason why Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all had different professions, it was to include people from all walks of life, thereby excluding no-one