So what color was Jesus?

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So what color was Jesus?

Post by RoyalDude » Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:57 am

Some very interesting debate out there that the middle easterner/African Jesus was more black than the white, anglo saxon bearded californian hippie that white Americans concocted in their image. This BBC story titled 'So What Color Was Jesus' is quite interesting - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3958241.stm
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by ODB » Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:03 am

My guess would be somewhere in the middle? Not white but also not black. Sort of a half breed looking deal. An Italian looking guy?

Yep, I'm gonna go with a Pauly D looking dude, cept this Pauly D looking dude walked on water instead of being a grease ball!

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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by RoyalDude » Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:12 am

Well, ODB...your geography is a little off. Jesus the Nazarine was from the Middle East with african ancestry, Nigerian to be precise. The general consensus from religious historians was that he would have been a cross between a middle easterner and an african. Basically, the white bearded californian hippie, ie Jim Morrison from the Doors, image that the anglo saxon christians created is false. I hate to the say the word, but most anglo-saxon neo-nazi whitey's refer to the middle eastener african as a Sandn****r.
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by ODB » Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:17 am

I didn't mean I think he was Italian, though 87.8% of religious Italians are Catholics. I'm referring to the color I think Jesus was. Italians aren't neo-nazi white (although they did join and fight along side the Nazi's in WW2). They're more of a dirty off white...
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by SKYO » Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:17 am

lol if Jesus was black.
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by RoyalDude » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:05 am

SKYO wrote:lol if Jesus was black.
It's no laughing matter to whitey christian, SKYO.
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by Aaronp18 » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:08 am

Who cares as long as he convinces Doan to sign in Vancouver?

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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by SKYO » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:22 am

Aaronp18 wrote:Who cares as long as he convinces Doan to sign in Vancouver?

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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by Cornuck » Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:33 pm

From the article:
As light-hearted evidence that Jesus was black, it adds that he "called everybody 'brother', liked Gospel, and couldn't get a fair trial".
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by Topper » Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:22 pm

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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by RoyalDude » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:33 pm

Kind of explains why north american christian whitey's are so racist and hate the African Americans and Jews. Jesus is an African Jew. It's like some sort of denial thing, displaced aggression.
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by ODB » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:23 pm

RoyalDude wrote:Kind of explains why north american christian whitey's are so racist and hate the African Americans and Jews. Jesus is an African Jew. It's like some sort of denial thing, displaced aggression.
OMG! :lol:

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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by Per » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:44 pm

ODB wrote:I didn't mean I think he was Italian, though 87.8% of religious Italians are Catholics. I'm referring to the color I think Jesus was. Italians aren't neo-nazi white (although they did join and fight along side the Nazi's in WW2). They're more of a dirty off white...
Italy is a long and diverse country.
A lot of people in northern Italy, eg Milano, could pass for German or Austrian, while most people on Sicily look like Arabs.
I take it you think he looked like a Sicilian.
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by RoyalDude » Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:39 pm

ODB wrote:
RoyalDude wrote:Kind of explains why north american christian whitey's are so racist and hate the African Americans and Jews. Jesus is an African Jew. It's like some sort of denial thing, displaced aggression.
OMG! :lol:

You so suck at whatever it is you're trying to accomplish here...
I'm trying to fuel the fires of debate over this hot button issue. This heavenly cloud of mystery surrounding Jesus and his color. What's wrong with that?

My personal opinion, knowing the kinds of peoples that make up the middle east, right next door to Africa...I would assume that Jesus was not your everyday longhaired, bearded White Hippie from California resembling Jim Morrison like the dude in Jesus Chris Superstar but more like and African Jew. I don't think you would find many people of that style and color in the middle east back then.
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Re: So what color was Jesus?

Post by Strangelove » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:18 pm

RoyalDude wrote: So what color was Jesus?
Like omg SUCH a racist question!! :shock:

If there's one thing worse than a racist, it's a you-know-wot racist! :lol:

So: a bigot AND a racist AND a you-know-wot... good thing you’re easy-going at least! Image
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