Why? White people populated the area during his time. Remember that Pontius Pilate was the governer of a Roman province known as Judea. The first Christians according to the Bible were located in the ancient Greek city of Antioch. (now located in what is known as Turkey).
Do you assume he was brown because that area is largely populated by brown people now? Guess what, America could turn out to be the same eventually.
Edit: I'll assume the downvote means this idea upsets you.
This is correct.
Many of the early Greeks were blond. After hundreds of years of foreign occupation they took on the darker skin of the invaders. We know this due to the artwork they left to us.
There are also ancient Egyptian mummies with blind hair.
just because there were christians in the desert doesn't make them white (I didn't downvote you btw, I'm getting brigaded as well. usually happens in these discussions) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeism
I didn't say that they were white because they were Christian. My point is that whites populated much of the Middle East and North Africa back in the day. The Greeks are obviously white, and were even whiter before they were raped repeatedly by invading forces. As I said, Pontius Pilate was the Roman governer of that region at the time of Christ. Roman, as in from Rome or modern day Italy. The Romans were obviously white also. Both the Romans and the Greeks were eventually chased out of that region by the Turks.
I'm not saying Jesus was absolutely white, nobody knows really. I just find it ridiculous that people dismiss it out of hand. Why? I assume it's just because they look at people from the region, see they are brown, and assume it was always the case. I don't need to tell you how silly that is.
yeah, I don't really care about what color any of them were, and its usually an indicator you're just arguing with an atheist or agitator of some kind. just wanted to point out there was a big group of christians in baghdad that have been there basically forever, they worship john the baptist though, and have since mostly all been either scattered around the world or killed.
Glad to hear it... I imagine Christ Jesus looked like most Hebrews, kind of swarthy but without the darkness of other neighbours in Arabia. Ref Adam and Eve, to me its more of a parable than anything else.You dig the Nazarene (automatically a Fren to me man!)
Sometimes we have to be mindful of those new in faith, I was doing that. I hope you can understand my motives were faithful. Often it is just a kind word that can begin a journey into faith. Well that is my belief.
Actually, I was kind of amazed when I first started in Catechism. It was made very clear that, from a Catholic perspective, the teaching on 'made in God's image' was that man has a will and an intellect and that was it. God brought order out of chaos. Everything else relating to the beginning of the Earth and Mankind is really not considered all that important in Catholicism.
You act like that stuff is a secret. John the baptist was known as 'Yahia-Yohanna' to the Mandaeists, who were also known as the Christians of saint John. A little group out in the desert near Baghdad, who all got either scattered or killed after the 2003 invasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeism
love me some Jesus. but you cant convince me he was a white guy same as you cant convince me Adam and Eve were the 1st names on planet earth.
Why? White people populated the area during his time. Remember that Pontius Pilate was the governer of a Roman province known as Judea. The first Christians according to the Bible were located in the ancient Greek city of Antioch. (now located in what is known as Turkey).
Do you assume he was brown because that area is largely populated by brown people now? Guess what, America could turn out to be the same eventually.
Edit: I'll assume the downvote means this idea upsets you.
This is correct. Many of the early Greeks were blond. After hundreds of years of foreign occupation they took on the darker skin of the invaders. We know this due to the artwork they left to us.
There are also ancient Egyptian mummies with blind hair.
just because there were christians in the desert doesn't make them white (I didn't downvote you btw, I'm getting brigaded as well. usually happens in these discussions) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeism
I didn't say that they were white because they were Christian. My point is that whites populated much of the Middle East and North Africa back in the day. The Greeks are obviously white, and were even whiter before they were raped repeatedly by invading forces. As I said, Pontius Pilate was the Roman governer of that region at the time of Christ. Roman, as in from Rome or modern day Italy. The Romans were obviously white also. Both the Romans and the Greeks were eventually chased out of that region by the Turks.
I'm not saying Jesus was absolutely white, nobody knows really. I just find it ridiculous that people dismiss it out of hand. Why? I assume it's just because they look at people from the region, see they are brown, and assume it was always the case. I don't need to tell you how silly that is.
yeah, I don't really care about what color any of them were, and its usually an indicator you're just arguing with an atheist or agitator of some kind. just wanted to point out there was a big group of christians in baghdad that have been there basically forever, they worship john the baptist though, and have since mostly all been either scattered around the world or killed.
Glad to hear it... I imagine Christ Jesus looked like most Hebrews, kind of swarthy but without the darkness of other neighbours in Arabia. Ref Adam and Eve, to me its more of a parable than anything else.You dig the Nazarene (automatically a Fren to me man!)
Got to be careful wandering around Scripture. Either it's God's word or it's not. It was not given as a parable.
Sometimes we have to be mindful of those new in faith, I was doing that. I hope you can understand my motives were faithful. Often it is just a kind word that can begin a journey into faith. Well that is my belief.
agreed. God Bless. God help us all
Actually, I was kind of amazed when I first started in Catechism. It was made very clear that, from a Catholic perspective, the teaching on 'made in God's image' was that man has a will and an intellect and that was it. God brought order out of chaos. Everything else relating to the beginning of the Earth and Mankind is really not considered all that important in Catholicism.
You act like that stuff is a secret. John the baptist was known as 'Yahia-Yohanna' to the Mandaeists, who were also known as the Christians of saint John. A little group out in the desert near Baghdad, who all got either scattered or killed after the 2003 invasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeism
edit: lol why the downvotes? so confused