He May Not Have Been White...

[pastafreak]

But Jesus surely wasn't black Jamaican. As a Jew of the time, he would most likely have been olive skinned with dark hair.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8473935/St-Albans-Cathedral-places-painting-Supper-black-Jesus-altar.html

[ToraToraTora]

aw ed! spoil sport!

[mushroom25]

// Jesus surely wasn't black //

couldn’t his family have been Falashas?

[LadyCG]

Good grief, the insanity is snowballing!

[Mamyalynne]

I think it's been an interesting discussion and an age old one at that.

[Buenchico]

If depictions of Jesus had to be historically accurate, Picasso's 'Crucifixion' could never be displayed anywhere!
https://www.pablopicasso.org/images/paintings/crucifixion.jpg

[pastafreak]

Oh my...what did I miss?

[jim360]

Just a bunch of cheese puns, I thought. Un-brie-lievable.

[royfromaus]

They didn't use 'Cheesus Christ' did they?
I own the copyright for that...my lawyer will be in touch.

[AZardoz]

https://postimg.cc/3y5HrPP6

[Mamyalynne]

Someone obviously didn't like the savoury puns, that's why they went.

[Atheist]

Pasta; I've always been slightly puzzled about the expression "olive-skinned". Olives vary from green through pinky and browny to very black.

[Buenchico]

^^^ It's all to do with undertones, apparently, Atheist:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_skin

[Mamyalynne]

It's a term poorly used in the main, though better than my Mum's use of the word Swarthy which I personally didn't like.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_skin

[Atheist]

Pasta; he wouldn't have been black Jamaican, now, would he?

[Atheist]

Non the wiser, Buenchico. It's all greek to me. Do you understand it?

[pastafreak]

// Pasta; he wouldn't have been black Jamaican, now, would he?//
Did I say he was?

[Atheist]

Pasta; no you didn't; but you seemed to imply that black means Jamaican - I'd have probably said black sub-Saharan original person; more succinct! Sorry to pick you up over a non-issue arising from me not reading your post intelligently.

[tomus42]

The artist has painted a deliberately inaccurate version to make a reasonable point. I think a Chinese looking Jesus would have been good too.

[Atheist]

Jakdaw 16:57. "So Jesus Christ himself is the next target of these raving nutters!
First words of the cross:
'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do'."

I don't understand what point you are making. Could you perhaps explain? Or perhaps confirm that you are "trolling" so that I know how to assess your posts?

[naomi24]

Representations of a black Jesus (and his mum) have been in existence for hundreds of years - and they’re not in short supply. As far as I’m aware no one ever made a fuss about it - but here we go - something else to make waves with. A sign of the times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna