Not trying to thread jack into a race thread but, but going to 3 different churches will never teach you how the average person sees Jesus. Been raised Catholic my whole life, Im 27 now and I can tell you a lot of things were discussed about Jesus and his race was something that was always conveniently avoided. At the end of the day we have an IDEA of what Jesus may have looked like due to geography, but tell me something, other than those photos of Jesus having dreads on Flatbush Ave, the most common perception of Jesus is this blond hair, blue eyed man. Now lets take this a bit deeper, since the AVERAGE Christian believes,(or should believe) that Jesus is God, wouldn't you have to assume that God himself bears a resemblance to a white man? The most hardcore Christians living in the bible belt states, without a shadow of a doubt believe Jesus was white and that justifies their racism. Countless members of Skinheads and KKK members will quote scripture in your face about the necessity of purity, blah blah blah. And btw if society accepted Jesus as a minority, Passion of the Christ would not have been a billion dollar flick. You can call me wrong all you want but if Jesus was any other race but a white man in American History, race relations would be COMPLETELY different as I type this response to you.Originally Posted by judeezy36
You can roll on the floor and laugh all you want-- but if you look at it from an anthropological perspective, white supremacy has been promoted and sometimes accepted in the black community as a result of a number of factors... images in the media, hierarchies in the work place, etc. (just to name some of the most prominent factors). As a religion major in college, I actually took a class entitled "The White Christ: A Savior for All?" Class was mad interesting-really took a closer look at how different ethnic groups of Christians perceive Jesus. Research overwhelmingly supported the notion that each group held different perceptions of Jesus--all of which fit a more personalized view of themselves. In short, if Jesus was going to be seen as the Christ, a Savior.... he had better look and sound a bit like me. For my final research paper, I synthesized experiences at three distinct worship services to confirm the prevailing research: A hispanic Catholic Church, a Southern Baptist majority-White congregation, and a majority-Black Pentecostal church.
Your e-laughter seems to indicate that you know differently? Feel free to drop some knowledge, homie.
I dont know if You ever watched OZ, but basically there was a character called Schillinger who was a white supremacist, anyway I was looking for the video and couldn't find it but heres the transcript of what happened between him and Beecher.
Schillinger: One of these Muslim monkeys was trying to tell me that Jesus was a #@+*%%. He even quoted from the Bible trying to back his !+%$ up.
Beecher: Well, Jesus was from Judea so he was probably of an olive-colored skin.
Schillinger: Look at that picture there. (Shows him a Jim Cazival sp? looking Jesus) Does that look like a #@+*%% to you?
So yea, if you think the fact that a "white" Jesus doesn't reinforce white supremacy (in America anyway) or the fact that the average white racist can justify their racism and still claim to be God fearing Christian people or the fact that NOTHING has been done to educate Christians on his proper background than I dunno what to tell ya