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AggieD BS: What did Jesus look like? (258* d) RE: BS: What did Jesus look like? 03 Feb 05


Azizi, whilst I understand your point that children need good role models, I still cannot understand why you press the point that Jesus was black.

The point I was trying to make was that as Jesus was a Jew, he was just as likely to have 'woolly' hair & be dark skinned, but it was very unlikely that he was black. Dark skinned, certainly as he would have spent a good deal of his time in the hot sun.

I also don't deny your point that many Ethiopians are of Semitic origin, or that many Jews have blonde hair & blue eyes, or straight hair, or pale skin, but this is most probably because of intermarriage with other races as they travelled through the diaspora over almost 2,000 years. Which is also why Ethiopians are probably various shades of colour, as you say yourself there have been various peoples who have integrated, which will throw up different colourings down the generations.

However if you push the point that Jesus was definitely black, wouldn't it be just as hard for people of lighter colour to accept him as a role model? Surely the point is that as a Christian you should teach children that they should love Jesus, no matter what his colour??


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