LogFAQs > #914567408

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, Database 4 ( 07.23.2018-12.31.2018 ), DB5, DB6, DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Why is Jesus portrayed as pasty white
hockeybub89 12/22/18 7:41:11 PM #25:	MARKINGRAM22 posted... hockeybub89 posted... Because Middle East bad and alien and non-Christian. But let's derive our religion from that area anyway. Ummm...actually it was more like people just use that image cause it was by one of the greatest and most legendary artists of all time, and there were no other actual images of him. Just ham fist everything into racist white people though ignoring that image is also used in the middle east. Which artist are you talking about? Because there aren't any Christian depictions of Jesus as dark-skinned. It's pretty obvious that they made him white to make him relatable to the people who practiced the religion. It isn't odd to design a character to connect with people. Like it or not, skin color has been considered a barrier to connecting with a character. Even in modern times, some people still freak out about how they can't relate to someone who doesn't look like them. Humanity wasn't far removed from shit like Greek mythology in the early centuries AD, so of course the poor common man would take the word of the religious elite on what their deity looked like in human form. Education wasn't exactly widespread. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:914567408] in Why is Jes... [t:77326394]...</cite> <quote><cite>MARKINGRAM22 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>Because Middle East bad and alien and non-Christian. But let's derive our religion from that area anyway.</quote> Ummm...actually it was more like people just use that image cause it was by one of the greatest and most legendary artists of all time, and there were no other actual images of him. Just ham fist everything into racist white people though ignoring that image is also used in the middle east.</quote> Which artist are you talking about? Because there aren't any Christian depictions of Jesus as dark-skinned. It's pretty obvious that they made him white to make him relatable to the people who practiced the religion. It isn't odd to design a character to connect with people. Like it or not, skin color has been considered a barrier to connecting with a character. Even in modern times, some people still freak out about how they can't relate to someone who doesn't look like them. Humanity wasn't far removed from shit like Greek mythology in the early centuries AD, so of course the poor common man would take the word of the religious elite on what their deity looked like in human form. Education wasn't exactly widespread. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1