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Tollorin
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20 Nov 2015, 10:35 pm

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02 Dec 2015, 11:55 pm

That could be a great subject for a Christmas carol. Let’s chant and celebrate our God-given hate! If He didn’t want us to paint the Earth with borders and blood, He, in His infinite wisdom, wouldn’t have made us so fond of brutality against the others, whoever they happen to be, or however someone chooses to define them.


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03 Dec 2015, 5:28 am

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It always amuses me that nativity scenes depict middle eastern biblical characters with a decidedly northern European appearance...



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03 Dec 2015, 10:41 am

Yep.

In grandma's house in Kansas all of her pics of Jesus showed him with long auburn hair/beard, and light eyes.

Seriously doubt that the real historic Jesus looked that WASP.


Someone on WP once posted a Chinese painting of Jesus in which he looked remarkably East Asian!



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03 Dec 2015, 11:14 am

Who knows what Jesus looked like, there are peoples that look "white" in the region too. It's pointless speculation, people can believe he looked like whatever they want. I like to picture mine in a tuxedo t-shirt. :P



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03 Dec 2015, 8:19 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
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In grandma's house in Kansas all of her pics of Jesus showed him with long auburn hair/beard, and light eyes.

Seriously doubt that the real historic Jesus looked that WASP.


Someone on WP once posted a Chinese painting of Jesus in which he looked remarkably East Asian!


My guess based on the area is that the historical Jesus probably had at least olive skin and brown eyes. It's also possible that he might be mistaken for a Middle Eastern "terrorist" if he were to show up in the US today.



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07 Dec 2015, 1:52 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
Seriously doubt that the real historic Jesus looked that WASP.


It'd be really funny if he looked Protestant.


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08 Dec 2015, 12:22 am

Suppose that the tables were turned. Suppose that it were us as refugees in Syria. What kind of treatment do you think we would get?

I would bet it would be a whole lot worse than our treatment of them.