Posted on 10/25/2006 6:22:33 PM PDT by Nachum
Directed by Mel Gibson, starring Danny Glover as JC.
How can we know the complexion of a Jew from Nazareth 2000 years ago?
I say, who cares?
Nope, but not Swedish either.
I think someone ought to produce a movie about Malcolm X starring Brad Pitt.
Jesus travels to Mexico and meets the Patriot?
Jesus, the Man, was not black. Nor was his complexion that of an Anglo-Saxon. I don't understand why folks think they need to remake Jesus in THEIR image, which is what they are doing.
Not a bad thing.
Depending on the content of the movie (do they portray him as gay, an alcoholic, sleeping with Mary, etc.) I may like to see it.
Jesus was a Jew from the Middle East. Pretty easy to guess what color he was...(hint - it was not black or white).
Does it really matter what color he was? Jesus was the son of GOD and that is good enough for me!!!
Another artsy-fartsy liberal movie intended to irritate conservatives. Ignore the fools.
Well said-thank you.
I have the answer for this persistent question of "what color is Jesus", and I'm happy to share the answer with all of you.
Jesus is the color of Love. :)
Okay. So next shall me make a Chinese Jesus? I mean come on. He was Jewish. What really matters is that he died for the sins of all mankind who will repent and believe the gospel, whether Jew, Greek, slave, free, male, female, black, white, chinese.....
BWahahaha - that was a good one!
Black, White, Red, Brown, Green or Yellow what difference does it make?
California can make $hit out of anything.
TT
There is nothing inherently wrong in portraying Jesus in a way familiar to the people. There have been many different ways of portraying Him.
He has sometimes been portrayed as Chinese in China. And other details have been harmlessly altered in various cultures. In Peru, for instance, roasted guinea pigs are often seen in church paintings, being served to the Apostles at the Last Supper.
That's not a problem. But if the film pretends that Jesus was condemned because of racial tensions, then that's another matter. That would be a significant falsification, unless I misunderstand what theya are suggesting.
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