'Cross' shows Jesus as being a black man

Yahoo News ^ | October 25, 2006 | SANDY COHEN,

[Ciexyz]

Scary to think that this film may be the only gospel story that many are exposed to.

[The_Reader_David]

Well, yes and no.

Christ was not physically attractive to those in His own time, even as Isaiah prophesied--particularly at the time of His Passion to which that section of Isaiah points. However, I think Christendom's notion of what is attractive in a man's visage, has somewhat adapted to Him.

[aruanan]

"Black people in this country are the only race of people who worship a god outside their own image," says LaMarre, 38,

Making a god in one's own image is what God has declared to be idolatry. It's on the level of dopiness of "I'm making God more like me so I can relate to him better."

...adding that showing Christ as a black man is "the most poignant way to deal with the issue of race in this country because it goes to the heart of how we look at the world."

Jesus is not a tool for social engineering. Hey, since about 50% of the world's population is female, we ought to have a woman Jesus, too, I guess.

[Conservomax]

That actually might be interesting. I'm serious.

[ohioman]

You are exactly right!

[frogjerk]

In this version, though, race contributes to his persecution

I'm not saying that it didn't happen but I don't remember this part being in the Gospel.