Jesus' physical appearance plays a major role in christianit

[Avoice]

The image people have if Jesus plays a big part in their beliefs in him.

They believe he is handsome. That he wears a white robe and sandals. Has long slightly wavy hair. His hair is becoming more blonde these days. And blue eyes are popular now. His eyes used to be brown in paintings and hair was darker. No matter. What matters is that he is nice to look at.

There are thousands of statues of Jesus. Paintings- too many to number. But he is always pleasant to the eyes All depicting a handsome man.

How many statues would there be if he was hideous and disgusting looking? If he was repulsive to the eyes. How many Christians would have a picture of him hanging in their house? And how many would point to that picture and say he is my Lord and savior!!
How many racist white Christians would reject an image of Jesus if he looked like Saddam Hussein or Osama Bin Laden? In truth Jesus would have looked more like them than the one DaVinci painted of him in the famous 'Last Supper'

Before everyone starts replying with how real Christians aren't racists -stop. If they identify as Christians they are Christian.

Christianity is a religion whose relationship with God requires that he be someone they can relate to. Someone who thinks like them. Someone THEY approve of. They want a religion that lets them decide what is right or wrong. That lets them eat what they want. A religion that won't make them feel guilty. A religion that provides an excuse for their failings. They sin because they are born sinners doncha' know. No. We are sinners when we sin!

Christians want God to think and act like them. They want God to be the image of them. They want to look at him. They have created him in their image. 2000 years ago a group of people have the people what they wanted. They dragged God down to earth and gave him a name and made him just like us. Jesus is just the kind of god we would make if we could make one. We get everything we want, live forever and he suffers for our sins.

Want to see people get outraged? Enact a law that forbids images of Jesus. Statues or anything that is to represent him. They are idol worshippers. Take their images and statues and see. Unfortunately that won't happen. Buuuut....next time you see a Christian looking at an image of Jesus mention what a nice picture of Moses they are looking at.
It's Jesus!
No, it's Moses.

Christianity is not based on faith. Faith is believing in things you can't see. Like God
Faith is not needing to put a face on God.

Christians worship the God that exists in their minds. He has light brown hair and blue eyes. Wears a white robe and leather sandals. And holds his arms outstretched. That's god to them. When he returns (rolling my eyes) he better look exactly like that or they won't see him. In the meantime they have their images and statues to look at. So comforting. Oh and the Virgin Mary. They created her plasant to the eyes too. Oh and the manger scene...look there is God....creater of the world...laying in a pile of hay. Born even lower than us. In a barn! A perfect God. One who doesn't think he's better than us[/i][/quote]

[Jagella]

Jagellia said: A person can be convinced that she is heaven-bound and still be sent to hell by an indignant Jesus. You might be such a person.

He just said what you said, in different words... You may be calling Jesus name, and he turns a deaf ear... how will you know till Judgement Day? Faith? "Jesus told us many will call His name and tell Him they were among His followers..."

RR feels like most Christians in that he's sure he's a true follower of Christ. It's always the other Christian who is a "false" Christian.

I do not mean this comment as a personal attack on RR but as a commentary on Christian faith. Many Christians want to believe they are "right with God." Their own beliefs make that feeling unassured.

[JJ50]

We know nothing about what Jesus actually looked like, apart from it being very likely he was of Middle Eastern appearance.

[Jagella]

We know nothing about what Jesus actually looked like, apart from it being very likely he was of Middle Eastern appearance.

He may have looked like Josephus.



Or King Herod:

[Willum]

[Replying to post 42 by JJ50]

Historians and the Judaic Talmud both claim his father was a Greek Soldier Tiberius Panderia. Doesn’t that tell us something?