As I mentioned, many black kids grow up in America worshiping a white Jesus. Is this good for them? Does it matter?

That was from National Geographic magazine.

I agree. I ask believers how a Palestinian Jew could be blue-eyed with reddish hair?

@Beowulfsfriend people do mix.. i have seen some Palestinians with red hair..

@AmmaRE007 I have no idea the ratio of red hair in Palestine in 10 bce, however, I would expect it to be rare, especially if, according to legend, Jesus carried the Cohan gene at the time.
If he existed, he most likely would have had brown skin, brown eyes, and curly hair. Had he been a carpenter, he would have been most likely physically fit. Had he been a rabbi, he would have been able to read (Not necessarily able to write though).

@Beowulfsfriend

Jewish is a religion, not a race of people.

Race is a social construct. There are plenty of people from all sorts of skin and ethnic variance who claim the jewish faith.

@SCal I know. There is only one race - human. The term has become a social construct. And, I never said race - I did use the word ratio, which I meant.

@SCal I mentioned the Cohen gene because it is often used to identify people descended from the dominant group of people making up the Jewish religion, especially in Israel where 10% of the population of males carries the gene. It is a rarer gene in the general population and only carried by males. Speaking of different backgrounds and people of different color, a group in sub- Saharan Africa, along the coast, long claiming to be descended from Jewish people were tested and 50% of the males did have the Cohen gene. Those tribal people's religious practices do have a smattering of Jewish attributes.

@Beowulfsfriend

Interesting.

Hypotheticals like this one amuse some people.

I think the discussion started going..when Christians ( Kristians) were saying the whites are the chosen race and superior.. and they have Christ to prove it...

which brings up a good point; things like this might go nowhere, or with a little digging, one might discover some theory that clicks, and might even fit with some other knowledge. I was raised a baptist believer, and it was difficult to come to the understanding that Jesus probably never literally existed; but that led me to a new understanding of the Esau story, the guy who "eats red stew," and from there i found No son of man may die for another's sins, and the whole religious ball of bullshit came undone pretty quickly after that! Religion is hideous, and also the most roundly condemned thing in the Bible, unbeknownst to most; the NT is basically a record of the failure of a Theocracy, right?

you beat me to it

I don't think he was a Scot...

@Merseyman1 He could have been. He's White enough.

Well said.

In fiction, they're mostly good looking.

Jewish is a religion. There are people from the jewish faith of all colors. Race is not real.

@SCal thanks for sharing. I love Steve. Saw him twice. F*#k with him and he will cut you down while everyone else there laughs at you

Great comment.

I viewed the article at Africason. Quite compelling. Thanks..

. . . he'd likely be lynched or shot by Americna Christians.

Additionally, he'd be attacked as an unemployed, homeless Marxist.

In one biblical story, he told his starving followers it was okay to get food directly from the fields. Try that act around here, they'll get out a box of shot gun shells and shoot you. They'll even shoot you if you stop the car next to their cabbage patch.

The locals are trigger happy when they see anyone using their driveway to turn around.

Well said

Well, in the USA, rioters, and ANTIFA people are destroying statues of Jesus. I guess a white Jesus has something to do with promoting white supremacy. I dunno.

@Grecio Yeah, I get that. But I’m just surprised that this would be of interest to anyone who isn’t a christian. I know that most people on this site are ex-christians, so wonder why they would care now. (Personally, I rather we devote some of our brain power to some of the real life issues we are facing!)

If, indeed, I HAD a rat’s ass, I’d still hang onto it.

• A rat's ass is the tastiest part.* -- Percy the Tom cat.

@WonderWartHog99 Love it: Percy is wise!

he would look like a terrorist according to many people's standards

@AmmaRE007. Yes he would at thatt.

What do you mean "religiously"? There is very little evidence that Jesus actually lived. There is very little evidence that the Bible is true.

I visited Israel & when I speak of it, most folks automatically assume Judaic affiliation. Very annoying how quickly Americans prejudge others.

Good point.

That passage sounds like a metaphor, but hair like will sounds like an old black man's hair.

@Grecio Don't you think it is possible that Jesus was a brown guy with curly white hair???

@nicknotes I've never seen a 30 year old brown person with white hair. Living in Dixie, I've seen plenty of brown people.

@WonderWartHog99 Just because you have never seen a brown person with white hair doesn't mean they don't exist.

@nicknotes I've seen my share of share of brown people with white hair; NOT 30 year old brown people with white hair.

I should remind you just because I haven't seen fairies dancing on the lawn that doesn't mean they don't exist. Like what's the odds, dude?

@WonderWartHog99 This is certainly something we don't need to argue about.

@nicknotes Oh fudge.

I was hoping on a conversion about on dancing fairies.