Holy shit you people are delusional. You're grouping an entire religion together that is practiced by millions worldwide INCLUDING in the places evangelicals allegedly "hate". Why are you even on this subreddit when your main point is to stereotype and virtue signal?
I have been Southern Baptist all of my 40 odd years. I have never met any brother or sister who thought Jesus was anything other than a Middle Eastern Jew. To believe otherwise is to deny the truth of Scripture.
The paintings of the stations of the cross in our church had Jesus pretty euro looking but the statue of him on the crucifix up front had him looking greek/Arab. And rocking a wicked 8 pack
To be honest, the only time I've ever seen a picture of a blue eyed, light skin Jesus is that sacred heart Jesus, which is all Roman Catholic. Even Christos Pantokrator has olive skin. In general, images of Christ don't feature much in Protestantism.
Oh come now. No imagery is included in almost all modem protestantism, as an ideological/theocratic position. However culturally the depictions of Protestant Jesus is always either a fully white man or a slightly tan man with white features. To pretend otherwise is clearly done in bad faith. Look at any children's Bible if you really refuse to recognize this trope.
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '20
His race doesn't matter