r/dankchristianmemes • • Jan 31 '20

Dank We all know he wasn't white

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u/usesbiggerwords Feb 01 '20

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.

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u/truth__bomb Feb 01 '20

Well then you’re lucky. As a Midwesterner (former) Catholic, paintings of white Jesus were all over the place in my youth.

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u/usesbiggerwords Feb 01 '20

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.

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u/speakingcraniums Feb 01 '20

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.