| dyremose said: Because being rascist is frowned upon now by the general public whereas being homophobic still has some validity. Dont think for a second religion wouldnt be rascist if it could get away with it. There is a reason why the catholic and protestant church creates an image of jesus as white after all. |
The images of Jesus as white is simply because the artists drawing them were white. Most people who create something like that are going to draw them similiar to themselves, just as if you were to create a character for a story or movie, they would most likely be the same race and sex as you, it's just easier to relate to. I don't think there was any intention of misleading people, and it doesn't and shoudn't matter what Jesus looked like anyway, I think the message of Him is what we are to take away from His presence.
I've been to churches and have seen plenty of images of Jesus more closely as he would have appeared. It's not a grand conspiracy, the Catholic church is in Rome and many of the famous artists in the early days were in Italy and of course having never met the man and not being familiar with the area and it's people, they drew him similiar to themselves, we are talking about pictures from hundreds of years ago where people weren't well traveled or knew much about other cultures.
