Belief in white Jesus linked to racism

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

This is a basic hermeneutic among traditional Christians, as well. The importance is a spiritual, rather than a historical, meaning.

Not as much as you'd like us to think. 'Traditional Christians' by and large accept Jesus' walking on water, healing by touch, cursing the fig tree, casting out demons, etc, as matters of historical fact. They seem to spend a great deal of time trying to find factual explanations for the star announcing Jesus birth, his virgin mother, the feeding of the multitude and so on.

While I don't doubt their attempt to glean moral or spiritual teaching from these stories, the fact is that a majority of Christians accept these fantasies and fairy tales as fact. They have to - Christianity without miracles would vanish in a puff of nonsense.

Boru