Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus?

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Poll: Does your current or former church use a white European image for jesus and his disciples? This poll is closed.
Yes, the only images of jessu were portrayed as a white man.	92.31%	24	92.31%
No, my church used an appropriate dark skinned image of jesus	0%	0	0%
I'm a contrarian, none of the above.	7.69%	2	7.69%
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Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus?

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RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus?

February 25, 2015 at 8:44 pm

Quote:Because the pictures depicting a white Jesus are probably more likely modeled after Serapis bey.

Sounds a bit tricky, as modern depictions of Jesus date from the late 15th Century, and Serapis Bey was invented in the 1870s.

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