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Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus?

Poll: Does your current or former church use a white European image for jesus and his disciples?
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Yes, the only images of jessu were portrayed as a white man.
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No, my church used an appropriate dark skinned image of jesus
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I'm a contrarian, none of the above.
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 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 26, 2015 at 10:53 am
(February 26, 2015 at 4:06 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(February 25, 2015 at 9:01 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: I'm speaking of the "pretty boy" He's usually depicted as lately, But if you're going back to 15th century, then he's most likely modeled after the "Ashkenazi Jew" which are of European descent.

Nope, he's modeled after an Italian of Spanish descent:

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RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by FatAndFaithless - February 26, 2015 at 10:53 am

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