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%
Total		26 vote(s)	100%

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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 27, 2015 at 11:36 am (This post was last modified: February 27, 2015 at 11:36 am by Spooky.)

(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:

Boru

Honestly, the left picture looks like Keanu Reeves.

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Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Brakeman - February 25, 2015 at 6:59 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Chad32 - February 25, 2015 at 7:10 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Minimalist - February 25, 2015 at 7:17 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Chad32 - February 25, 2015 at 7:24 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Alex K - February 26, 2015 at 6:04 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by jesus_wept - February 25, 2015 at 7:27 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Minimalist - February 25, 2015 at 7:30 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Huggy Bear - February 25, 2015 at 8:21 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Jenny A - February 25, 2015 at 8:35 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Minimalist - February 25, 2015 at 8:59 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Cato - February 25, 2015 at 9:59 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by rexbeccarox - February 25, 2015 at 10:24 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by jesus_wept - February 25, 2015 at 10:15 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 25, 2015 at 8:44 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Huggy Bear - February 25, 2015 at 9:01 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Jenny A - February 25, 2015 at 9:24 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 26, 2015 at 4:06 am

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

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 26, 2015 at 7:56 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by The Valkyrie - February 26, 2015 at 7:57 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Spooky - February 27, 2015 at 11:36 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 25, 2015 at 9:09 pm

Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by KUSA - February 25, 2015 at 9:46 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Minimalist - February 25, 2015 at 10:09 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Ravenshire - February 27, 2015 at 12:36 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by KevinM1 - February 25, 2015 at 10:24 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Rev. Rye - February 25, 2015 at 10:27 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by vorlon13 - February 25, 2015 at 11:20 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by dyresand - February 26, 2015 at 1:31 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by psychoslice - February 26, 2015 at 1:39 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Norman Humann - February 26, 2015 at 2:42 am

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RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by dyresand - February 26, 2015 at 11:50 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 27, 2015 at 5:16 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by ManMachine - February 27, 2015 at 5:54 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Brakeman - February 27, 2015 at 8:55 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Spooky - February 27, 2015 at 9:59 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Dystopia - February 27, 2015 at 10:06 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Strider - February 27, 2015 at 11:08 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Norman Humann - February 27, 2015 at 11:09 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Strider - February 27, 2015 at 11:12 am

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by CapnAwesome - February 27, 2015 at 12:22 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by Crossless1 - February 27, 2015 at 1:30 pm

RE: Did your church use pictures of a white european jesus? - by CapnAwesome - February 27, 2015 at 2:48 pm

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