By: Han
I don’t think it is nefarious in most cases. Court case after court case bears out that human beings have a harder time picking out facial features of those who are not of their race. So, it is not a...
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Our descriptions of Jesus are essentially mirror our own values and selves. We see far too many rich, Scandinavian-looking Jesus figures peacefully holding sheep. Puritans saw a vengeful, tortured and...
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Since Jesus had half of the genetics of his Heavenly Father, we may this his physical characters were probably not entirely that of his Jewish mother. Isaiah describes him as one with “no apparent...
View ArticleBy: Traci
Oh Nat! This was so sweet! I’ve always believed that our Saviour is just as we NEED to see him. What do we need to see to feel loved, understood, forgiven and saved?! We sometimes need to see a man who...
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Chris, they saw the resurrected Christ. It is my understanding that we are discussing what he looked like during his stay in this mortal realm. It is perfectly reasonable for his eyes to be blue in his...
View ArticleBy: nat kelly
I think an interesting distinction has arisen in this conversation – one that came up in the comments on the original post as well. . I love the beautiful comments about how Christ can look like...
View ArticleBy: nat kelly
And all of this is of course separate from what Jesus may have looked like in the past during his actual life. . In Cone’s analysis, I am talking about who Jesus is, not who he was.
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But nat kelly that is the rub then. If we cannot discuss the “Christ that looks like me, whatever I look like” then we cannot possibly discuss Christ in his current form because we just do not know. We...
View ArticleBy: Suzanne Neilsen
And it seems in Mormon theology(aka folk doctrine) that while Jesus may have had brown eyes, the resurrected perfected Christ has blue eyes. Along with dark skin turning lighter, it’s seems that by...
View ArticleBy: Han
Unfortunately the Book of Mormon does tend to go on and on about one being “white and delightsome”. I was just reading so today in fact. Sigh.
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