Comments on: On using icons and depictions of Jesus in the church http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2006/02/27/on-using-icons-and-depictions-of-jesus-in-the-church/ Thoughts on the Journey Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:09:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Johanna http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2006/02/27/on-using-icons-and-depictions-of-jesus-in-the-church/#comment-31897 Johanna Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:25:19 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/?p=373#comment-31897 It's a sad situation and not Jesus alone, even though we're not supposed to depict God, whenever you imagine him, he has a beard, he's white with white clothes, the angels too are seen as white. There was a funny picture I saw once with a KKK member arriving on the door step of heaven, and God was there to judge him but he was black and had a big knowing smile clearly telling the KKK guy: access denied! lol It’s a sad situation and not Jesus alone, even though we’re not supposed to depict God, whenever you imagine him, he has a beard, he’s white with white clothes, the angels too are seen as white.
There was a funny picture I saw once with a KKK member arriving on the door step of heaven, and God was there to judge him but he was black and had a big knowing smile clearly telling the KKK guy: access denied! lol

]]> By: mary http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2006/02/27/on-using-icons-and-depictions-of-jesus-in-the-church/#comment-1092 mary Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:20:17 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/?p=373#comment-1092 A nun told me the Bible said Mary's skin was "olive" which meant to me, it was either black or green. Of course the church had the "Sacred Heart of Jesus" type paintings all over the place. Never found it stated in the bible about Jesus' mothers skin tone, but from what I've read of history "white" people came from way further North, so he won't have been fair skinned. It does bother me when Christians are racists. A nun told me the Bible said Mary’s skin was “olive” which meant to me, it was either black or green. Of course the church had the “Sacred Heart of Jesus” type paintings all over the place. Never found it stated in the bible about Jesus’ mothers skin tone, but from what I’ve read of history “white” people came from way further North, so he won’t have been fair skinned. It does bother me when Christians are racists.

]]> By: Kathleen Schmitt http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2006/02/27/on-using-icons-and-depictions-of-jesus-in-the-church/#comment-570 Kathleen Schmitt Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:08:47 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/?p=373#comment-570 I have worked with many children of hispanic and African descent, and it is always very sad when I discover they imagine Jesus is white. I persuaded one child to colour Jesus brown (her own colour of skin), but she simply could not bring herself to make his face brown. The racist teaching she had received, as I see it, struck at the very root of her own acceptability as a human being. How did we ever imagine Jesus was something other than brown?! I have worked with many children of hispanic and African descent, and it is always very sad when I discover they imagine Jesus is white. I persuaded one child to colour Jesus brown (her own colour of skin), but she simply could not bring herself to make his face brown. The racist teaching she had received, as I see it, struck at the very root of her own acceptability as a human being. How did we ever imagine Jesus was something other than brown?!

]]> By: richard http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2006/02/27/on-using-icons-and-depictions-of-jesus-in-the-church/#comment-523 richard Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:50:58 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/?p=373#comment-523 man, i totally agree with you on this. there's this picture of a white feminized jesus in my church office that i refused to hang up, much to the charign of the churchyfolk. i do have a picture of a chinese jesus eating rice with chopsticks, which i think was far more accurate ... ;) man, i totally agree with you on this. there’s this picture of a white feminized jesus in my church office that i refused to hang up, much to the charign of the churchyfolk. i do have a picture of a chinese jesus eating rice with chopsticks, which i think was far more accurate

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