“Jesus” ….. and the fearmongers!!
In reality we are all one!!
The traditional Jesus Christ is white and clean shaven, with long flowing blonde locks and penetrating blue eyes.
But a British forensic anthropologist has re-constructed a new Jesus whose features are dark, swarthy, more Middle Eastern. If we are not careful, this new Jesus might elect Donald Trump.
Here is the new Jesus:
This Son of God is unfamiliar. He does not look European. He does not fit the “traditional” mold of biblical divinity.
He comes from the Third World.
For that reason, this Jesus provides another wild card to Donald Trump.
Many people will resent this new Jesus, without even realizing it.
The people who quote Ann Coulter’s Adios America with biblical conviction…
Who blame Mexicans over millionaires for the outsourcing of their jobs…
Who slaved and saved for nothing, and now need someone to blame…
All of those angry people may resent this final “insult.”
Their jobs…
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I always believed that the white version didn’t sit right with me. It was to make Jesus more palatable to the Northern Europeans – so back then there was still bigotry.
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You are so correct!! Never have gotten away from it ….
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…and of course, Jesus spoke English!
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