Posted by Jimbo Hicks at 4019238110.v10a.holycross.edu on April 22, 2001 at 21:39:56:
In Reply to: Re: Another Dogma ponderable... posted by Tlatzoteotl on April 22, 2001 at 21:02:24:
I'm not saying Jesus was either black or white, because I could care less. It's not in the Bible for a reason - because it doesn't matter. But just in regard to your question of where He was from; He was a Jew from Israel, and just by judging fom the peoples of that area today, that would make Him neither the Anglo-Saxon, pale skinned, blue eyed (and often rather effeminate, which I don't think is cool, Jesus was no wimp) guy we see in most depictions, or the black guy Rufus descirbed, but more of an Arabic lookin' fella. Once again, not that it matters, but I enjoy debating these irrelevant little details from time to time.