SmarterThanHick
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- Sep 14, 2009
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This morning I was studying faces of the Egyptians still celebrating this morning after their mostly bloodless military coup. There were a few dark faces in the crowd, but otherwise the people could have been Italian, Greek, Spanish--almost any Mediterranean people or they would have blended into a Mexican or most South American crowds. I didn't see any blue eyed blonds but some were almost fair skinned.
I like to think of Jesus as being that kind of non specific, racially ambiguous person. And again, peoples of all races all over the world generally adopt him as one of their own and often depict him as someone who looks like them. I think he probably likes that.
It's a nice thought, but still inaccurate.
Once again we find man making God in his own image, as he WANTS god to appear, not as facts or context provide. Note how no ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics show anyone with a European complexion.