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Here’s a description of Jesus as a spirit (as received by James Padgett from his spirit grandmother, Ann Rollins, by automatic writing).
“He is of a commanding figure (very tall) as you say on earth. His features are regular, and his eyes are of a deep blue, almost a purple blue, with such depths of love in them that under its influence you almost forget to note the color of his eyes. The hair is a beautiful brown, worn long and parted in the middle so that it falls over his shoulders. His nose is straight and somewhat long, with nostrils very refined and showing the artistic elements in his nature. His other features are in keeping with those I have described. He wears a beard quite long and very silky and brown like his hair. His manner is grace itself and modesty personified, and yet in him is the intensity of feeling which can show itself in just indignation when the occasion requires. And yet with all the great beauty of his person and the greater love of his soul showing itself, he is very humble - more so than any spirit I have seen.”
It's amusing that Jesus is commonly pictured as having blue eyes but doubtful that he did.
Why is this myth perpetuated?
Most serial killers have/had blue eyes, as did Hitler.
Is this a serious question? It seems obvious.
Jesus was depicted by European artists as being white because that's what they knew people looked like. This may come as startling information to you, but medieval European artists did not have the Internet, nor did they often travel to the Middle East, so they would have had no idea what people in that part of the world looked like. They painted not just Jesus but all biblical figures to look like what they knew people to look like.
It's really quite simple, as Ross Perot used to say.
I think Jesus was a woman. Can't put that in a book tho or no one would listen.
A few years ago, an artist was taken to task for making a crucifix with a woman on it and calling it "Christa". She got attention, although negative, which I am sure was the goal to begin with.
According to rumors, the modern depiction of Jesus is based on Cesare Borgia.
The following information is from a blog; however, it sums up the consensus.
Many people including Machiavelli may believe Cesare Borgia is a reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Based on the way he was able to rule a nation at a young age, and the power he … https://machiavellitheprince.blogspo...t-why-are.html
Jesus was depicted by European artists as being white because that's what they knew people looked like. This may come as startling information to you, but medieval European artists did not have the Internet, nor did they often travel to the Middle East, so they would have had no idea what people in that part of the world looked like. They painted not just Jesus but all biblical figures to look like what they knew people to look like.
It's really quite simple, as Ross Perot used to say.
Or they knew better but just went for what was more relatable to their audience, and/or what their patrons were willing to pay for.
The computer generated image below is what a representative sample of 500 U.S. Christians imagined God (not necessarily Jesus) but God the Father to look like in a 2018 study. Francesca Stavrakopoulou shows this image in her book God: An Anatomy and states ''the study concluded that those surveyed envisaged God as similar to themselves in terms of physical appearance, age and race.'' She further states that ''Psychologists and social anthropologists have long understood that a very heavy dose of cognitive bias underlies the construction of the divine in human societies.'' God: An Anatomy, pp. 7-8.
''This picture isn’t meant to be a definitive image of how Americans view God. “It is really about appreciating the psychological factors behind why we might see God differently than somebody else,” says Joshua Conrad Jackson, the lead author of the study. And the results hint that our views of God reflect our biases and identities. That is, we want a God that looks and thinks like us.''
The computer generated image below is what a representative sample of 500 U.S. Christians imagined God (not necessarily Jesus) but God the Father to look like in a 2018 study. Francesca Stavrakopoulou shows this image in her book God: An Anatomy and states ''the study concluded that those surveyed envisaged God as similar to themselves in terms of physical appearance, age and race.'' She further states that ''Psychologists and social anthropologists have long understood that a very heavy dose of cognitive bias underlies the construction of the divine in human societies.'' God: An Anatomy, pp. 7-8.
''This picture isn’t meant to be a definitive image of how Americans view God. “It is really about appreciating the psychological factors behind why we might see God differently than somebody else,” says Joshua Conrad Jackson, the lead author of the study. And the results hint that our views of God reflect our biases and identities. That is, we want a God that looks and thinks like us.''
Nah, if that guy showed up and said he was God, I wouldn't buy it.
Looks a little like a young Roy Clark (Hee Haw), and I know he wasn't god! Now if it were Jim Reeves...
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