TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoFar too many people think that Jesus from the Bible was light skinned, even though he grew up in what we call the Middle East.message-squaremessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down145
arrow-up1291arrow-down1message-squareFar too many people think that Jesus from the Bible was light skinned, even though he grew up in what we call the Middle East.TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoAll the applying of modern ethnic categories here is making my head spin. I mean, rendering Jesus as a blonde guy is weird, but the way the pushback is parsed is just about as weird in the exact same way.
All the applying of modern ethnic categories here is making my head spin.
I mean, rendering Jesus as a blonde guy is weird, but the way the pushback is parsed is just about as weird in the exact same way.