{"id":605,"date":"2014-06-14T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/06\/racism-in-religion-is-jesus-wrongly-depicted.html"},"modified":"2014-06-14T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:43:00","slug":"racism-in-religion-is-jesus-wrongly-depicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/06\/racism-in-religion-is-jesus-wrongly-depicted.html","title":{"rendered":"Racism In Religion (Is Jesus Wrongly Depicted?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Although it was never supposed to, Christianity inadvertently played a major role in spreading racism and white supremacy. Something that was meant to enlighten mankind has instead been one of the largest sources of brainwashing and evil. Instead of spreading love, wisdom, and a connection to The Light, religion has often caused stunted social advancement, lost or destroyed history, science and art, and has caused several wars and death because of its misguided mismanagement. Below are some of the ways religion and Christianity in the hands of the imprudent has steered mankind toward the\u00a0<\/span>darkness<\/em>\u00a0of racial inequality.<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span>Let\u2019s get right to it with no chaser: If there was a Jesus, he wouldn\u2019t have looked anything like the images we\u2019re familiar with. The pictures of Jesus, Mary and the saints we see everywhere and in every Catholic Church are apocryphal and very inaccurate. Based on extensive research, the History Channel documented the work of expert historians and posted a picture of what the real Jesus might have looked like, and it\u2019s incredibly different from most popular paintings of Christ. Jesus\u2019 lineage can be traced throughout Africa and the Middle East, yet somehow he\u2019s usually portrayed with blue eyes or fair long hair. In actuality, because he was a Galilean Jew in that period, he was probably much darker with shorter, curlier hair texture.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span>Also from factual research, Jesus has black African ancestry from both Mary and Joseph. For those that only acknowledge Mary\u2019s ancestry, the result is still the same. Other descriptions of Jesus and some of his family ties have been conveniently destroyed; however, we know enough to decipher more truthful depictions. Even though we know all of this in this day and age, the fraudulent images of Christ are still recognized and prevalent. Regardless of what we all know, we still cling to the absurd images pushed on us that were promoted for centuries.<\/span><\/span>

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How this representation of Christ came to be is simple: When Christianity expanded all over the world, each culture painted Jesus as they themselves looked for local approval.\u00a0<\/span>Years after Christ\u2019s death, Christianity transformed into a very structured, organized religion. Like many things men create, Christianity initially had the best intentions to spread Christ\u2019s message, but resulted in various negative consequences with political, racial and cultural posturing.<\/span><\/div>\n
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