Why is Иисус almost always potrayed as white?

As a person who is NOT white, I am a little offended and upset that pictures of Иисус mostly Показать Him of white race. No one knows what race He really is, so Ты could at least make him a little browner, and not have silky, brown hair all the time. Techinically, Иисус is all the races.
 blackrose294 posted Больше года
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FeelmySwagger said:
Well Иисус was born in Bethlehem, in the nation Israel and seeing that all israelis are whites they made Иисус white.I'm black too. He came to renew the sins of the then sinners and gentiles but as Christ gave the commission for the disciples to preach to all the nations thats how Христианство spred. But Иисус was of white israeli's origin but expanded this mandate to all the world. Im sure u see now why he is almost always portrayed as white. this should help

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posted Больше года 
dreamfields said:
Иисус was a Jew. At that time I would think that he would have had a bit darker complexion, simular to the arabs. Alot of Israel is white because they were dispeares and intermarried with people from other nationalities. Ты have to remember, the majority of the Jews in Israel today came from/or thier parents from Европа and Russia. What the exact pigment of his skin was, we don't know. We do know that he came to save all men from all races. Ты could say his Любовь is color blind.
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posted Больше года 
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I agree with the first sentence. Иисус would have been brown skinned, not white. He is being portrayed as white probably because those who did the paintings were likely white.
MaxandMart posted Больше года
Gumball17 said:
Because, as Ты know, when black Дети are born, they are born white and then darken. Seeing as Иисус cannot age, for He is immortal, he is white.
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posted Больше года 
tinmanusnr said:
because of the paintings done by the renisance painters
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thetscfan121 said:
Because white is purity. DUH!
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BeastBoyCahill posted Больше года
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What does that mean?
thetscfan121 posted Больше года
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*Technically* this is true. White is often used as a symbol for good или pure. Note that I am *not* trying to be racist with this, I am merely stating the facts.
JaseKS posted Больше года
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I don't agree Иисус is black
JJviolet posted Больше года
BeastBoyCahill said:
*browner and
*Technically
He's a Jew. He was born in a region of people of that race so that's the (external) race that God gave to him.
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posted Больше года 
Renarimae said:
It maybe how the European Christians in the Middle Ages portrayed him. But I, and others, believe that since he is a Jew, he most likely doesn't have light skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes, he probably has darker skin, hair, and eyes.
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posted Больше года 
JJviolet said:
Originally Иисус is African but there are еще white Christians than black and Христианство first started in a white country so the white people introduced Христианство to the black
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posted Больше года 
fillassunshine said:
The reason why people portrayed him as white is because it was at Europe, where the belief is (at the time): the whiter Ты are the purer. It also explains many other historical injustices (i.e slavery).
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