[Religion...again] Who cares what Jesus looked like?

Applying logic to a theological discussion.

 

It doesn't matter. Just that in the past, people had this habit of "whitening" people they glorified. Prophet Muhammad is the same, except that Muslims don't depict him. But the descriptions are just...

.. and dozens more where that comes from. Although there's no way he was white and the earliest description does not describe him as white:

But everyone wanted to make their glorified people white because they believed white = beauty in the not so civilized days.

To think, Muslims treat these as absolutely accurate truth.

 

By this same categorization, are the modern Jews also black? And, if not, why not?

 

I always thought Jesus was asian.

 

Assuming he even existed, he was Arabic looking. I think western blacks are doubly cursed by coming from pre-literate civilizations that were too diverse and not bureaucratic enough to have common language or culture or keep any historical records; and by having our bloodlines and intellectual potential truncated by slavery and educational exclusion. Therefore, in search of a cultural narrative comparable to other races, we either co-opt other histories or just make stuff up.

 

I guess black males won in the sense that Obama is considered black, even though he's half white / half black? Under your theory, wouldn't the "ruling white males" have tried to claim that accomplishment of winning the POTUS election?

 

That's what i'd imagine.

 

Persian chandler Parsons??

 

If he existed, he almost certainly looked Mediterranean, neither very dark or very pale.

 

I did 23andme recently, and its amazing exactly how much "white" people are black, and "black" people are white.

In fact, Henry Lewis Gates, who runs a DNA testing service for African Americans, has IIRC said that he has never tested anybody whose DNA was 100% sub-Saharian African.

So all those Afro-Centrists have a little cracker inside waiting to get out.

For that matter, there is also a guy in England who runs a DNA service, who was on NPR talking about all the sub-Saharian African in the "white power" types he tested.

 

In many religions, it is common in legends/stories/scripture for a deity or prophet, or their servants / messengers, to appear to those that would encounter them as similar to them in appearance, sometimes even by gender. It is also not unusual for a deity to be portrayed, by the faithful to those they would sway to their beliefs, as similar to them in appearance.

Arguing what color he was, as though that would be significant, seems a petty and spiteful thing.

 

Muslims don't glorify Muhammad (peace be up on him). They only glorify God. Your point is not accurate because Muhammad's (peace be up on him) life is the most studied, documented life of all men in history. From how he ate, to how he put his shoes on etc... Arabs didn't make Muhammad (peace be up on him) white to ''recognize'' themselves into him since they are brown. Muhammad (peace be up on him) was probably brown also but maybe a little lightier but definitely not white like a white American.

 

This is about as close as your going to get.