Slub said:
First of all It's 83 not 85...
Oops, sorry. I erroneously attempted to increase your IQ by two points.
Slub said:
I'm pretty sure it says i don't believe either way an we should all be free to have our own view...
So tell me what am i forcing upon you...? Freedom of speech and your your own ideas...?
OK, well, lets look at this. It is my belief that God has asked me to tell others about his plan of salvation and that, upon dying, people face the risk of facing God's wrath instead of receiving his mercy. Freedom of speech does permit me to tell others. What you are suggesting is that your freedom not to have to listen trumps my freedom to say it. You then turn around and express your views on the topic, suggesting that you have freedom of speech while I have only the freedom to keep my mouth (or keyboard) silent.
Slub also said:
And if the fact that i believe the bible to have been re-written, is your only other Whole pick in my statement, then you have so far no response for my views on the stories and the fact i don't for a second believe Jesus could have been a white man...?
How many white, mousy blond, blue eyed Israeli's have you ever seen...?
I did not comment on this because it is another of your misinformed opinions on a non-issue about what somebody else may or may not think. I, myself, have not seen that many depictions of Jesus showing him to be a blonde, blue-eyed Scandinavian type. Most of the depictions I have ever seen of Him depict Him as a dark haired, dark eyed Semite. Personally, I think this is a non-issue that you are using as a lame-brain excuse to rail against religion.
I would agree it is highly unlikely that Jesus would have been blond haired and blue eyed and also object to such a depictions. However, I just do not see those depictions all that much. In fact, in most Protestant churches in America, you will find no attempted depictions of Jesus. This seems to be something that is more concentrated on the liturgical churches which includes the Church of England.
It is also possible that some Renaissance artists may have painted more white depictions, but I do not see why you would hold this against modern-day Christians. Some churches may have icons which are hundreds of years old and highly regard their historical value. It may also be that in different cultures, church icons were developed to look somewhat like local populations in an effort to make them more palatable to that population.
It remains to me that this is a non-issue which has no relationship to belief.