Current Events > Shaun King says Jesus statues are form of white supr

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Mark_DeRosa
08/02/20 2:16:06 PM
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emacy

https://mobile.twitter.com/shaunking/status/1275106946916499456

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08/02/20 2:17:29 PM
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The23rdMagus
08/02/20 2:17:47 PM
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I mean, he has a point.

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StarReaper13
08/02/20 2:17:47 PM
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I mean, I wouldn't say those exact words, but it's a a bit sus for people to go around saying "Jesus was white".

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CagingElephants
08/02/20 2:19:04 PM
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How dare he insult a true American hero like our lord and savior!
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Philoktetes
08/02/20 2:20:00 PM
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Mark_DeRosa posted...
emacy

https://mobile.twitter.com/shaunking/status/1275106946916499456


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Philoktetes
08/02/20 2:20:22 PM
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aren't jesus statues blasphemy though because of the amendment forbidding graven images
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StarReaper13
08/02/20 2:21:34 PM
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Crono99 posted...
If we accuse everything of being white supremacy, then the accusation just loses its meaning imo.
Except Jesus wasn't white and the majority of those who said/say he is are white people as well.

It is absolutely bullshit that a bunch of people try to claim him as "one of them" when he couldn't be further from the truth.

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Shablagoo
08/02/20 2:22:01 PM
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Ive heard this line of thinking, but the paintings and statues of Jesus from Europe during the middle ages, etc. I dont think were a form of white supremacy. They simply wanted their savior and God to look like them. As they say, God made man in His own image. You can find examples of this across the world. Old Japanese paintings, for example, drew Jesus with Japanese features.



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harley2280
08/02/20 2:22:03 PM
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I mean he's not wrong. Saying the son of God was a white guy born from middle eastern parents is kinda the ultimate form of white supremacy.
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KiwiTerraRizing
08/02/20 2:22:22 PM
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Turning an Arab man into a 6 white guy with flowing wavy hair and blue eyes, hes got a valid point

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The23rdMagus
08/02/20 2:23:35 PM
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Crono99 posted...
If we accuse everything of being white supremacy, then the accusation just loses its meaning imo.
Or maybe a lot of things are white-supremacist that we just accept as normal.

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Philoktetes
08/02/20 2:23:57 PM
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nobody literally believes jesus was white

what he looked like is irrelevant to his message
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The23rdMagus
08/02/20 2:24:58 PM
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Philoktetes posted...
nobody literally believes jesus was white

what he looked like is irrelevant to his message
Why do so many European-influenced churches choose to depict him as white?

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CptCompostHeap
08/02/20 2:25:33 PM
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Censoring art is not a road you want to go down. Just because he's a religious figure doesn't mean the statues and paintings aren't art.

Also for a group of people who don't believe he is the son of god, you would think this wouldn't be that big of a deal.

Lets keep the hate of white supremacy on things that hold people of color back, not white people who want to pretend a guy thousands of years ago was white. It's not like forcing them to change their view of his skin color fixes anything for anyone.

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VandorLee
08/02/20 2:26:11 PM
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Hes got a point...

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The Popo
08/02/20 2:27:24 PM
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Im an atheist, so I dont have a horse in the race. But if people start tearing down statues of Jesus, its gonna end in violence.

Funding and building statues for a Jesus in whatever ethnicity people want would honestly be a safer and more peaceful way of going about this, IMO.

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The23rdMagus
08/02/20 2:27:58 PM
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CptCompostHeap posted...
Also for a group of people who don't believe he is the son of god, you would think this wouldn't be that big of a deal.
Except that there are much larger groups of people that believe Jesus of Nazereth is divine, and seem to ignore the "of Nazereth" part, and never bother to question the depictions.

"My god looks like me" is subtle and insidious.

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R1masher
08/02/20 2:28:31 PM
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Holy wars are a thing

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hockeybub89
08/02/20 2:28:40 PM
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Made up people in made up stories can be any color

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Damn_Underscore
08/02/20 2:29:24 PM
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Doesn't every Christian culture imagine Jesus as looking like them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depiction_of_Jesus

You have Jesus with all different faces and skin colors, bearded and clean-shaven.

Also, how can you tell the race or skin color of a statue. What skin color are the statues of Jesus in South America?

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Philoktetes
08/02/20 2:30:13 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Made up people in made up stories can be any color


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CagingElephants
08/02/20 2:30:25 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Made up people in made up stories can be any color

Remember when the Little Mermaids live action actress was announced?
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davyheinz
08/02/20 2:30:35 PM
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Korean Jesus has Korean problems to worry about.

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Shablagoo
08/02/20 2:31:03 PM
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Philoktetes posted...
nobody literally believes jesus was white

what he looked like is irrelevant to his message

This is exactly why Islam has an edict against portraying any of the prophets in artwork. It only leads to the possibility that it will confuse or obscure their message.

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BakonBitz
08/02/20 2:32:02 PM
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The23rdMagus posted...

Why do so many European-influenced churches choose to depict him as white?

Because they like to see Him with their own features since he's the Son of God, and He made man in His own image. Hence the Japanese example above.

It's not inherently white supremacy, it happens with all races. Jesus changes appearance depending on who wants to depict him.
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CyricZ
08/02/20 2:32:24 PM
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June 22

Wow, hot off the presses.

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ElatedVenusaur
08/02/20 2:32:50 PM
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A quick Google search confirms that Ethiopians typically depict Jesus as, well, looking like an Ethiopian. I think it's clear this grew out of a desire to depict the Messiah as being like his worshipers, whatever they happened to look like.
Of course, this is a multiethnic society that still only really depicts Jesus as a white European dude with glorious flowing hair, and you can't tell me there wouldn't be a ton of people who would be absolutely furious to see Jesus depicted like a black or Native American person. I mean, some people get a bee in their bonnets over Santa Claus being depicted as black!
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StarReaper13
08/02/20 2:33:05 PM
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But the problem with "Jesus was white" as opposed to the other depictions was that people who held the former idea were also the people forcibly converting people to Christianity. Like in Africa, America, you know, non-white cultures/people.

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Damn_Underscore
08/02/20 2:34:25 PM
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Shablagoo posted...
This is exactly why Islam has an edict against portraying any of the prophets in artwork. It only leads to the possibility that it will confuse or obscure their message.

This is true but honestly the following of hadith in Islam has done WAY more bad than good.

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hockeybub89
08/02/20 2:35:04 PM
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Someone should build a Raptor Jesus statue and place it in a Southern US town.

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Dathrowed1
08/02/20 2:36:38 PM
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We live in a world where people follow the advice of a white man on white supremacy and ESPN asks a black man if he believes black lives matter

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Smackems
08/02/20 2:37:40 PM
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Vite Schupremaccy!!!!

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Shablagoo
08/02/20 2:37:42 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Someone should build a Raptor Jesus statue and place it in a Southern US town.

I love that I could search Raptor Jesus and a bunch of artwork on it popped up lol:



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CagingElephants
08/02/20 2:40:14 PM
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ledbowman
08/02/20 2:40:57 PM
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the liberals are at it again

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StarReaper13
08/02/20 2:41:49 PM
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Shablagoo posted...
I love that I could search Raptor Jesus and a bunch of artwork on it popped up lol:

If Jesus and God and all the angels were all dinosaurs I'd have liked church a lot more growing up.

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DiegoSanchez206
08/02/20 2:42:42 PM
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Shaun King makes money trying to play victim 24/7. Its amazing how much people eat it up

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ledbowman
08/02/20 2:44:26 PM
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this is almost as bad as when nerds complain superman's costume in a movie isn't accurate to the source material or w/e

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StarReaper13
08/02/20 2:46:19 PM
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ledbowman posted...
this is almost as bad as when nerds complain superman's costume in a movie isn't accurate to the source material or w/e
Did people go around subjugating and killing in the name of Superman, and try to convert people into being DC fanboys?

Shut the fuck up bro.

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MARKINGRAM22
08/02/20 2:46:37 PM
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The23rdMagus posted...
Why do so many European-influenced churches choose to depict him as white?
Cause they didn't have a multiple cultural framework of reference over a thousand years ago in Europe when they started drawing his likeness?
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EndOfDiscOne
08/02/20 2:46:44 PM
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Shaun King is just FrisbeeDude with a blue checkmark

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pogo_rabid
08/02/20 2:50:43 PM
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Is Korean Jesus and all the other depictions of him racist as well?

Who cares, tbqh, everyone who gives a shit about this is being disingenuous to hate on white christians.


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Paragon21XX
08/02/20 2:53:40 PM
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He's right you know. Any depiction of Jesus that looks like anything other than modern day Iraqi Jews is historically incorrect.

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pogo_rabid
08/02/20 2:55:58 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
He's right you know. Any depiction of Jesus that looks like anything other than modern day Iraqi Jews is historically incorrect.
Since when does any religion take historical accuracy seriously? It's all make believe stories and whimsical acid trip shit.

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One_Day_Remains
08/02/20 2:57:29 PM
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You wanna explain why you're linking to a month old tweet
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Paragon21XX
08/02/20 2:57:33 PM
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pogo_rabid posted...
Since when does any religion take historical accuracy seriously? It's all make believe stories and whimsical acid trip shit.
Nice meme. I tip my fedora to your euphoric post.

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Pseudomenon
08/02/20 2:59:55 PM
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pogo_rabid posted...
Is Korean Jesus and all the other depictions of him racist as well?

StarReaper13 posted...
But the problem with "Jesus was white" as opposed to the other depictions was that people who held the former idea were also the people forcibly converting people to Christianity. Like in Africa, America, you know, non-white cultures/people.


Who cares, tbqh, everyone who gives a shit about this is being disingenuous to hate on white christians.
As if anyone needs to be "disingenuous" to take white Christians, past or present, to task for all their bullshit.

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pogo_rabid
08/02/20 3:01:17 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
Nice meme. I tip my fedora to your euphoric post.
Says the man who owns the fedora store

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