[Kathryn26641]

I’ve often wondered about that myself. My father says most people take the idea that we are made in God’s image to heart, and tend to identify with Jesus and others in the Bible according to what they themselves are like, i.e. fairer-skinned people imagine Jesus was fairer skinned. I don’t buy that, mainly because my dad also included a generous amount of Middle Eastern and African history and geography in my religious education. I’ve known my whole life that Biblical figures were people of color and never thought anything about it. I think it boils down to ignorance and racial elitism. (Of course it also flies all over most Christians I know if you point out that Jesus was Jewish!)

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Name : Kathryn26641, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 27, City : Cleveland, State : OH, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

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