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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Fox News Explains The True Meaning Of A "White Christmas" [View all]sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)42. Jesus was a Jew.
Jews come in lots of different colors. The scriptures make no reference to his appearance. Jesus was also a Galilean. Galilee was home to large numbers of different, interbred ethnic groups, including Greeks, Romans and even Celts, most of whom were converts to Judaism. Jesus could most certainly have had blond hair and blue eyes, not that it matters.
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Pic Of The Moment: Fox News Explains The True Meaning Of A "White Christmas" [View all]
EarlG
Dec 2013
OP
Jesus was a Semite. He looked like Yassir Arafat when he was young, if he ran true to type.
MADem
Dec 2013
#50
I'd like to think that maybe one FAUX executive or producer, upon hearing this, just cringed at the
LuckyLib
Dec 2013
#13
Of course...but wait a minute,...that assumes that they had their minds in the past...maybe
drynberg
Dec 2013
#39
One that people are horrified about, because of, ya know, the blackface and racism and the fact that
MADem
Dec 2013
#51
WOW, you do understand that SINTERKLAAS is the jolly fellow of the netherlands, RIGHT?
Ecumenist
Dec 2013
#87
Obviously the confusion lies with the St. Nicholas thing, He was not the original of Santa Claus.
maddiemom
Dec 2013
#119
I guess if you merely claim it's "a verifiable fact", that ends all doubt. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2013
#98
She wound up taking the next day off ("sick") and then yesterday came back saying....
George II
Dec 2013
#102