I always knew Jesus wasn't white -- didn't make sense considering the region he came from and what the people there looked like. I had some major issues with American and European churches depicting a white man as Jesus as a child. As an adult, I understand the need to have him look like the people who worship him. In Japan, there is a church with a stained window showing Jesus as having a yellow tinge and epicanthic eyes. I've always wondered, though, how Jesus feels seeing his image so skewed.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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