Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

In many pictures, they portray Jesus as a tall white guy with flowing blond hair. This is true especially with the Spanish people. Honestly, Jesus was a freaking Arab! he should be portrayed as a brown guy. I always wondered about it

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Are you insane? Americans could never admit to believing that their God is Arabian.

I personally love the irony though.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

you talking about Fabio,

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

I agree, it is inaccurate. I think in artistic representations, white is used as a show of purity.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

I believe Jesus was a jew.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

i believe it's because the most "famous" or well known portriatss were done bu "white" artisians. just like davinci's last supper -- the people in it are depicted in the manner in which people saw things in their time or believed things to be.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Because the Romans were white....Jesus was held up by the romans and they create the image of a white jesus

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Jesus was Jewish not Arabic... perhaps you should have a clue as to what you are talking about before you ask questions.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Arabs r not brown ppl.. they are whites.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

But...brown people exist solely for mowing lawns, driving taxis and target practice! Especially brown people from the Middle East. How could one of them possibly be the Son of God?

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

its a white guy making the pictures.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

STUPIDITY MOSTLY!

Easier for people to "relate to " a person of their own colour, etc..

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

It's very hard to spread (sell) a religion if your cannot identify with it's diety.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

because america is white, so when they are asked to draw a picture of jesus, they draw themselves. (well not themselves actually, just their skin colors). jesus was a jewand a christian , not an arab my dear..

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

because christianity went to europe; your right he was middle eastern

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Jesus was a jew . As far as the pictures thats just what they are pictures...No one really knows why these artist do this..I have seen white ones,black ones,and tan ones,but they are just made in the image of what the artist has in his mind.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Jesus was actually of Jewish heritage. He was from Nazareth. He's portrayed by an artist as white! He died for you, so why does it make any difference what color your Saviour's skin was, is , or might be! Jesus loves us unconditionally! Let's love Him Too!

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

I am an Israeli and if you go there you will find the majority are ashkenazi jews with olive complexion, while the S'phardic have a darker complexion.

Nonetheless, cameras weren't working back then.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Painters used people around them as models. For anything depicting gods or goddesses, they used the best looking. So the images of Jesus and Mary show us what was considered the most attractive (and available locally) at the time of the painting. Where it's been documented, we know that quite a few of the male models were gay and many of the women were prostitutes.

And people think that art history is boring. ;-)

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

lol! i've always wondered that myself as well. he should be dark brown from the beating down desert sun!

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Actually you are very right my friend. the reason they portray him as white is because they really did not want brown people to know what color he was, they wanted to keep us in the dark. remember he was not Arab but he was born in a European country so there for his skin would be dark. and at that time the earth was almost one body of land. the Bible says that his feet was as copper and his hair was as lambs wool and he had peer sing dark eyes. that sounds black to me.

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

i'm tired of this dang question!

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

There are a lot of jews that have pale skin, light hair and blue/green eyes!

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

He was born in Bethlehem.

Remember, O little town of Bethlehem.

He was a Jew, born in Israel.

He looked like a Jew.

He did not look like the pictures that were painted by Romans.

They painted Jesus with the same facial structure as they had.

But the artists used models from Rome to use for the painting.

That land was never Arab land.

grace2u

Why is Jesus portrayed as a white guy?

Not in all churches is he white. I don't know why the majority of the time he is white.