Kanye poses as Jesus in Rolling Stone cover

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Rudee

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Originally posted by: Proletariat
That is really groundbreaking.

Jesus was not white.
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Could it be possible Jesus's name was pronounced "Heh-sus" and that he was actually hispanic? ;)

 
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kogase

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Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: kogase
Originally posted by: Proletariat
Well thats not known for sure, he could have been.

But he most certainly wasn't white. As a white person I don't care tho, I still think he was a great person. But someone of another color being portrayed as Jesus is groundbreaking regardless.
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Under which circumstances would he have been black? Would that be any more likely than Jesus actually being a white Roman? Probably not.
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I mean he was most likely brown, but there were a lot of Africans in the region for trade/political reasons.
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And these Africans were Jews? Were these Africans even permanently settled in the area? Were they from Ethiopia or further in Africa, or were they from Egypt? If from Egypt, would they even be "black"? I'd say he was olive-skinned, like most Jews/Arabs of the region. And I'm also saying, with all the certainty that you say he wasn't white, that he wasn't black.
 
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Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Proletariat
But he most certainly wasn't white. As a white person I don't care tho, I still think he was a great person. But someone of another color being portrayed as Jesus is groundbreaking regardless.
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What about Madonna's video for "Just Like a Prayer" featuring a black Jesus?
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That was decades ago, and people were mad about it back then too.
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How many times can it be done and still be groundbreaking? :p

 
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Proletariat

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Originally posted by: kogase
Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: kogase
Originally posted by: Proletariat
Well thats not known for sure, he could have been.

But he most certainly wasn't white. As a white person I don't care tho, I still think he was a great person. But someone of another color being portrayed as Jesus is groundbreaking regardless.
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Under which circumstances would he have been black? Would that be any more likely than Jesus actually being a white Roman? Probably not.
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I mean he was most likely brown, but there were a lot of Africans in the region for trade/political reasons.
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And these Africans were Jews? Were these Africans even permanently settled in the area? Were they from Ethiopia or further in Africa, or were they from Egypt? If from Egypt, would they even be "black"? I'd say he was olive-skinned, like most Jews/Arabs of the region. And I'm also saying, with all the certainty that you say he wasn't white, that he wasn't black.
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Yes he was most likely brown. Like I said earlier.
 
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mwtgg

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That's funny. I wish someone would crucify him. Though, if that's not possible, a good scourging would suffice.
 
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broon

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Jesus wasn't black. He was jewish and most likely looked like all the other jews of the day. He wouldn't have had the status that he had if he looked different.
 
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cKGunslinger

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Didn't some other rapper portray himself as Jesus in a vdeo, carrying a cross and all? This seems to be more derivative than progressive.
 
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DAGTA

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"You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?"

Yeah, dude, you're really as great as Jesus Christ. [/sarcasm]

As for the race debate... IT DOESN'T MATTER. Jesus could have been purple or plaid and his work is the same. Get over the race issue, people.
 
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Originally posted by: anxi80
The strangest tangent of the Rolling Stone story, however, is when West says he's addicted to pornography.
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look! now a lot of people here can finally identify with kanye! you can now embrace him as your savior!
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Fixed. Like Kanye should be before he breeds.
 
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Proletariat

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Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Originally posted by: Proletariat
O my educated forum members, what do you think Buddha looked like?
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Like someone from Nepal.
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Buddha is perhaps one of the few sages for whom we have mention of his rather impressive physical characteristics. He was at least six feet tall and had a strong enough body to be noticed by one of the Kings and was asked to join his army as a general. Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century CE (see Buddhist art), his physical characteristics are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya. They help define the global aspect of the historical Buddha, his physical appearance is described by Buddha's wife to his son Rahula upon Buddha's return in the scripture of the "Lion of Men":

Interpretations may vary, and the reliability of the Sutras may be questioned. The description above is indicative of a typically Indo-Aryan body type. This can also be related to the tradition describing the historic Buddha as a member of the Indian Kshatriya warrior caste.
 
dabuddha

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Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Originally posted by: Proletariat
O my educated forum members, what do you think Buddha looked like?
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Like someone from Nepal.
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Buddha is perhaps one of the few sages for whom we have mention of his rather impressive physical characteristics. He was at least six feet tall and had a strong enough body to be noticed by one of the Kings and was asked to join his army as a general. Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century CE (see Buddhist art), his physical characteristics are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya. They help define the global aspect of the historical Buddha, his physical appearance is described by Buddha's wife to his son Rahula upon Buddha's return in the scripture of the "Lion of Men":

Interpretations may vary, and the reliability of the Sutras may be questioned. The description above is indicative of a typically Indo-Aryan body type. This can also be related to the tradition describing the historic Buddha as a member of the Indian Kshatriya warrior caste.
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Shouldn't you at least cite wikipedia?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama
 
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Proletariat

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Originally posted by: dabuddha
Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Originally posted by: Proletariat
O my educated forum members, what do you think Buddha looked like?
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Like someone from Nepal.
Click to expand...

Buddha is perhaps one of the few sages for whom we have mention of his rather impressive physical characteristics. He was at least six feet tall and had a strong enough body to be noticed by one of the Kings and was asked to join his army as a general. Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century CE (see Buddhist art), his physical characteristics are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya. They help define the global aspect of the historical Buddha, his physical appearance is described by Buddha's wife to his son Rahula upon Buddha's return in the scripture of the "Lion of Men":

Interpretations may vary, and the reliability of the Sutras may be questioned. The description above is indicative of a typically Indo-Aryan body type. This can also be related to the tradition describing the historic Buddha as a member of the Indian Kshatriya warrior caste.
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Shouldn't you at least cite wikipedia?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama
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Whatev it was obviously copy and pasted.

I just knew nobody would think of him as a brown North Indian thats why I posted that.
 
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