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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ish Geber: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [qb] You have to understand that "Jesus Christ" is a symbol of the life force, the sun/solar cycle/life/death/regeneration, the word/logos. None of these are "human" characteristics as opposed to characteristics of nature and the physical universe. And as such ancient cultures separated these as attributes of divine origin in their cosmologies. However, later groups like the Greeks and Romans syncretized many of these ideas into all encompassing entities such as Serapis, which took on the appearance of the idealized man. And from that some would say came the prototype of Jesus. But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter the outward appearance of the human used to represent it, as opposed to understanding the symbol it represents. And this is where the early Christian church had so many problems with priests from older cultures who were against the idea of a "flesh and blood" Jesus Christ as it removed the underlying meaning behind the figure. But either way, there are various images of Christ from the ancient and modern world where some are black, some are Asian and some are European, because the figure is supposed to be an archetype. That said given the historical description of Jesus and where he lived it makes sense that his skin complexion could have been much darker. [/qb][/QUOTE]Throughout the years I have seen and read many explanations, and this is just one of them. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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