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07-15-2008, 01:52 AM | #1 |
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Any geneticists? Question re DNA, Jesus, the Bible
It's a fad in current visual representations - documentaries etc - to depict Jesus as having bit of an Arab appearance.
The rather simplistic thinking seems to be "heyyyy look at that part of the world - they're all Arabs, they've got dark hair and dark skin! Jesus must have looked THAT way!" It becomes a kind of political correctness to make the point that Jesus and his boys were NOT white. My instinct is that this is garbage. That a genetic pool even in a very large and populated area can be overwhelmed and changed in a very short period. That the Bible isn't kidding when it describes David as being "ruddy" and that the genetic makeup of 1st century Jews could well have had a lot of fair-haired, fair-skinned people. That Mohammed's conquest of the Levant and subsequent incursions from various Muslim dynasties cld have eliminated many of those recessive genes in the region. And that at the end of the day it's not the least bit implausible that Jesus was just a white dude. Not that it matters to me - I just find it annoying that we now are all expected to assume that he wasn't. But that's my relatively uninformed view. Anyone? Am I wrong? |
07-15-2008, 03:05 AM | #2 |
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It infuriates me when people suggest Jesus wasn't among the most white people that have ever lived. It's hard for me to believe that he wasn't as white as Northern Europeans, as white skin color is a symbol for purity of spirit and heart. The BoM teaches us this. This is just another tactic to demean whites and place brown skin on the highest pedestal. It's complete horse shit!
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07-15-2008, 10:07 AM | #3 |
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I'm not a geneticist but what I do know is that Israeli society was so isolated politically, geographically and economically that the gene pool there was extremely shallow. Everyone there looked the same. I think we can state with 100% certainty what level of melanin was in the Savior's skin.
Wait, the father was Deity? What's genetic contribution did he get from that side of the family? How many of those traits might be considered dominant traits? Until someone has seen God and has gotten a good fix on what God looks like, this discussion is completely ridiculous. |
07-16-2008, 02:36 AM | #4 |
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Are you implying that nobody has seen God? I think Mitt Romney made the same mistake during his campaign and it cost him some points in the Mormon mullah community.
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07-16-2008, 03:02 AM | #5 |
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Waters with another patented adolescent response
Mate seriously - you're making me laugh. I know you're not trying to. But why do you default to such teenage girl games?
And if you are determined to try and sabotage the substance of the conversation - which has nothing to do with what color anyone was and everything to do with (a) politically correct culture and (b) the science of a genetic shift inside a region - could you at least be a little bit clever along the way? |
07-16-2008, 12:39 PM | #6 |
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09-16-2008, 01:02 PM | #8 |
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no, he acutally said God hasn't spoken since Moses. I don't consider myself to be part of the Mormon mullah community, but that kind of turned me off when I first heard it.
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09-16-2008, 01:41 PM | #9 |
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I am trying to figure out why we should care if people wish to portray Jesus with darker skin. I can't think of a good reason. Help me out here.
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Other than that, I really don't care.
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