On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:36:51 +1300, "Adam Whyte-Settlar"
<grawillers@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"CL" <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bua8nu$1r0$2@nnrp.gol.com...
>> Adam Whyte-Settlar wrote:
>> > "Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:bu5nk0$drqkq$1@ID-101276.news.uni-.
>> >
>> >>Jesus loves Americans.
>> >
>> > Well, yeah - I guess you've got a point there.
>> > Didn't He model his appearance on an American?
>> > You know - the long blonde wavy hair, the blue eyes, the sandals?
>>
>> http://www.catholicshopper.com/products/inspirational_sport_statues.html
>
>
>His hair has turned brown!
>It's a miracle!
>Does this reflect some kind of new PC rule in the US?
>'Our' Jesus was kind of more clean cut and Anglo-Saxon than that one.
>
>I notice that;
>"Many customers have requested these Jesus Sport Statues depicting children
>other than Caucasian and playing other sports; we have expressed these
>requests to manufacturers and importers."
>
>I wonder if any customers have requested Sports Statues depicting Jesus as
>other than Caucasian?
>
>Wasn't there absolute outrage back in the 30's (?) when some black people
>made a film depicting Him as black.
>I believe there were even heresy charges laid.
>
>SFAIUI Jesus most probably had an appearance similar to modern day
>Ethiopians.
>A W-S

By chance I travelled only two days ago in a  bus where I fell into
conversation with an Eritrean (same thing as Ethiopian) whom I thought
was very handsome. I wasn't alone - after he got off, the bus driver
said to me, "Good-looking guy, wasn't he?"

Murchadh.