My African parents couldn't find a dark-skinned virgin Mary, so they they put Mary in blackfaceSubmitted by rhapsodygreen t3_zv6wxy in pics
Odd_Imagination_6617 t1_j1nqw1r wrote
Reply to comment by Koffeebreaknow in My African parents couldn't find a dark-skinned virgin Mary, so they they put Mary in blackface by rhapsodygreen
Not how religion works
The_Countess t1_j1nsk3r wrote
No, that's actually exactly how religion works.
European mary is white because most Christians there are white.
Ethiopian mary is black because most of the Christians there are black.
Korean's have a Korean Jesus, and I'm assuming their mary similarly looks Korean.
In reality, if she ever existed, she would have look middle eastern.
The only time you see a disconnect there is when a religion was brought to a area by a outside influence (like European powers to much of Africa)
Koffeebreaknow t1_j1nr6rm wrote
So how does it "work" better with another color?
[deleted] t1_j1o0nu3 wrote
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wuguwa t1_j1o0q2b wrote
Okay, well what color does the Bible say Jesus is? Blond hair and blue eyes? I’ve got an M.Div. I’ll wait.
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