kobonaire:

I will not deny that Nigerians are academically well qualified compared to many other nationalities and races. Let us be factual, what has this "high value of education" done for us in our governance? Why do we have the most corrupt government system, public/private system and why are we accepting of it as a people? The only think holding a black man back is the black man himself. Let me not even get started on tribalism. If we somehow are able to mitigate corruption and tribalism then Nigeria surely has the ability to be a first world country. That was the essence of my original post that you quoted.

slimmy05:
I didn't call you out. I only called out your ignorance.

Sorry if that hurts.

uboma:



Between you and I, you are the most ignorant on this issue and others in the past. You think by quoting me out of context, you can score some cheap points, kiddo, you are absolutely wrong. You can't help but keep exposing your level of illiteracy. Lol

And like I've always advised you in the past, GROW UP.

slimmy05:
Sorry you're vexed. I see you're on your period

uboma:



Lol it is my sister and mum who are experiencing their monthly cycle.

Fulaman198:


You are speaking bull crap. Those who speak Afro-Asiatic languages were always at first black. Whether it was Hausa, Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Berber languages, Oromo, Tangale, etc. etc.

They didn't start off as white. Whites inherited the culture of the black Arabs, not the other way around. You speak utter nonsense.

GatJokez:


Unification equals strength because the more division happens the weaker all the particles become. The craziness happening with all the fighting is sad to say the least. Mankind are supposed to be intelligent beings but so far we are not applying our intelligence correctly. Humans seem to still be stuck in animal-like territorialism .

LewisO:

U are a sick as$ nigga.
Is your job devoted for spreading ignorance, huh?

kobonaire:

100% on point .... You said it very eloquently!

Wallie:


I'm not commenting on the veracity of what you wrote but the allusion that "history classes" correctly convey historical facts. In your own lifetime, haven’t you seen history being distorted? What makes you think that those in power did not re-write the history in the textbooks used to teach us?

tevinsolt:

Again stop spewing rubbish provide the historical evidence with credible sources.
And what cave do you live in to not know that the term white means European not Arab

Ibime:


Leave the one sided perspective boss.

A true Arab is a Berber. If you picture Muamar Gadaffi, you should know what kind of skin colour the Jews of Jesus day would have.

The OP based his claim on Jesus hair looking like wool. Do you know any black woman that can wash your feet with her hair like Mary Magdalene did to Jesus? African hair cannot do that.

The Jews of those days were olive skinned and would not look out of place in Greece or the Mediterranean. Hence in all of Pauls travels through the Greek towns of Corinth, Thessalonia and Ephesus, no mention was made of his skin colour. If Paul was black, it would have been noted in Greece that he was a nubian. The Greeks have always identified Nubians as Nubians in all their writings long before Jesus was born.

Fulaman198:


I mean no offence man, but does the average Fulani man look like the average Yoruba man ? I love Yoruba people though, but there is no such thing as the "typical Nigerian black"

I have had Nigerians (not talking about Fulani Nigerians here) tell me I don't look Nigerian, so I'm sorry it's a regional thing.

segxi1960:


The existence of Jesus has never been in doubt, his divinity is what has been questioned.

So when you say he's a fraud, are you trying to imply that Jesus of Nazareth never existed at all ?.

birdman:


Remember, there was no institutionalized racism, so it is very unlikely that much attention was paid to skin color. People probably identified based on culture and lineage much more than color. Color would only be mentioned in passing, in relation to something else.

Even biblical stories show that that the Israelites, and the nations surrounding them were a mix. Solomon's 'wife' in songs of solomon is black. She makes that very clear. David was probably a light skinned black man. We know this because Goliath disdained David's "fair countenance". For David to stand out in this way to Goliath, most people in Israel had to be of a darker shade. As would have been Goliath and his people.

And then there is genetics. We know that dark skin couples can produce lighter skin offspring, but not the other way round. So it would make sense that most of the folk in biblical history would be darker shades, if not outright black. The odds of Jesus being a darker shade is very likely. Even the early paintings representing Jesus bear this out.

My 2 cents, the skin color issue is a manifestation of the spirit of division, with the main aim of wiping out the human family. It ought not be a big deal, but it is. And the fault lies squarely with a carnal church. I dont think most of the Christian church (black and white) is mature enough to embrace a black Jesus. It is what it is

holyokoto:


The first century Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus Said Jesus exists. Jewish antiquities 18

uboma:
@ op, are you a racist?

Is the skin colour of Jesus Christ any important? If it really was, I am sure it would have been clearly penned down in the Bible.

I read somewhere that not all the activities of Jesus Christ was penned in the Bible. Imagine writing down everything Jesus Christ did during his brief stay on earth. Even a duplex would not contain all the write-ups. So whatever is recorded in the Bible are things that are NECESSARY for salvation.

So @op, invest more of your energies and time into carrying out the commands in the Bible as they are written and stop engaging in frivolous and mundane things like the skin colour of Jesus Christ.

ifeness:


No your job is devoted to spreading ignorance. You believe in black/white Jesus,how lame!

ifeness:


No your job is devoted to spreading ignorance. You believe in black/white Jesus,how lame!

LewisO:

I have gone through some of your posts, i sees you as a responsible guy, so am not here to indulge i all kinds of gavage with you. But that your post looks aberrant like an unbeliever in Christ Jesus at the first place, that was the reason i quoted u.

Fulaman198:


I think you are confusing yourself

uboma:
Again I will ask the op and his followers, is knowing the skin colour of Jesus Christ a requisite for salvation? Does it REALLY matter if Jesus Christ was (while on earth as a man) Black, Asian or White? Should this be of paramount concern to Christians? If your answers are *NO*, then don't engage me any further because I wouldn't oblige you.

ThaProphet:


If the skin colour is not important, why were there obvious concerted efforts to whitewash history and paint him white? Obviously, the skin colour of Christ is important to white folks.

If the God you worship does not look like you, then you are in bondage. Spiritual prisoners of other people.

Back to topic...

The early paintings of Christ actually depicts a black Jesus. The famous picture of the Last supper: Da vinci was told to use his own family as a model for that picture after he complained that there is no way to find a model family that truly depicts the image of Christ and his disciples.

mirexxx:
Mary was black too??

uboma:



So you have seen the god you worship? And your god looks like you? Wow! That's very odd and doesn't make sense one bit.

For me, I haven't seen my God because even the Bible says that no man can see Him and yet live.

scrotum1:
the black madonna in no way signifies that mary was black . now contrast the images below . the sub saharan black madonna looks almost demonic and not sacred or holy at all. the second madonna looks tanned but clearly middles eastern or latin.
the monks dress in black and live in dark monasteries . there's a certain aspect of darkness which is also sacred ,holy and mystical .