"Black Jesus" Not Allowed on Broadcast TV?

If we truly view this from a geographical point of view, Jesus was middle eastern. He also lived in Egypt for a short period in his life, so he could have gotten a bit dark there. I don't understand either how people can look over this fact, Jesus was middle eastern. Of course, middle eastern is not exactly "Black" but its not "White" either. And it is the US, but its also cable, they have rules and guidelines to follow. I feel no negativity in using that phrase, I see no harm in it. But then again, I'm just one person, but I agree with you, it was unnecessarily removed.

I just believe too much concerning christianity is bleeped. I don't think it should be bleeped. We have a right to our beliefs and speech (not so much anymore). I know there was my boss at my house one day doing business and he offended me by saying I shouldn't have let this black girl come into my house and eat and wait til my daughter got home so she could visit. I told him he was gonna feel very funny if he went and saw Jesus and found He is black. I also told him if he made another remark like that, we would meet elsewhere to finish our workday. Now, I know Jesus is a jew. I know some jewish people. They aren't black, but who knows.

Actually Jesus looked like a typical man who lived in Israel at the end of the BC period and the beginning of A.D. before the Jews were scattered among the nations and intermarried among them. There was no six feet high Jews as now, I suppose even King Saul may have been five feet eight when the rest of the Israelites were five feet five. In other words they were not that tall. And their hair was black or dark brown. But it was not Kinky as is common with AFrican Blacks nor did they have the full lips. And the people who knew Jesus did not say "Oh Joseph, Mary, your son has this halo above him and this long red hair, pr he has a much darker skin then you. Are you sure he is really your son?" You seem, much of this Black Jesus or in Europe, auburn haired Jesus has to do with pride. It is like saying, "Our race or ethnic group is more righteous and Jesus speaks to us directly, whereas your race or ethnic group are not worthy of His love." By the way, the ancient Sumerians who are the ancestors of the people had black cujrly hair but they were not Negroes. And curly hair also appears in the White or Caucasian race to. You have to lookl for the whole picture. And being a white lady, I do not want to feel that Jesus just came to save the Negroes and that we had to work harder. By the way, what did Jesus look like? Did he look like he came from the Negro group of the human race? If so, that was wrong. He should have looked like He came from the Middle EAst.

Hi drknlvly, There was certainly no need to dub this over except that some white Christians are prejudice towards blacks. We all know the part of the world where Jesus was born and we also know the color of the skin of those who are born and live there. Jesus was no different. If one is a true follower of Christ and his teachings, skin color does not matter.

That is too bizarre...What difference does it make what color someone imagines him to be? I do not know anything about the station you were watching, but if you say it is "a bit explicit" I assume it was not bleeped because someone used the his name when they should not have.

Well, if they only bleeped out the "Jesus" part, then it looks to me more like they were worried about saying the name of Jesus and not worried about saying anything about "black" Jesus. If they didn't beep out "black," then it's obviously not a slight to the word "black." Perhaps they didn't want to offend Christians - not by saying "black Jesus," but by using "Jesus" in a vain context. Or maybe they didn't want to offend non-Christians by saying "Jesus" in the first place. It's not logical that they would have a beef with the "black" descriptive but block the noun. As far as debating Jesus' skin tone - I fall more on the side that he didn't exist to begin with, so I find it rather entertaining that people argue about which "race" he belonged to. But as far as the Soul channel - keep and eye on them. Maybe they have a habit of blocking religious references. The name and programming I've seen suggests that it's geared more toward the black community. Perhaps some execs there feel as if "Jesus" would be a slight to the Muslim and non-religious parts of the black community, etc. It's hard to tell about TV sometimes!

No it shouldn't have been deleted. But I guess they are worried some people might be offended by the truth.

hi drknlvly I think that was silly as Jesus and Judas were miles apart, theyh should not have cut that out at all. Jesus had to have been dark brown skinned really. Yes this in the US and we still can worship as we pleasel. I feel it should not have been removed from the movie at all.Sustituting Judas for Jesus is awful in my eyes. wow.

I don't think that it should be bleeped out. But I don't think that the reason they did was because the woman was saying Jesus is black. I don't know why they did it; people are just really afraid of offending people these days, and with good reason.

I don't think it should have been bleeped out that was just plain stupid!!That to me sounds like total nonsense!! Why would they do that? Yes we can believe what we want to here and all over the world! Well I would have been like what? If I were to have seen that and thought are they crazy? What's wrong with the person on the television? Well have a good day and God Bless You!!

Jesus would have looked alot like a modern day palestinian I have heard people say that he was black my grandmother in law even has a picture of jesus with dreds most pasestinians have tight curly hair not like an afro but close also it says skin like bronze most africans were completely african not like blacks in america who have white and indian and things like that mixed in giving you different skin tones so bronze wouldn't be a good word to describe that besides why does it make you more comfortable for him to be black?