So according to NBC’s Today Show, they are dubbing 2014 the Year of the Bible. This is where Hollywood puts in motion its propaganda machine and does re-enactments of popular Bible stories to bring to the big screen.At a date and time when text books are being re-written, ethnic studies is being short changed or outright eliminated and in the case of Arizona, made illegal, what we have is a key nail in the coffin to uphold white supremacy..
Look for these Biblical stories to inaccurately depict its key characters… Its the return of ‘white Jesus’ complete with piercing blue eyes and flowing locks along with lots of white people and a maybe a couple of Black extras running around countries within Africa..
Look for the heavy promotion and young kids having it permanently etched in their easily influenced minds that ain’t no way anyone with a darker hue was up and about doing anything ‘Holy’… It doesn’t hep that we have our Arab brothers and sister running around Timbuktu destroying ancient manuscripts burning down libraries all in the name of religion..and our dear brother Kanye West doing tours with white Jesus
Of course at the end of the day, there will be many who will say… ‘Jesus’ race doesn’t matter’, but apparently it does to Hollywood and the promotion machine behind it. The solution to this is to encourage folks who are on the come up in the acting world, to pen their own stories and and craft their own films.. Ideally it would be great to get actors Idriss Elba or Don Cheadle to play Jesus. Or maybe get Sam Jackson or Danny Glover to play Noah. At least there it’ll be more accurate…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcIXCok9HPg
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I don’t want to judge without seeing the whole movie, but going from the trailer for the first film it does seem to be some sort of rip-off of The Matrix.
I want to know when they’ll release the NC-17 Bible story of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah?
Each generation, Hollywood tries to reinforce misinformation about the Bible and spread the myth that people of color were no where around when Jesus walked the earth. Sometimes, I think the U.S. has the most in-bred cretins in the entire world.
What People Should Know [but too often don’t] About the Historical Yeshua [aka Jesus]
His name was NOT Jesus Christ – but Yeshua Ben Yosafe [the Natzorean]. Yeshua’s apostles also had Hebrew names IE: Simeon bar Yonah [aka St Peter], Yokhanon [aka St John], Yaakov [aka James Brother of Yeshua], etc
He was NOT a Euro-Christian- IE: Yeshua was neither European [= white w blonde hair & blue eyes] nor a Christian – but in fact an Afro-Asiatic Judean Israelite.
Prior to 1500 ACE, w Michelangelo’s & Pope Julius II’s Sistine Chapel job, Yeshua & his mother were often depicted as persons w brown &/or dark-skin.
His ministry was in the ‘Old Testament’ Prophetic Tradition – It was NOT his intent to establish a new religion aka ‘Christianity’ – & he did NOT teach that so-called New Testament ‘grace’ supersedes Old Testament Law.
His father Yosafe’s heritage was of the Royal Davidic line, & his mother Miriam’s of the Levitical / Priestly [Kohaneem] line. Thus it’s written that Yeshua’s ministry was after the order of Meliki-tsadek [= King of Righteousness], the first known Hi-Priest in the Bible & King of {Jeru}Salem, & who blessed the Biblical Patriarch Abraham.
The historical Yeshua was almost certainly NOT born of Dec 25th. In fact his exact date of birth [or even yr of birth] is unknown.
Besides Yaakov [aka James], Yeshua had several other brothers [Yosay {Joses}, Simeon & Yehuda {Judah] & several sisters.
Yeshua was likely married to Miriam of Magdala [aka Mary Magdalene] & they may even had a son [named Yehuda].
Miriam of Magdala was likely also an important teacher of Yeshua’s Gospel message in her own right [likely particularly to women of the movement].
Paul was NOT one of Yeshua’s original apostles & in fact NEVER even met him in the flesh.
Paul began his career as a chief inquisitor for the Sanhedrin [who handed Yeshua over to the Roman Governor of Judea- Pontius Pilate, to be executed]- who in fact Zealously PERSECUTED Yeshua’s Judean followers.
Paul was a Roman citizen because his father was Roman.
Paul as an ‘apprentice apostle’ had significant clashes w Yaakov [Yeshua’s brother] & original Apostles Yokhanon & Simeon bar Levi [aka Sts John & Peter]- Note: these 3 were called the ‘Pillars of the Movement’ at Jerusalem after Yeshua’s execution.
The ‘Last Supper’ was a Passover Feast, NOT an Easter feast. In fact ‘Easter’ is derived from the name of the pagan Canaanite goddess of lust, fertility & war- Ashtoreth [aka Ishtar- Note: mythical Easter-egg laying bunny-rabbits are pagan fertility-rite symbols – & mistletoe was also used by European pagans as an aphrodisiac].
Yeshua was executed, upon Pontius Pilate’s decree, on a Thursday morning- NOT on a Friday morning.
Rome often crucified those tagged as enemies of the Roman Empire for several centuries before Yeshua’s crucifixion [See: ‘Sparticus’ RE: mass-crucifixions during the gladiator slave revolt of 73 -71 BCE].
Euro-Christianity as we’ve come to know it was formulated in 325 ACE at the Council of Nicaea under the auspices of Roman Emperor Constantine [& his mother Helena].
Euro-Christian doctrine is based as much, or Even More So, on the epistles of Paul, than the teachings of Yeshua. Paul, NOT Yeshua, originated the doctrine that ‘Grace’ supplants Old Testament Law & Prophesy.
The Roman Catholic Church [aka the “Mother’ Church of Euro-Christianity] has also made iconic [idolic] statues of the so-called ‘Virgin Mother’ Mary [aka so-called ‘Mother of God’ {HUHH???]- rivaling those of iconic [idolic] Jesus crucifixes.
The ‘Shroud of Turin’ has been shown NOT to be Yeshua’s actual burial shroud by both C14 dating [the Turin shroud dates only to circa 1300 ACE], & also by close evaluation of the Gospels’ accounts of his burial w his body being wrapped / wound tightly in linen cloths [plural] & his head being wrapped in a separate cloth- NOT a single cloth draped over his body [front & back] as the Turin shroud depicts.
Ancient Churches in Africa [Egypt & Ethiopia] & Asia [IE: Syria] were likely established even before the Roman Catholic Church. However over the course of the past 1700 yrs these Afro-Asiatic churches have been significantly over-shadowed by & also influenced by the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine & iconic imagery.
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As for Noah His 3 Sons & most Biblical Patriarchs [IE: Moses, David, Solomon, etc]- they were African / Afro-Asiatic Peoples. Noah’s son Ham [KHam] was the forefather of these verifiable ancient African / Afro-Asatic peoples: Ethiopia, Egypt, Somalia, Canaan [aka Phoenicia] & the Sumerians. KHam means ‘Hot &/or Sun-Burnt’- from which the Hebrew word for ‘brown’ [KHoom] is derived.
Every serious Biblical scholar knows the Biblical Shemitic & KHamitic peoples were closely intertwined [IE: the ancient Arabic peoples came from a Shemitic father {Abraham} & Khamitic-Egyptian mother {Hagar].
Plus there recently have been several studies confirming that the advent of white people [as we’ve come to know them] from Europe / Eur-Asia dates back to NOT more than 6000 yrs ago. Before then all ancient peoples had black hair, black or brown skin & dark eyes. The Biblical flood took place circa 4000 BCE [6000 YBP], in West Asia & NE.Africa, so how could Noah have been white???
‘NO! Jesus Wasn’t a White Dude’ [Dude – DUHH! @ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/19/no_jesus_wasnt_a_white_dude_partner/ ]: } ‘Despite the “common sense” depiction of Jesus in the (white) American popular imagination, the historical Jesus Christ is not a white surfer dude with blue eyes, long flowing blonde hair… When I [the author] was an undergraduate & took a series of religious studies classes — Where I [once] asked, “What color was Jesus?” Having just seen the movie, Malcolm X, I was curious as to the professor’s response. He looked around and plainly said that- ‘Jesus Christ was not white or European. He would likely have been a medium-complected Jew with brown or darker skin.’ – I followed-up with, [so] “One could reasonably say Jesus the historical figure was Black.” [to which this professor basically agreed].
In these discussions of faith, some would likely object that race doesn’t matter. Who cares what color the historical Jesus is/was?..
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo’s white Jesus were iconic images that enabled European colonialism and imperialism. In these grand projects of global white power and conquest, “Christian” became synonymous with free, white and civilized. “Heathen” meant that whole populations could be subjected to extermination, enslavement and exploitation…’ {
You are absolutely correct with what you say in this article. Simply put, this is Hollywood doing its part in helping to maintain white supremacy. Every few years, there is a Hollywood movie made about Jesus Christ with a white-skinned person portraying him, despite the fact that it is impossible for Jesus Christ to have been (a.) European, (b.) white or light skinned (with long stringy hair), and (c.) a white or light-skinned Jew.
Soon, there will be movies about Noah and Moses released with white people playing those parts. Movies like these are very mentally and spiritually dangerous to Black (and other non-white) people. Subconsciously, these movies give the impression that GOD/THE MOST HIGH only spoke to white people and no one else. These movies will have you to think that only white people had a connection with GOD/THE MOST HIGH and that Black people didn’t, and that it was white people that provided a spiritual base for Black people. Hollywood has always written Black people out of history when it came to stories about The Bible. Maybe once or twice in recent times, there may have been a Black man with dreadlocks portraying Samson.
Black people DO NOT let your children watch this movie! Even though this will not be the last time a white-skinned person will portray Jesus Christ or any other prominent person from The Bible, we have had more than enough of the false images and portrayals.
Thanks for posting, Bro. Davey!
Rod-TLHH
Jennifer Connelly’s mother is Jewish and Logan Lerman is 100% Jewish. Surely they can play Old Testament characters.