Jesus of Nazareth
The fact that I offer a prologue to this poem says something, but I am not sure what. I simply want my readers to understand that the following verses are not meant to offend or disparage your honest faith or the good works thereof. Although I may not hold standard Christianized values, I respect all religions as much as I do my own. I truly believe we must all seek different paths, but we are all trying to get the same place. This is just the questioning mind of a young boy raised in a Christian home, when his education clashed with indoctrination and gave a whole different perspective on having a ‘White Christmas’. Namaste!
The greatest story ever told
A virgin birth of such majesty
Yet the tale that we are sold
Seems to me a travesty
All the words followed by rote
The wonders of most holy night
Geographically does not denote
Why your Savior born was white
Maybe if Europe held Bethlehem
But I am not sure that even then
The couple being from Nazareth
Would bear a child of color bereft
The pictures I have always seen
Of family from the Middle East
Seemed such an unlikely scene
When they would be brown at least
But it’s easier that our God be
Some version of our own race
In the hopes that we will see
Ourselves in His kind face
And if your Lord must be white
If science with faith cannot exist
Then I hope that you are right
Or you may be a touch racist
commonsensiblyspeaking 
You raise an interesting thought….
I don’t mind raising an eyebrow or two, as long as it doesn’t raise a rabble! Thanks for the support and love!
I think you’re right. Jesus probably wasn’t white. We know he was Jewish and from Bethlehem/Nazareth. Someone came up with an image a few years ago of what he probably looked like. I think it’s pretty good. You can see it at https://images.app.goo.gl/xRM3ZNHCEVc3g4bi6
Thank you for your supportive views and for sharing the link. If religion causes us to close our minds and see the world around through such narrowed scopes of vision, than it may not be well-suited to its purpose.
True. Religious beliefs can become very narrow and I’m not sure it was ever meant to be that way. After all I believe that God is greater than any of our human minds can fathom. I don’t think we should try to squash Him into our man made boxes.
You are right , Brad. Bravo.
Thank you for your kind and continuous support Yasmine! I knew as a worldly woman you we understand the concept better than most. Happy holidays to you and yours!
Ditto , Brad.
Am I rubbing off on you? 🤔😻🖤❤
Very very good piece, Love
Thank you honey bee! And did you write the question that way on purpose? Or am I completely convoluting the term “rubbing off”?
Meeeeeeeoowwww *rubs against leg*
an interesting perspective; hadn’t really given it much thought, until now…
I see no color in our Lord. Imageography of Jesus has historically been portrayed as the race of the viewer. Throughout the centuries Jesus had been portrayed
as black, white, brown, red, yellow, whatever shade you can imagine even as female. Your perspective has been as a white man brought up in a predominantly white society and should have no connection with racism.
The soul has no color……
Well said