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I Should Ignore Children & Women Killed

 I Should Ignore Children & Women Killed

 Part I

As Christians are we seriously to ignore the secret wars on innocent women and children to which America has been engaged in?

I've been researching this horrible topic for a few months now. Now I am no longer surprised whenever I've come across articles and Youtube videos which show the carnage of such innocent souls. That's right, women and children, and even elderly, and physically challenged adults are being bombed (the news media reports them as casualties of war- Are they indeed?) and/or shot to death by Israeli soldiers!

Are they casualties of war in this day and age? If you can pin-point with exact precision where 'Osama Bin Laden'  is hiding, "You can pin-point where specific terrorist are hiding with the same technology!" There should be no need to fire upon school children walking alone... Haven't you heard of bomb detection equipment (What about preservation of human life unless absolutely necessary to kill them)? Surely, killing one unarmed child should have warranted the use of bomb seeking technologies!

Yet, America rushes to supply Israel with more weaponry to use on its enemies ~ women and children as well! Yes, women and children, and other innocent people are Israel's enemies and are to be killed at the drop of a hat without due process or at the least, proper investigation! However, America and the United Nations have policies that reject such deplorable actions!

I do pray for the peace of Israel, and I do bless them and curse them not! Am I cursing them by asking them to stop the carnage of little children? Jesus loved them so much! Jesus said, "Suffer not the little children to come unto me!" I am tearing up at the thought of a child lined up and shot point blank! Aren't you? Right in Jesus' watch, we (Americans) are condoning such cowardly acts upon children and their mothers'.

Brown/Olive/Dark Skin Jesus! I Can't See It! Part ll

Look, there's Jesus!

Do you see a Caucasian man?

Some people say His skin color doesn't matter. Okay, If that's so, why should a picture of a dark skin Jesus stir up so much talk?

Do you grimmis and comment (in your mind or out loud- why is His skin color dark, or brown, or olive?) whenever you see an image of a dark skin Jesus? Uhm, I do not understand your reaction. So you're a scholar, educator, pastor, etc.; however, you dismiss the importance of helping other cultures or races to see themselves in the historical Jesus you teach about.

Please do the exercise again from Part I of this blog.

I have just said the name Jesus. You should visualize a person of color for a change or for the first time in your life.

Write and tell me about your experience with this exercise.

Brown/Olive/ Dark skin Jesus! I Can't Picture It? Part l

Most of the ways Jesus is depicted in pictures causes people of color to feel even more invisible.

I understand that people see Him as their own race, which is typically Caucasian, light complexion, blond hair, blue eyes.

I do not understand what is wrong with trying to put visuals in the worlds minds of a more Jewish looking Jesus. At least He could have an olive complexion and dark wavy or curly hair, which was the way scholars are sure most Jewish men looked in Jesus' day.

It sure is easy to say, "That's not important!" If you are one of those people who make comments like this, I have a question for you. Have you ever been considered unimportant simply because your skin color is brown or dark? Most brown or dark skin people have been through this. So, if you say, "Christ's skin color is not important," brown/dark skin people hear this, "Another time when someone is saying how the important figure could not have been any other color but white. And, I would listen to what you have to say before I decide to ignore you, if you were white."

I bet most people who initially visualize a more white skin Jesus probably think the crowds who listened to Him did so because he was not brown or dark skin. Not you you say!

For a change, visualize Him, Jesus, in a more Jewish likeness because brown-olive and dark complexion people were and still are great leaders, verbally articulate, and do/did speak to multitudes.

Try this mental exercise right now,

Okay, I just said the name Jesus, your visual image should be a person of color for a change- Did you do this? Good! Was that so bad? Write and tell me how the exercise effected you.