wine-loving-vagabond:

theholyprepuce:

White Jesus modeled on Cesare Borgia?

The theory is that people were generally not too enthusiastic about the Catholic Church’s regular massacres of Jews and Crusades against Muslims, because the people they were killing looked like Jesus.  Pope Alexander VI then ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Jesus and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian Jesus.  His son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings.  Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Jesus so loved by Christians today. 

In 1995, GZA’s Liquid Swords album featured the solo track by Wu-Tang Clan affiliate, Killah Priest, ”B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)”. The lyrics include the lines; “I even learnt Caucasians were really the Tribe of Edam, The white image, of Christ, is really Cesare Borgia”

hmmmm

(via guerrillamamamedicine)

1. janelasverdes liked this
2. organismal reblogged this from daniellemertina
3. apresminuit liked this
4. chainhitsmytash reblogged this from swintons
5. seemorebanannafish reblogged this from pintu and added:

   THIS FASCINATES ME!

6. ourperfectday reblogged this from ahhhna
7. whatthefuuuuuck reblogged this from chrismcmahon
8. chrismcmahon reblogged this from theholyprepuce
9. motifa liked this
10. saltxwater liked this
11. icebelow reblogged this from mothtoalight
12. chelseabear reblogged this from mothtoalight
13. chelseabear liked this
14. mothtoalight reblogged this from theholyprepuce
15. aliyahloves liked this
16. hippygrungehipster reblogged this from thefistofartemis
17. laughingluna liked this
18. spaghettios13 reblogged this from thefistofartemis
19. lolastones liked this
20. thefistofartemis reblogged this from theholyprepuce
21. holeinthehimmel liked this
22. eatplaylivebaby reblogged this from jollyhopippip and added:

    how interesting.can this really be proven or disproven with certainty?the bible’s reproduced by mere mortals too,as the...

23. mymindofmadness liked this
24. sixthvenus reblogged this from theholyprepuce
25. radio-livetransmission liked this
26. b-k-o-b liked this
27. b-k-o-b reblogged this from youthyeti
28. youthyeti liked this
29. bigtuboflaird liked this
30. dogherine reblogged this from siddharthasmama
31. yiduiqie liked this
32. writingwhatcomestomind liked this
33. faust-arps reblogged this from swintons
34. satindolldc reblogged this from knowledgeequalsblackpower
35. melobathegreat liked this
36. jayelyric liked this
37. xueinimphilia liked this
38. nok-ind reblogged this from theholyprepuce
39. smittenkitten88 reblogged this from theholyprepuce
40. amelodysoftlysoaring liked this
41. sailorbaby reblogged this from girl-germs and added:

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

42. konsciousmoor liked this
43. zyx-err0r-404-n0t-f0und-xyz reblogged this from negrosakisensei
44. negrosakisensei reblogged this from slimmcharles
45. xthedopedolldistrictx reblogged this from supersensei
46. negrosakisensei liked this
47. slimmcharles reblogged this from unadulteratedconcept
48. paulsaraos reblogged this from littlelistmaker
49. junk-yard-doll liked this
50. bankston reblogged this from feralnostalgia
51. Show more notesLoading...