Surely we've collected enough archaeological evidence to portray these people the way they truly would have looked.
Why then is it that we continue to portray them via stereotypes we learned in Sunday school in the 1950s.
Whether we want to believe it or not, Jesus did NOT look like a modern-day version of Brad Pit with long hair and a beard. His mother Mary probably didn't have flawless white skin and the face of the Mona Lisa.
In 2013 we had a shot at presenting stories in the Bible from a far more scientific, more realistic approach...even using exactly what is in the Bible... but we cannot seem to remove our own personal prejudices.
Why then is it that we continue to portray them via stereotypes we learned in Sunday school in the 1950s.
Whether we want to believe it or not, Jesus did NOT look like a modern-day version of Brad Pit with long hair and a beard. His mother Mary probably didn't have flawless white skin and the face of the Mona Lisa.
In 2013 we had a shot at presenting stories in the Bible from a far more scientific, more realistic approach...even using exactly what is in the Bible... but we cannot seem to remove our own personal prejudices.