Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gibbons@csn.org (Hugh Gibbons) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Jesus' physical appearance Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 91 02:36:40 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 34 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article zorak@cs.pdx.edu (Krezo) writes: >schiller@src.sony.co.jp (Christoph SCHILLER) writes: > >>[ >>I recenly found a book in which it was stated that there is an >>old tradition that Jesus was born with a bad leg, had >>curved shoulders and was in general of ugly appearance. > >I don't know about Jesus being deformed, or ugly, but he was born >a human. He put up with acne, disease, tripping over rocks and hurting >himself, etc., just like you and me. But remember that the Jewish sacrifice >called for a lamb. And Jesus was our sacrifice, so that we can be >forgiven without the need of killing animals. If he had a bad leg, etc., would >this then make Him not spotless and disqualify Him from dying for us? > >Think about it and follow up this posting if you have further comments. Whatever else Jesus was, he was certainly very charismatic. People (by and large) regarded him favorably and he made a good impression on just about everybody. If he was ugly, it seems likely he would have had a smaller number of followers, but voice and conviction can make up for a lot there. If he had a bad leg, he wouldn't have been much for walking all over Judea,as a previous poster observed. He also would have dealt frequently with questions about why he didn't heal himself, since he was healing all these sinners he met... -- -------------------- :-) Hugh Gibbons (-: --------------------