# Jesus and his hair...debate!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-his-hair-debate/352864>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 16, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-his-hair-debate/352864 "2006-04-16T06:48:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-his-hair-debate/352864/21 "2006-04-17T19:15:04Z")

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> [@Gladstone](#):
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> I’ve heard people say they keep seeing numerous depictions of Jesus as having blond hair, but I haven’t seen one. The overwhelmingly common “popular” depiction has Jesus having dark brown hair - seen in cards, churches, paintings, etc. So where and why does this blond Jesus keep popping up?

Just go with it.

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-his-hair-debate/352864/22 "2006-04-17T19:51:14Z")

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Every epople depicts jesus as one of them. I’ve seen images of black Jesus, Indian Jesus, Spanish Jesus, White Jesus. I haven’t seen a Chinese jesus, but I figure it’s only a matter of time. And why not? It’s perfectly theologically appropriate to depict Jesus as being “one of us,” no matter who “us” refers to.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-his-hair-debate/352864/23 "2006-04-17T20:02:17Z")

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> [@casdave](#):
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> You mean to say Jesus had a bad Mullet ?

By definition, Jesus had a **great** mullet.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-his-hair-debate/352864/24 "2006-04-17T20:34:53Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I’ve heard people say they keep seeing numerous depictions of Jesus as having blond hair, but I haven’t seen one. The overwhelmingly common “popular” depiction has Jesus having dark brown hair - seen in cards, churches, paintings, etc. So where and why does this blond Jesus keep popping up?

Probably people confusing Jeffrey Hunter with Tab Hunter.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-his-hair-debate/352864/25 "2006-04-17T20:43:07Z")

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> [@Stentor 2.5](#):
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> I. Paul puts the -ianity in “Christianity”!

I read that statement hearing Ned Flauders voice.

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