Summary David Oyelowo defends the portrayal of Jesus as a Black man in The Book of Clarence, highlighting the historical inaccuracies in previous white portrayals of Moses and Jesus. Some have been critical of The Book of Clarence’s portrayal of Black Jesus. Oyelowo sees the film as an opportunity to tell a Black story through … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital, carrying a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they were praying for peace in the Middle East, where tens of thousands of Filipinos work, as fears rise of a spread of the Israel-Hamas … Read more
December 23, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EST The newborn Jesus is swaddled in a kaffiyeh amid rubble in a Nativity scene expressing solidarity with the people of Gaza at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BETHLEHEM, … Read more
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem is gearing up for a subdued Christmas, without the festive lights and customary Christmas tree towering over Manger Square, after officials in Jesus’ traditional birthplace decided to forgo celebrations due to the Israel-Hamas war. The cancellation of Christmas festivities, which typically draw thousands of visitors, is a severe blow to … Read more
Donald Trump was in Iowa on Saturday for two campaign stops, the first in Ankeny, followed by a stop in Cedar Rapids. And his obsession with the 2020 election continues to be a subject he seems to think is crucial as he campaigns to win the Republican presidential nomination, despite his position being unsubstantiated time … Read more
Anybody following the twists and turns over generative AI instruments is aware of that content material creators are justifiably sad that instruments like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Bard could also be slurping up their content material, with out permission or compensation, to “prepare” the massive language fashions powering these chatbots. Now there’s phrase that The … Read more
Kandiss Taylor, a GOP district chair in Georgia, claimed the Earth is flat on her podcast, Jesus, Weapons, & Infants, alongside fellow flat-Earther David ‘Flat Earth Dave’ Weiss and Matt Lengthy. She turns into the most recent GOP member to leap on the flat Earth bandwagon, tacking this ideology onto her earlier conspiracy idea exclamations … Read more
WARREN, R.I. (AP) — An almost 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with girls in New Testomony scenes has stirred up questions on race, Rhode Island’s position within the slave commerce and the place of ladies in nineteenth century New England society. The window put in on the long-closed St. … Read more
Picture: JavierMartinRuiz (Shutterstock) I’ve had the misfortune of leaving issues behind in an Uber. A birthday current. My cellphone. My purse with the cash to pay for my cat’s Christmas photoshoot. But, I’ve by no means left something as unusual as what the parents in Uber’s 2023 “Misplaced and Discovered Index” have left, together with … Read more