Christians, would you still follow jesus if he was physically unattractive?

Question

i mean... im not talking plain old, run of the mill ugly, im talking uh-guh-leee.. if you know what i mean..

would your opinion of him change if his appearance physically disgusted you?

Answer 1

It strikes me as wrong they way people portray Jesus as a handsome, white man, when Jesus would have had short hair with 2 long bits at the front because he was Jewish, and would have had sallow skin, because he grew up in Egypt and Israel.Even the portrayal of Jesus is wrong.

Answer 2

Of cause it was his message.

Answer 3

Some notable amount of people in the multiple millions world-wide currently worship an obese, lethargic, disfigured bald guy as part of their religion.  I don't think an ugly Jesus would be a far stretch.

Answer 4

The OT prophecy about Jesus goes like this:-

YLT Isa 53:2-3  - Yea, He cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire Him. He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

There is no picture or writing that is generally trusted as recording how He looked. Clearly His followers thought His appearance had little to do with His importance...

Answer 5

Opinion of Him would not change, i would still follow Him.

Answer 6

Yup. It says in the bible, in Isaiah that he was unattractive to the human eye. The cool thing though is that he had a beautiful soul and was completely selfless, the perfect representation of God (except God is probably pretty goodlooking!).

Beauty fades. His message was alot more important!

Answer 7

well he wasn't physically attractive

so yes they would

Answer 8

YES!  

Answer 9

I would still follow him because he is God in the Flesh and the messiah.

Its not about how ugly or good looking someone is, its about who they are. I don't think God would have manifested himself uh-guh-lee as no-one would look up to him (eg only the homeless etc would, not the average to rich). likewise if he came as prince charming in a mansion, only this rich would look up to him. I believe he came 'average'.  

Answer 10

I would like to recommend proactiv to Jesus.

Answer 11

If they can worship the POPE and let him kiss their baby...

hey... maybe christians aren't so shallow after all...

Answer 12

Yes.  I did not seek after Him, He drew me to Him because He is God!

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Jesus was not physically attractive:

Isaiah 53:2

He has no stately form or majesty

That we should look upon Him.

Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him

Answer 13

Yes i would . Physical appearances counts for very little .

Answer 14

Of course I would! I think your question is really offensive and his physical appearance would never "disgust" me!

Answer 15

Love has nothing to do with physical appearance.

Answer 16

Yes.  I pray with my eyes closed anyway.

Answer 17

Youre funny

Answer 18

Jesus is already physically unattractive.  Its impossible to be attractive when dying on a crucifix.

Answer 19

Yes!

Answer 20

I don't know what Jesus looked like, and I'm not in it for the hot guys anyway. So the answer is yes.

Google a few Byzantine icons. They're not 'pictures', you know.

Answer 21

what makes you think that he was attractive? I mean these people did make him white in the "Historically Accurate" Passion of Christ.

Answer 22

Kids...

Would u still admit ur mom as ur mom if u find out she was an uh-guh-leeee yet disgusting *****??

Answer 23

Yes, because physical beauty is only skin deep. It is the soul that shows true beauty.  

Answer 24

Well isnt he now?