How did Jesus "really" look like ?

For centuries we have been presented with an image of Jesus that is quite "formatted" (but still evolved ) to say the least , but has any of you ever doubted this representation?

well some people have asked themselves the same question and came up with the following after some research and facial reconstruction of an inhabitant of the region in which the events have been reported to take place

the "real" Jesus ?
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not really the usual northern european, dark blonde, blue eyed Jesus right ?
IMHO a far more credible image considering his place of birth

Behold the face of Christ. A face that would have had all the
characteristics of Mary - since Christ had no earthly biological
father. One set of genetics to work from ...

Oh my gosh.....the shroud of Turin, if it depicts the true image of Christ, means that Jesus resembled...Osama Bin Laden. There really is a resemblance.

Actually Jesus was fairly non-descript, and defininatly was not pale skinned and almost anorexic as the RCC would like you to belive. He did have long hair. But otherwise was quite average looking for the day.

Originally posted by benevolent tyrant
There really is a resemblance.

They are from the same part of the world. There very
well could be a resemblance.

How did Jesus "really" look like ?

This question brings up alot of other important questions, like:

Who did Jesus live?
Where did Jesus smell like?
What old was Jesus when he died?
Why was the name of Jesus' wife?
When did Jesus eat for lunch?

Ha Ha Xanax, that's the first thing I noticed... Glad I'm not the only one...

It's funny how everyone I know thinks as Jesus as being White. We all know he would have looked Arabic. And with the beard and such he supposedly had... he would look like... OSAMA!! I never really thought about that until about 2 weeks ago.