sugabelly:

Since Dark skin versus Light skin topics are so hot in Nairaland, I decided to have some fun.

We are all created in the image of God, but we're also black, brown, yellow, white, etc.

In that case, what colour do you think God is?

Do you think He is one colour. a combination of colours, or no colour at all?

And if God is one of 'our' colours, then does that make the corresponding race superior to the others

lucabrasi:

don't know about GOD'S colour and i wont go there if i were you because thats botherline blasphemy in case you don't know,but from a research sermon from my pastor(pastor mathew ashimolowo)and a book he s written backed up by a lot of evidence it has been proven that jesus christ wasnt white but sorta half caste and his mum was a black woman, if your interested along that line then check it out on www.whatswrongwithbeingblack.co.uk it ll make interesting reading

sugabelly:

i don't think wondering/theorising on what colour God is is blasphemous. Just as we wonder about different aspects of God's nature, the colour of his skin if it be so, is readily up for speculation.

lucabrasi:

don't know about GOD'S colour and i wont go there if i were you because thats botherline blasphemy in case you don't know,but from a research sermon from my pastor(pastor mathew ashimolowo)and a book he s written backed up by a lot of evidence it has been proven that jesus christ wasnt white but sorta half caste and his mum was a black woman, if your interested along that line then check it out on www.whatswrongwithbeingblack.co.uk it ll make interesting reading

JayFK:

lol your kidding right?

Jesus was a jew, obviously he was not white. He had olive skin, like Jews, Arabs and other Semitic peoples. His mother was not black. It does not make it so because you wish it so.

I always thought god was red and pasta like, like the flying ravioli monster.

Cadet:

God is the color of water

sugabelly:

I've heard that's a fantastic book. And that is part of the reason that I asked this question. Not because I have a problem with what colour God turns out to be if he has a colour at all, but I want to reconcile people's perception of our racial differences with our perception of God .

Cadet:

'The Color of Water" has little to do with God, it's about a black boy that has a white mom with 12 other siblings . It's based on family issues and race. It's a very good book, I recommend it

sugabelly:

I know the book hasn't got that much to do with God but there's a part in the book where someone (I think it was the boy) asks his grandmother what colour God is, since they're black and looked down upon but they're supposed to be made in the image of God like everyone else, and his grandmother, not knowing what to tell him, (because whites control all the general propaganda) tells him that God is the colour of water. Since water is transparent, there is no racial oppression in her description of God.

At least that's what I get from it.

adetunrayo:

Why do you want to know God's colour? I think you should think of something better to do.Whether black,white or whatever God will always be God.

drrionelli:

Could it be that God is a "colour" that we, as mere mortals, cannot describe?

If so, this could be the reason for so much religious contention. Each of us has to "make" God into something that we can understand, when, indeed, it's entirely possible that God, were we able to see Him (and not just what He represents) is none of those things.

Possibly?

sugabelly:

My question was intended to provoke thought and discussion. You, unfortunately, are not thinking it through. I never said that the colour of God is in anyway influenced by race, but there is an overwhelming perception that God is a great WHITE man with a long snowy beard, rather like Father Christmas. One would expect however that since God is a spirit, that each race would think of God in the image of their own race. I would like to think that God looked like me, or that I looked like God, whichever way you like it. But at the same time, since noone has ever seen God, there is speculation about what God actually looks like. Which is the reason this question is in the CULTURE board and not in Religion.

God's divinity is not at all in question here. The main issue is: What if God is purple?

sugabelly {I kind of like the screen name though }, I no go mind see the kin suga wey dey for that belle o but I digress. Look, you've answered your own qweshun in a way. Like you said, we all know (well, can't include atheists as them no believe hin exist sef) that God is a spirit and since he's a spirit, the spirit has to be either colorless or maybe of variety of color pa pa sef. Shebi e dey for bibeli mimo say God made man out of his own image. Ehn ehn! Since God made man out of his own image, who in turn made a woman from man; therefore, God has no definite color. Whether you black, white, red, purple and so on, as long as you're of the human species, you be God color. If purple pesin dey, then purple be part of God color too. Simple, short, and concise ni yen now. Peace! Lest I forget, back to that suga wey dey ya belle---

omoovie:

God is everybody's colour and nobody's colour.

Thank you o my sista, na the same thing I been dey ramble for my previous post.  I had to use some if and else statements to get it across 

bluehorizo:

You are created in His own image and color.

T@meD0:

Thank you o my sista, na the same thing I been dey ramble for my previous post. I had to use some if and else statements to get it across

omoovie:

You're welcome mi dear.