I would absolutely love if image generators produced more historically accurate pictures of jesus. That would generate a really lovely news cycle and maybe would even nudge modern representations to be a bit more realistic.

I don't think most people care about Jesus's ethnicity, but it seems quite likely that without adjustment he would be rendered as quite white since a lot of imagery and art depict him as such. Or maybe the model would be smart enough to understand if the prompt was for a more historically accurate image or something like the archetype of Jesus.

People in this forum seem to care quite deeply about the ethnicity of AI-generated fictitious randos. So when it comes to actual Jesus, I think you might be mistaken on how much people care.

I think the parent comment couldn't care less about a white Jesus to be honest, he seems very pragmatic.

This is how Jesus is described in Islam: "I saw Jesus, a man of medium height and moderate complexion inclined to the red and white colors and of lank hair"

Try that prompt in various models (remove the part saying it's Jesus) and see what comes out.

> how Jesus is described in Islam

You seem to be quoting Muhammed's alleged description of Jesus from the Quran [1], per--allegedly--Ibn Abbas [2], a man born over half a century after Jesus died.

[1] http://facweb.furman.edu/~ateipen/islam/BukhariJesusetc.html

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Abbas

Yes?

Presumably you mean the hadith, not the Quran, and half a millennium, not half a century? Regardless, I don't think it makes much of a difference to the point, which is that there's not one "historically accurate" Jesus that you can back out from 21st-century racial politics.

Yes to both errors!

The iconography of Christ varies greatly all over the world as He is deemed both divine and human. If you walk in any Church you will see His varies depictions and Christians are well aware of this. I am not sure what is the point you are trying to make with this?