Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth (7-2 BCE—26-36 CE), also known as Lord Jesus Christ, Jesus H. Christ, Issa, and Jeebus is the central figure of Christianity. According to mainstream Christian mythology, Jesus is the son of God and God simultaneously, making God his own father. Mainstream Christians also hold that Jesus was crucified by the Romans (but it was mainly thanks to the Jews, of which Jesus incidentally was one) and rose from the dead some time later, making him a Jewish zombie, therefore meaning mainstream Christians believe God is a cosmic Jewish zombie who is his own father.

His mother is normally said to have been the Virgin Mary who, somewhat surprisingly, is held by some versions of Christianity to have been a virgin before, during, and after his birth. The Virgin Mary is evidence that abstinence is not always effective. His male role model was, according to the Bible, a craftsman or learned man called Joseph (you gotta check those translations!).

Jesus is often depicted as a kindly man who taught forgiveness, redemption, and being kind to the poor. If only conservative Christians today had similar views to their most important prophet.

Jesus is also an important prophet in Islam, being the last one before a 700-year hiatus and the arrival of the prophet Mohammed.

Race

Jesus was a dark skinned Jewish Arab. There are plenty of nice white Protestant Christians look down on people with that skin color. They wouldn't want anyone as dark as Jesus in their churches. By no means all Christians are consciously prejudiced against dark skinned people. Despite this for white people Christianity is part of the white western memeplex. They may recognize consciously that Jesus was as dark skinned as Arabs from that region are today. Their art regularly depicts Jesus, the disciples and the people round him as white. They like to think of Jesus that way and push the reality to the backs of their minds. Black Christians sometimes show Jesus with Sub-Saharan features which is equally implausible.