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Seems like we are going straight back into wackadoodle land.
Dogs are like: This person feeds me, waters me, pets me. They must be God.
Cats are like: This person feeds me, waters me, pets me. I must be God.
That wasn't the question.Hey, you don't like "word salad."
Be careful what you ask for.
You just might get it.
You wanna know if God is male or female, then get confused when He calls himself "He"?
That wasn't the question.
Is god a male?
I don't like to be referred to as a ghost or as holy.
You don't have to answer my questions, that's fine. In actuallity I was having a discussion with someone else. I'm happy for you to join in, but you don't have to. I'm just trying to understand that particular poster's position on a couple things about Christianity that confuse me. Was hoping it could be cleared up.C'mon now.
Let's not play games.
You don't have to answer my questions, that's fine. In actuallity I was having a discussion with someone else. I'm happy for you to join in, but you don't have to. I'm just trying to understand that particular poster's position on a couple things about Christianity that confuse me. Was hoping it could be cleared up.
Your answer doesn't help clarify anything. I already know most Christians believe their god to be male.
We might also ponder on why the vast majority of representations of Jesus have him looking like this.A unicorn, to demonstrate there really is a point to it all.
We might also ponder on why the vast majority of representations of Jesus have him looking like this.
Surely you realize that Arabs arrived in the region of the West Bank through conquest many centuries after the Jewish diaspora. Plus, I'm of English ethnicity and my church's deacon, a Syrian born and raised in Damascus, Syria, is whiter than I am.We might also ponder on why the vast majority of representations of Jesus have him looking like this.
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We've seen enough pictures of people from the West Bank recently to think 'Surely some mistake there...'
If we are playing the "Surely you realise" game, then, surely you realise genetic studies reveal that modern Palestinians share genetic continuity with Bronze-Age Levantine populations and exhibit similarity with both contemporary Jewish and Arab-speaking Levantine groups. Wikipedia
If you want to know the skin tone of the ancient Jews, you could always read their history book, what we call the Old Testament. And without knowing any science I would have surmised that they share genetics from the story of Issac and Ishmael.If we are playing the "Surely you realise" game, then, surely you realise genetic studies reveal that modern Palestinians share genetic continuity with Bronze-Age Levantine populations and exhibit similarity with both contemporary Jewish and Arab-speaking Levantine groups. Wikipedia
I guess he was descended from all those conquerers. But I think you're missing the point. Perhaps this will help:Surely you realize that Arabs arrived in the region of the West Bank through conquest many centuries after the Jewish diaspora. Plus, I'm of English ethnicity and my church's deacon, a Syrian born and raised in Damascus, Syria, is whiter than I am.
Since Santa Claus originated in Western Europe a long time ago, he would definitely be white, so I guess I am missing the point.I guess he was descended from all those conquerers. But I think you're missing the point. Perhaps this will help:
'Santa just is white ... Jesus was a white man too', says Fox News presenter – video
Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly insists that not only Jesus Christ but also Santa Claus were white during a debate on her television programmewww.theguardian.com
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