Recent content by EasternVol

Like that one, Shah again. I'm sure it was a coincidence.

I don't know if they're into bronzer, extreme comb overs and incessant x posting there. Other than that what could Trump help them with? Funny dances?

What's that?

Good point on Africa, but beyond the north and northeast of the continent how far had it spread by the 1600's? I was referring to the comparison of Jesus' skin tone with current Levant people. Since the lighter skin tones in the north and elsewhere probably hadn't arrived by then, it seems that...

Libel has to be false by definition.

I haven't seen that the locals were replaced when the Arabs took over, which was, what, around CE 600?, or when the Ottomans took over. The fourth century is pretty far back to claim land rights.

European colonizers were the main ones to bring Christianity to India, Africa and East and Southeast Asia. I've seen more European looking brown haired light skinned Jesus depictions in India and East and Southeast Asia than local looking ones. I guess maybe that helped with establishment of...

Wasn't that the rebound from the late 70's and early 80's stagflation? How could Reagan have taken credit for it?

How then were there so many Palestinian Christians in 1948? You may be thinking of the Crusaders and their 'kill them all and let God sort them out' motto.

The Romans expelled most around CE 70. As far as I know there was no effort to reclaim the land for well over a thousand years after that. The Palestinians were evicted after international law against ethnic cleansing existed.

So the celebration wasn't cancelled, that's good. I could have sworn somebody here kept saying it was cancelled.

Remind me, was Noriega convicted of terrorism?

That would make the Venezuelan government involved in criminal activity, not terrorism.

Confirmation noted.

And I see someone feigning ignorance to make cheap points.