tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599918867507699918.post504351179540962380..comments2023-11-02T06:28:30.336-05:00Comments on Shackman Speaks and Sometimes Yells: East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, 2-on-1 April 6Shackman http://www.blogger.com/profile/01690901432037614409noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599918867507699918.post-51292903385462414462018-04-06T14:41:14.548-05:002018-04-06T14:41:14.548-05:00Amen Shack.Amen Shack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599918867507699918.post-63448731571015142502018-04-06T08:22:58.908-05:002018-04-06T08:22:58.908-05:00It has always offended me when I see Jesus depicte...It has always offended me when I see Jesus depicted as blond haired, blue eyed. He was a middle eastern fellow, swarthy skinned. The West hiojacked Christianity just as radical Muslims have hijacked Islam. Christ and his parents certainly looked more like Indians than they did Europeans. We are dancing around the core of my distaste for religion here.<br /><br />while you and I enjoy the differences in cultures and like to explore them, we are well educated and can appreciate differences and NOT BE AFRAID of them. We tend to associate with curious folks who are more open minded. And here's to us. There just needs to be more like us and here at least education is being looked down upon.Shackman https://www.blogger.com/profile/01690901432037614409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599918867507699918.post-81650022641040579942018-04-06T07:22:36.945-05:002018-04-06T07:22:36.945-05:00It is karma that Christianity, the second oldest o...It is karma that Christianity, the second oldest of the Middle Eastern religions is now being considered as Western! What a development! As an aside, there is a strong movment among Indian Christians to depict Christ and his parents as brown people who look like Indians! And that is a backlash against evangelicals subtly trying to convey the message the White religion is better than the brown or black ones!<br /><br />After reading your post, and the comments on mine from you and Nick, I am beginning to have second thoughts about the extent of the meeting of the two that I was under the impression had taken place.<br /><br />Great piece of writing Shackman.Rummuserhttp://rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.com