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19. It's the entire region or levant or whatever you call it and part of it...

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #15)

Tue Jul 28, 2020, 12:14 PM

Jul 2020

is on the African continent. And do the people in those several countries call themselves Asian or Semitic or Palestinian of Egyptian or whatever? Asian is most likely the last word heard to describe them.

Not arguing that part of the levant is on the Asian continent, just that part is on the African continent.

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'Jesus was white. Did he have white privilege? Tweet by EricMetaxas, Evangelical 'thinker' [View all] bobbieinok Jul 2020 OP

Jesus was Asian, that really pisses off White Supremacist uponit7771 Jul 2020 #1

Asian? Wasn't he a middle eastern man with "bronze skin and hair of lamb's wool"... brush Jul 2020 #6

Israel / Palestine is in Asia uponit7771 Jul 2020 #8

Commonly called the Middle East which is partly on the African continent.... brush Jul 2020 #11

commonly by westerners, not Asians, in Asia. People from the what we call the middle east don't.. uponit7771 Jul 2020 #15

It's the entire region or levant or whatever you call it and part of it... brush Jul 2020 #19

Yes, Asian is what people who are ... FROM ... that area call themselves geographically speaking. We uponit7771 Jul 2020 #21

In much of their literature it's called the levant. And certainly... brush Jul 2020 #23

Palestine & Israel are considered part of the Middle East onetexan Jul 2020 #12

There's no continent called "middle east" uponit7771 Jul 2020 #13

LOL i didn't mention continent anywhere on my post onetexan Jul 2020 #16

Middle east wasn't a region (and still isn't technically) at the time of Jesus's birth. The term is uponit7771 Jul 2020 #20

did the son of god have privilege? lol unblock Jul 2020 #2

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Non-religiously a Jew raised him as his fathers LakeArenal Jul 2020 #14

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One could ask him, but since he's dead they won't get an answer. My question would be, should Autumn Jul 2020 #10

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WTF is wrong with this guys hair !!? uponit7771 Jul 2020 #18

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