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Belief in white Jesus linked to racism
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RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism
(March 26, 2021 at 1:28 am)Ferrocyanide Wrote: ==You mean to say that we use metaphors when were are communicating with each other?
If that is what you mean, that doesn’t seem unusual. Yes, it does happen. It’s pretty common.
Sometimes it is obvious that it is a metaphor and sometimes it is not.

The obviousness of the metaphor would have been assumed (and credibly so) with a contemporaneous reader.   If i make a comparison between a nation state that's about to roll me and a dragon......

Quote:==It is possible that the format of these expressions is to replace the non-intelligent problem entity with an entity that has a brain.
For example, if our space ship gets hit by a fast moving space debris, I could say
“Oh Satan, on that day you came and you made a hole in my ship!”

Not at all.  The speaker is discussing a very intelligent problem with a brain.  Other people.  Also, a dragon.  The one is like the other. Though, it's worth pointing out that..yes, we could conceive of a hole in our ship that way, and clearly, many religious people have done so.

Quote:==So, there is conversation going on between 2 sides where one side says my god can do this and that and the other side disagrees with them and they claim that it is their god that can do this and that.
In that specific instance, yes, myth breaking.  We think that the author was speaking to other people, other myths..belittling their gods while aggrandizing his own

Quote:It is certainly possible.
And perhaps at some point, someone decided that these stories told by his ancestors should be written down.

--Ferrocyanide
A few centuries after the fact, yeah...but not by his literal ancestors.  By people who manufactured an entire alternate history out of the thematic elements of their grievances with their own very canaanite past.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Foxaèr - March 12, 2021 at 12:09 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by no one - March 12, 2021 at 1:49 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Ravenshire - March 12, 2021 at 11:28 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Foxaèr - March 12, 2021 at 5:49 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Foxaèr - March 12, 2021 at 5:54 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by brewer - March 12, 2021 at 9:05 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 25, 2021 at 4:42 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Brian37 - March 12, 2021 at 9:58 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 14, 2021 at 5:24 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 19, 2021 at 3:19 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Angrboda - March 12, 2021 at 12:09 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by brewer - March 12, 2021 at 12:14 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Seax - March 13, 2021 at 1:52 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Rev. Rye - March 19, 2021 at 2:39 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Rev. Rye - March 19, 2021 at 4:53 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 19, 2021 at 7:29 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Angrboda - March 19, 2021 at 9:13 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 25, 2021 at 9:00 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 27, 2021 at 10:01 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 28, 2021 at 11:04 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 26, 2021 at 6:12 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 27, 2021 at 5:37 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Bucky Ball - March 27, 2021 at 10:40 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Ferrocyanide - December 31, 2021 at 10:20 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by The Grand Nudger - March 26, 2021 at 1:53 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 27, 2021 at 8:46 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Foxaèr - March 26, 2021 at 2:07 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Foxaèr - March 27, 2021 at 11:24 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 27, 2021 at 5:43 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 27, 2021 at 10:23 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 27, 2021 at 11:06 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Bucky Ball - March 29, 2021 at 12:25 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Angrboda - March 27, 2021 at 11:47 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 29, 2021 at 1:00 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 30, 2021 at 6:03 am
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Belacqua - March 30, 2021 at 6:35 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Ferrocyanide - January 1, 2022 at 12:06 pm
RE: Belief in white Jesus linked to racism - by Ahriman - January 1, 2022 at 1:31 pm

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