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Dalai Lama: ...Germany, cannot become an Arab country...
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Dalai Lama: ...Germany, cannot become an Arab country...
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
"...he [Doherty] is no historian and he is not even conversant with the historical discussions of the very matters he wants to pontificate on."
-Ben Witherington IIITags: None
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Identity constructs are important to human beings...and such constructs should be respected--no doubt---but, is it necessary for such identity-constructs to be tied to a geographic area/territory? Would a Canadian stop being Canadian simply because he moves to a location outside of Canada?---unless being Canadian is only about citizenship and nothing else.....?.....
In a globalizing world---do we need to re-evaluate our identity-constructs based on some arbitrary lines on a map...?....Is a "Syrian" a German because they get citizenship?...or are they forever non-German---even after generations of being in Germany---and who decides?...
Religious identity is determined by a person voluntarily choosing to accept the premises/paradigms, rituals and values of a group. It does not need to be confined to a particular territory---and one could even say that such identity-constructs are inherently global/non-territorial.....
"The goal should be that they return and help rebuild their countries."---return?....or is it possible to think that the goal should be that all human beings help together to rebuild destroyed lands---because the earth belongs to God and as his Trustees---this is our responsibility?
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I am an immigrant to New Zealand.....try as I might, I will never become Maori. Even though I have given up my South African citizenship and have New Zealand citizenship, I will always be a South African. That is my cultural heritage, even though I have embraced the New Zealand culture.Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
"...he [Doherty] is no historian and he is not even conversant with the historical discussions of the very matters he wants to pontificate on."
-Ben Witherington III
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