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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Not going to make friends here, but...

Israel, as a political entity, did not exist in the time of Jesus.

The general area was referred to as “Palestina” with Jerusalem in the area called “Judea”. The Jews were a people without a country.

Jesus was what we would call a legal resident of the Roman providence called Palestina and/or Judea. He could then, accurately, called a Palestinian or a Judean, or more specifically, a Nazarene. Culturally, he was a Jew.

It would be like someone saying that I was an American. It doesn’t mean that I am not a Christian, it is a reference to where I live, not who I am.


59 posted on 10/12/2015 8:04:00 AM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Crusher138

I tried to say that, but Nooooo.....


63 posted on 10/12/2015 4:55:54 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republican Freed the Slaves" month.)
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