Is it self-hate that I don’t identify as an Arab?

[Hamilcar]

No they weren't. It is part of history revisionism.

history revisionism ? Why are you talking about your own behaviour ? :

I suppose this guy was called "arab" by romans because he was syriac ? : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab



I suppose this arab presence in upper mesopotamia was in fact syriac ? :






That we see nabatean influence in Emesa is simply a pure coincidence :






That an hasmonean prince got killed by arabs in palestine is also a coincidence :






That they found a ghassanid church in Jordania must be historical revisionism right ? :





That they found arab priests in syria and palestine is simply a lie :





And I can post many more sources....now stop being racist and biased calm yourself pls

[chinshen]

Very rare does a discussion here stay civilized. But I agree.

My personal take on this is you can identify however you like. There is no unity in the arab world anyway so why should levantines continue to identify that way. That identity can be left to the saudi's and yemeni's.

Totally agree.

[chinshen]

history revisionism ? Why are you talking about your own behaviour ? :

I suppose this guy was called "arab" by romans because he was syriac ? : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab



I suppose this arab presence in upper mesopotamia was in fact syriac ? :






That we see nabatean influence in Emesa is simply a pure coincidence :






That an hasmonean prince got killed by arabs in palestine is also a coincidence :






That they found a ghassanid church in Jordania must be historical revisionism right ? :





That they found arab priests in syria and palestine is simply a lie :





And I can post many more sources....now stop being racist and biased calm yourself pls

When all else fails then you resort to accusing me of being a racist, how wonderful. What is next? Are you gonna cry?

[Annie999]

I don’t think it’s self hate at all. My christian Lebanese great grandfather was so proud to be Lebanese yet he didn’t identify as Arab either. How can you be self hater when you love what you are? You’re just not identified with something else.

[El_Jibaro]

I don’t think it’s self hate at all. My christian Lebanese great grandfather was so proud to be Lebanese yet he didn’t identify as Arab either. How can you be self hater when you love what you are? You’re just not identified with something else.

Oh, wow. I didn't know you are 1/8th Lebanese. Cool.

[Loki]

How are you going to share the gospel of truth if you don't spread it on a platform where Muslims will be listening to it ?? Come onnn Loki , give It a try .

It's not about giving it a try, I have spoken and debated with several Muslims already - - they always come with a closed minded attitude, and refuse to consider what the Christian says... don't honestly respond to questions and when it's their turn to talk, just go off on their well-rehearsed talking points on Islam. It almost always turns nasty, and they turn it into a fight rather than a debate. So much aggression and hate coming from them, it's virtually impossible to teach them anything.

That's why I'm saying, debating with them don't work. Only prayer works, letting the Holy Spirit do the convicting on their conscience - - sometimes by receiving a dream or vision from God, or Jesus appearing to them.

[Avicenna]

It's not about giving it a try, I have spoken and debated with several Muslims already - - they always come with a closed minded attitude, and refuse to consider what the Christian says... don't honestly respond to questions and when it's their turn to talk, just go off on their well-rehearsed talking points on Islam. It almost always turns nasty, and they turn it into a fight rather than a debate. So much aggression and hate coming from them, it's virtually impossible to teach them anything.

That's why I'm saying, debating with them don't work. Only prayer works, letting the Holy Spirit do the convicting on their conscience - - sometimes by receiving a dream or vision from God, or Jesus appearing to them.

I respect your opinion but I gotta say it's ironic since Muslims think the christians are the emotional triggered ones when debating or even discussing . Like I said, the invitation is always open and believe me the panel of Muslims I'm talking about are not like what you describe .

[Fedora]

Some so to speak, before the WW1 Lebanon region was mostly Christian (50%+) but with the diaspora to the US and Latin America this number dropped to around 37%-40%, other regions such as Syria always were Muslim majority, but always had a considerable minority of Christians somewhere between 18%-19% but today due to civil war this number must be less than 10% for sure, in Iraq at the beginning of the 20th century the number of Christians if I not mistaken it was 15% but today it must be below 5% for sure due to diaspora and wars.

The modern Lebanon borders were French made, coastal Sunni Towns like Tripoli were added into it. Lebanon back then covered mostly the Christian/Druze regions.

[Faklon]

I respect your opinion but I gotta say it's ironic since Muslims think the christians are the emotional triggered ones when debating or even discussing . Like I said, the invitation is always open and believe me the panel of Muslims I'm talking about are not like what you describe .

Where are those emotional triggered Christians? A minority on Eurocentric forums?

Irl, I see muslims get triggered by Charlie Hebdo (a monstrosity of modernity, no doubt) and secular priests. It's pathetic how muslims can also be civilized when faithful Christian automatically translates to some biased nationalist.

[Avicenna]

Where are those emotional triggered Christians? A minority on Eurocentric forums?

Irl, I see muslims get triggered by Charlie Hebdo (a monstrosity of modernity, no doubt) and secular priests. It's pathetic how muslims can also be civilized when faithful Christian automatically translates to some biased nationalist.

When you insult someone who we love more than our parents you damn right we will fight back . Deal with it .

Where are all the triggered Christians? Just go on YouTube and check out all the debates and discussions between athiests/ Muslims / Christians .

In real life Christians shy away from discussions or debates because they know their whole belief system collapses within a minute .