Hello everyone!

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Hello everyone!

Well I'm not Arab necessarily, my family is from tyre and many of us Tyrians have a high amount of greek blood, as the tyre was once mostly greek before the ottomans genocided them in the 1910s, and us Tyrians speak a strange dialect of Arabic which is a mix of Arab, greek, Armenian, and Latin.

Thank you for your honesty, which alerts us to the need to treat you with suspicion: timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

And food has become very hard to come by in Lebanon, in fact many locals have catching rare migratory birds to save themselves from starvation.

That sounds both enterprising and delicious! Do you have any recipes to share with us?

[Mashain44]

Re: Hello everyone!

frankly, I'm not comfortable with an Arab wielding a sword. You guys snap way too easily, and seem to have a taste for beheadings.

Now, since the war is over, why haven't you and your family already returned to Lebanon? Are you trying to make anchor babies?

Well I'm not Arab necessarily, my family is from tyre and many of us Tyrians have a high amount of greek blood, as the tyre was once mostly greek before the ottomans genocided them in the 1910s, and us Tyrians speak a strange dialect of Arabic which is a mix of Arab, greek, Armenian, and Latin. And most of the violent Lebanese Christians are just soldiers who join Christian defence groups to protect themselves from many of the Islamist groups, but they're mostly found in Syria nowadays supporting Assad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Dawn

And to answer your question why haven't me and my family haven't returned to Lebanon, we have no future there. There have been massive protest in Lebanon which has stagnated the economy since that large explosion in Beirut a couple months ago. And food has become very hard to come by in Lebanon, in fact many locals have catching rare migratory birds to save themselves from starvation.

[WWJDnow]

Re: Hello everyone!

Welcome, Brother Mashin. I appreciate that you want to follow the Bible, but, frankly, I'm not comfortable with an Arab wielding a sword. You guys snap way too easily, and seem to have a taste for beheadings.

Now, since the war is over, why haven't you and your family already returned to Lebanon? Are you trying to make anchor babies?

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Hello everyone!

Hello, my favorite verse is Luke 22:36-38A very powerful verse that tells us to defend ourselves.

I was particularly interested to read that in the original:

ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ - εἰπεν δε αὐτοις, ἀλλα νυν ὁ ἐχων βαλλαντιον ἀρατω, ὁμοιως και πηραν, και ὁ μη ἐχων πωλησατω το ἱματιον αὐτου και ἀγορασατω μαχαιραν. λεγω γαρ ὑμιν ὁτι τουτο το γεγραμμενον δει τελεσθηναι ἐν ἐμοι, το και μετα ἀνομων ἐλογισθη· και γαρ το περι ἐμου τελος ἐχει. οἱ δε εἰπαν, κυριε, ἰδου μαχαιραι ὡδε δυο. ὁ δε εἰπεν αὐτοις, ἱκανον ἐστιν.

As you can see, it is not recorded in Aramaic. Why do you suppose that is? Continuing on, from another thread:

Dumb sodomite

That seemed to be a non sequitur given the context of harvesting apples and Mussolini being an emo. Does the anus feature to the same extent in your thoughts regarding other topics?

[Mashain44]

Re: Hello everyone!

Hello, my favorite verse is Luke 22:36-38A very powerful verse that tells us to defend ourselves.

[Basilissa]

Re: Hello everyone!

Hello everyone my name is Mashin Assad and im proud to be part of this wonderful Baptist christain forum. Before you ask, no im not muslim, im lebanese and my family came here to the US during the 80s to flee from the war. When we setteled here, we converted from Maronite to baptist in Pensacola, Florida. I currently live in Hollywood, Florida, and i seek to become a missonairy and convert people to christanity back in my homeland lebanon. I hope i can have a wonderful time here with you can praise our great lord!

Hello and to our forum! Which of the verses of the Bible is your favorite, dear?

[Mashain44]

Hello everyone my name is Mashin Assad and im proud to be part of this wonderful Baptist christain forum. Before you ask, no im not muslim, im lebanese and my family came here to the US during the 80s to flee from the war. When we setteled here, we converted from Maronite to baptist in Pensacola, Florida. I currently live in Hollywood, Florida, and i seek to become a missonairy and convert people to christanity back in my homeland lebanon. I hope i can have a wonderful time here with you can praise our great lord!