> From: "Dr. Jos� Cola�o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > So......what shade was Jesus Christ? Brown? There are many Africans who > > believe that Christ was "Black" ! Not just Africans. So do the Brazilians. Infact, the Virgin we prayed to at home as children as was short, plump and Black. (The other was a made-in-Europe statue, green and luminous!) It reminds you of the sceptic's viewpoint: "Man created god in his own image and likeness." Gabe Menezes added: > darker shade, if pertaining to the keralites and tamil peoples. Quite dark > brown Arabic/Kurdish looking people originating from Iraq. We have quite a > few of them here in North London, They do tasty grills, i.e. shish kebabs, > koftes and lamb chops and drink sweet tea all day long, while smoking the > hookah! Isn't this quite a stereotype? And then we complain about all those Hindi films portraying the Catholic Goan as vamp and drunk. FN ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
