tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post7061662549509435090..comments2024-01-30T11:58:34.293-05:00Comments on Every Square Inch: Biblical Thinking on RacismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post-77527741694979686772007-01-24T16:41:00.000-05:002007-01-24T16:41:00.000-05:00Regarding Cretans, didn't Paul really say that "on...Regarding Cretans, didn't Paul really say that "one of their own" said...Cretans were lazy, etc... Was Paul making a judgment about Cretans or simply acknowledging the saying? I'll have to look it up.<br /><br />My point about racial profiling is exactly this - perhaps we shouldn't be viewing it through the political lens. Is it a no more than a generalization to say that we are in conflict with Middle Eastern terrorists and that likely suspects for terrorism are of Middle Eastern descent, so we need to "keep an eye out" for suspicious Middle Eastern travelers at the airport. Or does that kind of profiling represent stereotyping and racism?<br /><br />How would you feel if the Europe and the US were under threat to a small faction of Chinese terrorists and all Asians were viewed with similar suspicion and profiled as potential threats?<br /><br />Just asking...Every Square Inchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636924397725214300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post-8039957755114647412007-01-24T00:04:00.000-05:002007-01-24T00:04:00.000-05:00Thanks for Piper's message on steryotypes, general...Thanks for Piper's message on steryotypes, generalizations and racsim. I would like to hear that message to understand the Biblical perspective. <br /><br />I acknowledge that there are differences between races (Paul himself confirmed the statement about Cretans being lazy, liars and gluttons in Titus) but when my flesh chooses to show biasness or withhold love or speak lovingly because of race, that is sin. Its gotta be a work of grace.<br /><br />Racial profiling is a hard one. Its a bit political isn't it? We generally know who the suicide bombers would be don't we? and so is it wrong to check an ethnic group specifically or targetly at the airport security gate? Thats a tough one.Menghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15210125960655641579noreply@blogger.com