I feel sort of sad, watching non-Christians fret over interracial marriage. Must be such a frustrating way to subsist, in racially-diverse countries.
It's already so hard, to find the right person to marry, without taking on that particular handicap.
I agree. Thing is though, without Christ, I believe race and culture are insurmountable differences. That was the whole point of Babel, to divide us from our hubris until we could be reconciled to God in Christ.
Yes. Christ's yoke is easy. It solves for so many seemingly intractable problems.
I know some Muslims who claim a similar effect, but they don't have as much opportunity to receive Grace, so they're probably more reliant on common earthly culture from the religious practice and teaching.
Which isn't nothing. A supra-ethnic culture, like that, helps.
yeah, there is a strong focus on doing good business for the glory of Allah in islam. jihad is another means to glorify Allah but among normal muslims business is the supreme expression of it.
there is about equal focus on both sides of it in the qur'an. just like in the bible there is a whole section about law and commerce.
Some good friends of ours are interracial. It's nothing to put the marriage at risk, but there are unique challenges, a benign one being an extraordinary hair care routine. The African and European genes apparently fight each other and produce hair that needs care totally different than either parent is used to, making for a 2-hour routine needed weekly.
We're talking about my mixed-hair trials and tribulations in the other thread, actually. 😂
My dad used to style my hair like a black girl and my mom like a white girl, and much hilarity ensued. Helped to get Puerto Rican friends, as that's the closest, and they've got it down to a science.
Makes me wonder what other things crop up in other mixes! Like, maybe Indians and Russians make funny dietary needs with many generations of herbivore from one side and near carnivores on the other 🤷♂️ interesting thing to think about
My nieces are half-PR and dating/married to Mexican guys and they only eat Latino-style and bust out on long waves of Spanish and hand-waving, and my sister is like, oh, sorry that happened, and I'm happy for you, so have fun with that and get well soon, can you please pass the chicken schnitzel? 😂
She hates spicy food and can't speak Spanish and is like 🤷🏻♀️
Is spice preference more nature or nurture, I wonder. I love spicy foods, but I'm just all kinds of European with a sprinkling of native American and a tiny pinch of Mongolian. (Who isn't, knowing the proliferation of Atilla?)
