Why are Lebanese Christians so self hating and want to be white? You don’t see other MENA Christians like Copts in Egypt or Greek Orthodox in Syria or even Assyrians in Iraq give their kids European names to seem “white”

Reminder less than 100 years virtually no Lebanese Christian had a French name

>>213464488 (OP)
all sects do this to a certain extent
shias loving naming their girls western names or cute two syllable ones like "Tala" "Maya" "Dima" etc.

also a many those names aren't really that "foreign" to lebanon.

>>213464530
many of those**

>>213464530
>western names
>Tala, Maya, Dima

>>213464488 (OP)
Lebanese Christians are PHOENICIAN

>>213464557
>or cute two syllable ones

>>213464530
>>213464552
Nigga find me 1 Marojeet named Jean Pierre from 100 years ago. Stop trying to do whataboutism. Marojeets would throw away their own countrymen to be labeled as white and European. We all know this

>>213464557
>or cute two syllable ones

>>213464488 (OP)
>socialist
Kill it with fire

>>213464576
>>213464599
Shut the fuck up

>>213464590
what's wrong with naming your kid Jean-Pierre if you have French citizenship and have lived in France for a while? This is just one example. My point is that it's not just shallow larping.

>>213464643
Stop bro. You know exactly what I’m talking about it. They could name their kid the Arabic version of that name, using the French version of the most cucked shit ever. No other MENA Christians do this

>>213464686
Or they could not. Arabic is not our language. Some people like it and some people don't, but the fact of the matter is that it was imposed on us. Giving your kid a Bedouin name is just as LARP if not more.

>reynhard

>>213464756
Arabic is our language you fool. I’m done replying to you.self hating loser

>>213464774
>WAAAH WHY WONT YOU BE A SANDNIGGER LIKE MEEEEE
the more i learn about west asian christians the more i like them

>>213464774
Get the fuck out of the West you subhuman insect

>>213464686
Arabs are invaders too? They should use greek or phoenicians or assyrian names following your retarded logic

>>213464774
If you find comfort in a community with other "Arab Americans" in the US (vast majority of whom are in reality just levantines btw) that does not mean that we all MUST now self-identify as Arabs to shield you from any cognitive dissonance that you might experience.

>>213464821
They are getting killed and displaced. A real genocide.

>>213464488 (OP)
if I was a leb (and not a incel) I would name my sons Hannibal, Hasdrubal, Maharbal and so on

>>213464575
True

>>213464939
But what about Matebal?

>>213464488 (OP)
none of those other countries were crusader states were they you tard. Lebs have French crusader ancestors.

>>213465640
I like Hanno and Melqart, kino names

>>213466445
Mat' ebal means "fucked (your) mother" in Russian

>>213465640
>>213466531
that would be me (from their POV). but alas, I am a incel and not a leb so I did not.

>>213464488 (OP)
Based Lebs. A Lebanese nigga told me they weren't colonized like the blacks, but that they were a protectorate of France. They're a little delusional, but better than the average arap.

>>213464686
>They could name their kid the Arabic version of that name, using the French version of the most cucked shit ever.
>Yea bro just use a version derived from the people who cucked us just before the French, that's much better
Do American diaspooras really?

>>213464756
>we wuz phoenicians n shieet!

>>213467554
i didnt even bring that up you obsessed retard. sorry if im not larping as a sandnigger enough for your mental model's liking.

>>213467554
Well were they not?

>>213467554
they wuz though

>>213467554
>Kyrgyzstan
You wuz.... uh.... um.... a historical stepping stone for actual empires and civilizations?

>>213467780
Modern lebanese are a mixture of greeks and arabs, like it or not. No connection to the phoenicians, except maybe genes.

>>213464860
Shia sissies how do we respond to this without sounding mad?

>>213468853
Imbecile. Nassim would like a word.

>>213464686
arabs are subhuman

From what ive seen non muslims middle easterners have a major inferiority complex, its often said christians, or persians larping as zoroastrians and turks as tengrists. Its probably to cope with being subjugated to arab judaism for so long and wanting to distance themselves from it. Still a leb calling their kid jean pierre to appease french colonizers is pretty embarrassing

>>213468853
Please refrain from displaying your imbecility

>>213464488 (OP)
>NOOOOO you HAVE to name your kids muhammad just like every other arab!!

>>213464488 (OP)
>Country name is literally "white"
>Wtf why do they keep saying theyre white people????

>>213468945
Lebanese diaspoo in Sweden? Anyway I wrote directly that they could be their genetic descendants, but their language is arabic, their religion is greek or arabic, and their culture is also a mixture of greek and arabic. If they spoke phoenician, sacrificed babies to Baal, then they would really be phoenicians.

The Levant would be a lot more kino if Arabs and Turks had never shown up

>>213469123
arabs were kinda always in the levant

>>213469123
>>213469146
Arabs are from the Levant. Yemenis are the closest living relatives to the Natufians.

Khaleejis should still be bullied though

>>213469091
Nope, German diaspoo in Sweden. But I can't stand historical revisionism.
How many people/cultures are unchanged from their bronze age counterparts? It is ridiculous reasoning.

>>213464488 (OP)
why is it self-hating for christians to give themselves christian names? in my homeland of Ethiopia, we use Greek-derived Christian names, such as Tewodros (Theodoros), Natanael (pronounced the same as in Greek), Mikael (pronounced the same as in Greek), etc

>>213468853
Genetically, we're overwhelmingly canaanite. This is well known and there is consensus around it. You can just google it.
When it comes to culture, we have our own blend that takes from all the empires that ruled us at one point. The influence of languages like Aramaic (which itself is close to Phoenician) on our Arabic dialect (if you insist on calling it so) is very evident.
To say that we have so much in common with Saudi Arabia that we are the same people or that we are "half Peninsular Arab" is lunacy and active denial of reality. Similarly, when it comes to Greeks, though we are Mediterranean people which inevitably brings us some commonalities with them, it is a massive oversimplification to call us half Greek.

>>213469091
Maronism has nothing to do with the greeks. You feeling alright unc?

>>213469243
> Natanael (pronounced the same as in Greek), Mikael (pronounced the same as in Greek)
not greek names

>>213464530
>Tala" "Maya" "Dima"
sounds like loli game characters that was from a long time ago

>>213468945
So they should have Spanish names instead.

>>213469292
yes but they were given to us BY Greek missionaries in the 300s and they have maintained the Greek pronunciation as a result. we also use many Greek loan words and modern Greek names are popular, such as Helen or Dorkas

>>213469224
What is phoenician about them, besides their genes? I understand that any national myth is fantasy, but you have to realize that it is just fantasy.

in america lebanese girl loves the blacks, why is this?

>>213468920
Sunni are probably the most Arabist sect in the country. Most of them are just Canaanites who are larping though. I always find it funny when Omar from Saida with blue/green eyes is talking about how his ancestor were actually nomads living in the Arabian desert when the exact opposite (his ancestors were probably merchants who have lived in urban centers for a very long time and just converted for economic benefit) is true lmao

>>213469243
Because these are french names and france governed lebanon in a way that strongly favoured the christian lebanese which eventually caused enough upset to start a civil war and turn lebanon into a shithole. It may not have been their intention but frances unfair treatment of non christians is partly responsible for why lebanon descended into a shit country.
Imagine if ethiopia was 50% christian and greek and put under greek governance. The greeks decide to favor the christians and give them everything. At some point ethiopia gainss independence but the inequality is the same. Then the muslims freak out and ethiopia goes down the shitter. Would you still name your kid Theodosus knowing the greeks shitty governance fucked your country? Its cucked

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU IMBECILE!!!

>>213469357
Their food, their religion, their dances, their family values, their decentralized society.

>>213469427
well as far as I understand, the trend of Lebanese Christians using French-derived Christian names goes back to the Crusades, no?

>>213469357

>besides their genes

Besides the most objective and influential component of a people group? Lol

>>213469091
last phoenician pagan became druze

>>213469427
That's not really what caused the civil war. Not in the top 100 causes, at least.

>>213469475
I dont know about that.
All Im saying is that if i were lebanese, christian or muslim, i wouldnt have a positive opinion on the french. Every third world country theyve been involved in suffered from them and west africa still gets shit on

>>213469091
it's a meme from a long time ago

>>213469503
Druze are an offshoot of Ismaili Shia converts.

>>213469520
well sure, but by that same regard between your flag and my country of origin, Ethiopians should hate the Italians but we don’t. in fact, we still make numerous trad Italian dishes, buy Fiats, and watch Italian movies regularly. even my grandfather spoke semi-fluent Neapolitan dialect. is that cucked too? i don’t think so. i mean, we don’t worship you guys or anything and our gictory in the first war is a source of pride, but we don’t hate you guys either

>>213469278
The Gospel was originally written in ancient greek. And in general, christianity in the East was very quickly intercepted by the greeks from the jews. And the center of eastern christianity was Greece. And christianity was largely implanted by the greeks in this region. And even before the emergence of christianity, since the time of Alexander the Great, the Levant was subject to hellenization.

>>213469507
Im not saying the french caused the civil war nor would i portray it as some christian vs muslim culture superwar because it wasnt like that (despite what online crusaders and others delude themselves into). But the french certainly had an overall negative impact on lebanon.

>>213469520
I don't think anyone here blames the French for what's happening. They were mostly benevolent and treated us extremely well compared to other regional or international powers. To this day they appear to have an affection for us in their foreign policy and we have an affection for them.

>>213469597
I wouldnt say its cucked but if an ethiopian was an italophile naming their kids giorgio or matteo i would consider it cringe. But as you said, you dont

>>213469652
>naming their kids giorgio or matteo i would consider it cringe
we don’t do this but Eritreans do lol

>>213464643
What's wrong with Yahia or Boutros? Same names but it's your native language. Stop being a fag

>>213469520
There must be a lot of Fabrizios down in Libya tho

>>213469520
We love them and wish they stayed instead of the anglo demons though

>>213469721
Eritreans are cucked then

>entire world is starting to adapt the same 30 globohomo 2 syllable names like Mila, Olivia, Adam, Noah, Emma, etc
"Good"
>Menoids also no longer want to name their children Mohammed-Ben-Sama-Al-Dureed
"Western buttlicker cuck"

>>213469599
>And the center of eastern christianity was Greece.
Maronism in Lebanon was never under the auspices of Byzantium. The clergy takes far more from the Latin church, but mostly for political reasons. Maronites were often engaging in rebellion against the Byzantines. From day 1 it was nothing but cope to avoid getting genocided from both ends.

But that's all besides the point. Go and actually spend time with Maronites. Like any other catholics, the christianity is just a thin veneer over pagan practices. They still openly worship their ancestor tree for fucks sakes, it's not even remotely subtle. This is the problem with trying to learn about the world from the internet instead of actually engaging with it, you start rattling off irrelevant historical factoids oblivious to whether or not they're actually meaningful.

Ignore this thread,it was made by a filthy muzzrat and is infested with bots

>>213470747
Calm down shitskin

>>213469357
Besides their genes i.e the principal component of what defines a people? Sure we can break it down further: both their major religions are derived from a god from the Canaanite pantheon, exactly like Baal. A god that was also worshipped in Phoenicia albeit in a smaller capacity. Ironically Baal and the Israelite god in their earliest forms were practically identical, one of the many reasons why there is such 'competition' between the two in the Hebrew bible. They still speak a Semitic language, and although Arabic is central Semitic unlike Phoenician and Syriac, it is still close member in the same language family. 'El', the common synonym (also a deity) for god in Syriac and Phoenician is identical in old-Arabic which later evolved into 'Elah', 'Alaha', 'Ilah' and ultimately 'Allah' which illustrates their affinity. Culturally they're still a Levantine culture which is clearly reflected in their cultural dress compared to that of the Arabian peninsula. Yea....

>>213469400
Seconding this

>>213470936
being even more anal: technically El and Yehweh merged during the iron age, and the god worshipped by Christians and Muslims alike shares more in common with El than the original Yehweh. Meaning, technically they're still worshipping the patron/head deity the Phoenicians did too.

>>213469947
>"Good"
Who says this

>>213464488 (OP)
aren't most white names biblical, IE middle eastern?

>>213464488 (OP)
probably b/c christian societies are the most free, , just, rich and successful in history

>>213464488 (OP)
Thank you underage shart. Now I can enjoy twatter from 4chan. Honestly I don't think 4chan can exist without twatter at this point.

>>213471248
The religious capital of the Canaanites/Phoenicians was also Byblos. Arabic name is Jbeil, which itself derives from the old Canaanite name of 𐤂𐤁𐤀𐤋 or GB'L, or Geb'Il (or Geb'el in Ancient Hebrew) which itself means "Cistern of God".
As you say, it's literally the same god. The old testament, for all of the curses it throws at the Canaanites (even the Phoenicians after the Solomon arc), it never once casts shade at the supreme being of the Canaanites. Abraham himself payed tithe to a Canaanite priest of 'El. "Phoenicians" aka people whose tribe is descended from Byblos, are also the only ones we know of who ever used "Canaanite" (Kena'ani) to refer to themselves.

Lebanese history is really fascinating, and the more you dig, the more fascinating it gets.

>>213469123
I will never forgive them for what they did to the Church of the East

>>213464686
Who gives a shit, what you're writing reeks of diaspoo identity crisis

>>213464575
you are bragging this?