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Barbarossa was a son of a Turkish Muslim man and a Greek Orthodox woman. I guess that makes him a bit of a Christian too but nowhere as close as being a Christ
by ithkuil 2y ago
Barbarossa was a son of a Turkish Muslim man and a Greek Orthodox woman.
I guess that makes him a bit of a Christian too but nowhere as close as being a Christian pirate who switched sides.
- graemep 2y agoReligion is not a genetically determined characteristic, and I do see how he could ave been "a bit of a Christian".
- ithkuil 2y agoYou're right, it's culturally determined. You'll be surprised to learn that the culture of a mother affect the offspring even in a patriarchal society. That said, it was a figure of speech. He was definitely not a Cristian converted to Islam and whoever thinks otherwise perhaps got confused because of the notion that his mother was a Cristian perhaps?