Yuyutsu

'Surely you do not mean that when one changes their owner(s), say when they turn to God through Jesus Christ, they actually become someone else?'

'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

Phil,

It's good to see you like anthropology.

Who is your favourite anthropologist?

Hasbeen,

The humanities has become so specialised, i tend to gravitate to subject areas that should encompass all aspects of humanity.

At Monash, my favorite subject was Australia and the World (politics).

l could not stand subjects which tended to bitch about whose approach to inquiry was best.

And i cant stand studying some stupid theory that explains jack ....

After my first year, i ran away from anthropology and sociology because they bored me to tears.

I had enough of studying India's caste system and kalahari bushmen.

And Freud simply annoyed me.

I am only interested in issues, not some clown's theories.

The Chinese see Australia as an Asian nation according to this news article in the SMH:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-an-asian-nation-say-chinese-20091201-k3vq.html

Chris,

I was initially trained in anthropology but pursued sociology as a postgrad because the scope of sociology is all-encompassing.

I also did an MA in history because it complements anthropology and sociology.

I would like to do another MA researching a topic that covers everything (excluding the vocational subjects like engineering, medicine, law, architecture, accountancy, etc. because these one just does to get skills needed to get a job to make a livelihood; couldn't imagine anybody studying these out of interest unless they are a bit crazy.)

Dear Runner,

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."

I understand, but this relates to "things", now the old impure things you had have all gone and been replaced by wonderful new ones. Once you turn to God, you have a new body, a new mind, a new heart, a new soul, etc.

But here we were discussing identity - that means WHO it is that now received all the nice shiny new things: is it not the same you?