Can you be Christian and Greek?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Try looking in Darkest Africa.

So by dark, you think they're talking about the skin color of the natives or about the fact that in American and European literature, Africa is seen as remote/mysterious/here be dragons?

To each his own. Agree to disagree.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

So by dark, you think they're talking about the skin color of the natives or about the fact that in American and European literature, Africa is seen as remote/mysterious/here be dragons?

Yes. The two possibilities needn't be and aren't mutually exclusive, and terms like this can have layers of meaning and connotation, both to those who use them and those about whom they're used.