[–] cinderblock 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
I don't have a full answer for that, but, if, I repeat, if, the Bible is true, Adam & Eve weren't white.
[–] deuxabuse 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Well, my grandmother believes black people are the children of Cain. She believes that since Adam and Eve then Cain and Abel were the only humans on earth when Cain was cast out after killing Abel he mated with an ape and that's where the Mark of Cain comes from, making the offspring black. Granted she's 75, quit school in 8th grade, grew up rough in the Appalachian mountians and her most noted trait was fighting you can take that as you like. I was never religious, so I always just thought it was another quirk of old people until I got around high school and realized it's hella racist.
[–] ScreaminMime ago
I believe the racist's counter is that Black folks derived from Noah's son's that laughed at him when he was uncovered... it's been awhile, I forget the details.
[–] trucking_foal 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
The bible was written by men to control tribes. At the time, there wasn't any issue with other races because the Bedouins & tribes at the time were all the same people. the main focus of the bible is to control behavior, and ensure the people breed within their own tribes. This was essential for survival.
Each culture has some story of how people came to be. The Japanese Kojiki has some fun stories, the Native American Indians have some really cool stories too, each tribe had a different one. the Apache, the Cherokee, The Hopi, the Navajo, etc..Why anyone would believe the biblical story of creation, over any of the others is a complete mystery to me. Furthermore, why anyone can somehow shoehorn logic into any of the stories and believe them is astounding, especially at a point in time when we have massive archeological evidence that completely shreds them.