[–] 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.
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[–] 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.
[–] barset 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Don't take the text literally. It's largely proverbial and equally largely taken far too literally.
If you strip it down Jefferson style it's not such a bad "religion."