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Old 07-16-2007, 06:16 PM
 
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According to Christians, what is the origin of the different races? How and why do we have different skin tones?

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According to the Bible, all humans on earth today are descended from Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives. How did all the different races arise from Noah’s family?

How would you honestly answer if one of your kids asked you that question.


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Old 07-16-2007, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Austin Texas
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I'd tell them that we evolved from monkees, and that if they didn't live good lives, they would become monkees again.
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Old 07-16-2007, 06:28 PM
 
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I'd tell them that we evolved from monkees, and that if they didn't live good lives, they would become monkees again.
Sounds better than incest!
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Old 07-16-2007, 06:43 PM
 
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<<Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?>>


The Bible says that Eve was the mother of all living. I think the rest of the story is obvious.
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Old 07-16-2007, 06:44 PM
 
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If you're actually looking for the answer from a biblical perspective, I have also asked this question.
Here's the basic answer that I got, but my answer is just that...basic...hopefully someone else can chime in and expand on it...

The different races were the result of the Tower of Babel when they were trying to build a tower in order to reach Heaven. Basically, that is when God did His thing and created all the different colors and languages and nations, making it more difficult for everyone to communicate.
I am not that Bible literate (yet) to give much more info than that...
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Old 07-16-2007, 06:49 PM
 
Location: South Florida
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If you're actually looking for the answer from a biblical perspective, I have also asked this question.
Here's the basic answer that I got, but my answer is just that...basic...hopefully someone else can chime in and expand on it...

The different races were the result of the Tower of Babel when they were trying to build a tower in order to reach Heaven. Basically, that is when God did His thing and created all the different colors and languages and nations, making it more difficult for everyone to communicate.
I am not that Bible literate (yet) to give much more info than that...
Interesting. I wonder why would God want to make it more difficult for everyone to communicate?
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Old 07-16-2007, 06:56 PM
 
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If you're actually looking for the answer from a biblical perspective, I have also asked this question.
Here's the basic answer that I got, but my answer is just that...basic...hopefully someone else can chime in and expand on it...

The different races were the result of the Tower of Babel when they were trying to build a tower in order to reach Heaven. Basically, that is when God did His thing and created all the different colors and languages and nations, making it more difficult for everyone to communicate.
I am not that Bible literate (yet) to give much more info than that...
Yes, I thought about that, but then I remembered The Flood. Wasn't the tower of Babel built before the Flood.

Actually this is one of the questions I remember asking the 'elders' of the congregation at the age of eight. Yes, I've always been a pain in the ass.
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Old 07-16-2007, 08:21 PM
 
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Interesting. I wonder why would God want to make it more difficult for everyone to communicate?
He confused their languages so they would not understand one anothers speech.So the Lord scatters them abroad from there over the face of the Earth,and they ceased building the Tower of Babel.It was all about man's pride and a turning away from God.Thats where we get the word babble today.This did occur after the flood.
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Old 07-16-2007, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville,Florida
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Yes, I thought about that, but then I remembered The Flood. Wasn't the tower of Babel built before the Flood.

Actually this is one of the questions I remember asking the 'elders' of the congregation at the age of eight. Yes, I've always been a pain in the ass.
It was built after the flood
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Old 07-16-2007, 08:25 PM
 
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Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?

Nope, we all came from the original pair.
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