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Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 6:40 am
When actually there are not?
Example:
Ezra 9:2 "They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the holy race with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness."
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 6:45 am
Early master race ideology. Hitler wrote something similar in "Mein Kampf".
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 6:46 am
It's a metaphor. Duh. 
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 6:48 am
The bible is all about favouring certain groups of people, and not giving a fuck about the rest, in fact go and kill them and take their stuff.
A message of peace, love and equality.
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 6:51 am
I'm not sure I get your point, Aractus. There are different races in the colloquial sense, if not the biological sense, no?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 8:01 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2015 at 8:03 am by Norman Humann.)
(March 3, 2015 at 6:51 am)Alex K Wrote: I'm not sure I get your point, Aractus. There are different races in the colloquial sense, if not the biological sense, no?
They are mostly social conceptions based on phenotypical and behavioural traits and they vary over time. Scientists generally agree that the concept is difficult if not impossible to uphold and has little to no taxonomic significance since all humans belong to the same species and subspecies.
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 8:12 am
(March 3, 2015 at 8:01 am)Norman Humann Wrote: (March 3, 2015 at 6:51 am)Alex K Wrote: I'm not sure I get your point, Aractus. There are different races in the colloquial sense, if not the biological sense, no?
They are mostly social conceptions based on phenotypical and behavioural traits and they vary over time. Scientists generally agree that the concept is difficult if not impossible to uphold and has little to no taxonomic significance since all humans belong to the same species and subspecies.
That's what I had heard as well. I still don't understand the problem Aractus has with the Bible.
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 8:16 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2015 at 8:18 am by watchamadoodle.)
(March 3, 2015 at 6:51 am)Alex K Wrote: I'm not sure I get your point, Aractus. There are different races in the colloquial sense, if not the biological sense, no? Also, I suspect the differences in genes, speech, culture, etc. were more noticeable when people didn't travel as much.
Coincidentally, just a few days ago, I was wondering why humans aren't more like a ring species. I suppose that indicates a lot of traveling even in ancient times.
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 9:13 am
Look, a few times I hear yanks use the term "race relations" including I believe their president Obama, but there's no validity to citing different races of people and this was not known in the bronze age, or even for most of the 20th century. It was only latter in the 20th century we worked that out. There's only one human race. And anyone that disagrees is unable to list them or to say how many races there are. But yanks aside, no one uses the term now because we know it's based on bronze-age mythology and has been disproved scientifically. So why does the Bible claim otherwise?
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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RE: Why does the Bible say there are different races of people...
March 3, 2015 at 9:25 am
Oh I see, you say the bible should be using biologically correct terminology for such things, and not wishy washy colloquialisms, because it is inspired by God!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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