And the LORD said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him. Genesis 4:15Some groups, especially the Klu Klux Klan, teach that the mark put on Cain was dark skin and that he became the father of the dark skinned races. There is one simple and fatal flaw to this hypothesis. The flood of Noah occurred after the story of Cain and Able. Therefore, there should be no dark skinned people because they were all destroyed in the flood. It amazes me how ignorant people can be. Genesis chapter 10 is called the Table of Nations and shows how people dispersed over the earth. We see there that the dark skinned African peoples are descendants of Noah’s son Ham, not Cain. Even linguists refer to their languages as Hamitic tongues.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news to the Klan but the genetic studies mentioned in the previous devotion show that all humans can be traced back to a single dark skinned woman from Africa or at least the Middle East. You see, dark skinned people did not descend from white skinned people; white skinned people descended from dark skinned people. The Caucasian races are descendants of Noah’s son Japheth.
Let us not forget that in Old Testament days that God’s chosen people were the Hebrews, which usually are described as having olive colored skin. Aryanism, racism, bigotry or whatever you want to call it has no scientific muster to back it up. Actually throughout most of human history the light skinned races were considered barbarians by other people groups and it wasn’t until the Middle Ages and the influx of Christianity that Europe leaped forward culturally and industrially.
This is just one more example of how people misuse the Bible to try to justify their beliefs. The problem is that the Bible doesn’t say what they claim it does. If people would learn to read and think and take a freshman Western Civilization History class, these stupid sensations could be easily avoided.
Wow, Roger. I guess you are feeling pretty spunky today; "If people would learn to read and think and take a fresman Western Civilization History class, these stupid sensations could be easily avoided." Sounds like you were saying if people don't have at least a collegiate freshman's knowledge, they won't understand the origination of skin color? I know that's not what you meant, but it still sounds spunky!
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ReplyDeleteMy main point was how people believe things that are so easily disproven. A person with a freshman college education can easily disprove what the Klan believes. We try to promote critical thinking in college and that is what I was trying to convey.