What does God think of Interracial Marriage?

Question

This is a relatively open question---however if you have scriptures to back up your explanations/answers, that would be great.

Thanks

So many people are Assuming that I believe that God is Against Interracial Marriage

PLEASE do not misunderstand me

I merely asked a questions

You should know that I am working on a term paper for my Religious Studies class

This topic was of particular interest to me.

Answer 1

It's a good subject for a paper. There are a couple of things I feel you should take note of.

The first is the similarity between fundamendalist Christians who are against same-sex marriage today and those who rallied against interracial marriage back in the 60's. Pay particular attention to Loving vs. Virginia. I'm sure you already are aware of that USSC decision because it directly involved an interracial couple that was jailed because of an anti-miscegenation law in their state. The lawsuit resulted in a decision by the Supremes that stated in part that marriage is a civil right of man and race had no bearing on this right. Southern Baptists in particular were incensed and used scripture to back up their prejudice, much as they do now regarding same-sex marriage.

I don't think that it's productive to try and deduce what God may think - that is not known to any human being. But the truth is that there is much scripture that can be interpreted to support any position a person wants to take. It's called cherry-picking and is in full force right now over the rights of gays.

As a side note, my very religious stepmother, who is black, married my white father in Atlanta in 1974. They recalled the dark looks and mutterings that they endured not only during their wedding (held in church, but with a white couple and their family in tow waiting behind them for their time slot) and their wedding dinner which took place at Pitty Pat's Porch in Atlanta. They were stalwart and believed not only in their love but in God's approval of their union. They moved to Colorado Springs not long after, where a cross was set on fire on their lawn twice in two weeks. The culprits were caught at the third attempt and were "good boys" from a Baptist church in the area.

Be forward thinking and suspicious of those who use the Bible to support their prejudices. It is notoriously open to interpretations meant to support not only prejudices taught to people by their parents, but also as a weapon to use against anyone not like "them", whoever "them" might be. Good luck in your studies :).

Answer 2

You won't find much about racism in the Bible; maybe because it's grown more common as the world has grown smaller. People used to live their entire lives and never meet someone of another race. The New Testament does express disapproval of those trying to make distinctions between believers, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galations 3:28)

There are those who contend that the Bible teaches that the races shouldn't intermarry and point to Old Testament passages as proof. Typically, these arguments require poor exegesis of passages forbidding marriage to foreign women, but the careful reader will find that the prohibitions are against marrying outside of the Jewish faith, not outside the race. No passage implies criticism of marriage to anyone who accepts the Jewish faith.

But there is a passage in chapter twelve of the book of Numbers that might be to the point. Miriam and Aaron were criticising Moses for marrying a Cushite (i.e., a black woman). As a punishment, God inflicted Miriam with a skin disease that left her skin "like snow" for seven days.

And some folks say God doesn't have a sense of humor.

Answer 3

Numbers12 tells that Moses was married to an Ethiopian woman. Miriam spoke against him for this and was struck with leprosy for it. There have been many perversions of the scripture over the years to claim that God is against interracial marriage, but if it was good enough for Moses, it is good enough for me. Galatians 3:28,29, says that race is irrelevant for Christians, " There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." 2 Corinthians 6:14 says, "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?" So, as long as you are both Christians, one could be green with purple polka dots, it would still be a holy union. Hope this helps. It is not easy being an interracial couple. There are still a lot of small minds in this country, but love sees no color. God bless you both.

Answer 4

Sometimes it can be more trouble than it's worth because of cultural differences. God said when you get married to marry someone who is equally yoked. I married a person in my race but we divorced mainly because of religious differences. All I'm saying is that the only way your relationship will work out is by growing with God together and it is hard if you don't believe the same way. In Numbers 12:1 it says that Moses married an Ethiopian (black) woman and that Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because he married her. So in the end it is up to you not what everyone thinks about the situation. I know a lot of children who were born biracial and they just told me that it was hard to fit in because they were mix.

Answer 5

GOD thinks that interracial marriage is a holy union that should be taken seriously because the two will become one flesh. Now my only advise for mixed races is that you should make sure you really love each other because you are going to take a little heat from sociaty. Sad but true.

IMHO :)

May GOD richly Bless ya.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, I am incapable of providing you with opinions from the mind of our Lord; however, I can tell you what I surmise. I highly doubt that God opposes this practice, considering that both partners are still human beings. Religious organizations teach that He wants all his children to get along with each other. Thus, I believe that God approves of interracial marriages.

Answer 7

Read the lst bit of;

" What colour of skin did the man known as Jesus Christ have ? "
A -- No problem ! I can answer you. Your answer in one word "Brown" !

All the people on this planet Earth are descendants from the first couple -
Adam and Eve. We are ALL just shades of that same colour !

Hold a sheet of Real White and Real Black paper up against your skin.
I can tell you "for certain" that your skin colour matches neither of these
paper colour samples. We are all "off white - or - BROWN !

WE ARE ALL OF THE SAME COLOUR because we are all indeed
descendants of that couple. Because of protective pigmentation we
are of different shades indeed.

What a beautiful example of how OUR MAKER designed us and built
a protective system into our skins to protect us from the suns rays !

Few people realize that The Bible does not say anything in opposition to
what is referred to as "mixed marriages". This is precisely why.

If "mixed marriages" do not work in our society, as it is today, it is because
of the arrogance of man. To "prove" superiority they often use gross
misinterpretations of Bible passages or misapply a Bible passage to
make it look like it proves them correct.

Answer 8

Well, I wouldn't presume to say what 'God" would say, but if one is to inclined to presume, I would say 'God' doesn't give a tinkers damn. As in , All things bright and beautiful, the good Lord made them all.', Black, white, yellow and in between. I have often noticed that bi-racial children are very beautiful. I have the feeling that God would not care about interracial marriage at all, but dueling banjo type, in breeding unions kind of go against the grain.

Answer 9

in accordance to the Bible, we are all descended from one guy and female, so the definition of diverse races is extremely arbitrary - all of us come from a similar race in case you bypass lower back a ways adequate. Acts 10:34,35 - "For a fact I hit upon that God isn't partial, yet in each and every u . s . a . the guy that fears him and works righteousness is appropriate to him." in spite of if, i could evaluate Sikhism a faith, not a race. Now in spite of if the scripture refers to 'each and every u . s . a .', it additionally refers to human beings fearing God and working righteousness - in different words, doing what God needs. different scriptures interior the Bible (e.g. a million Corinthians 7) additionally refers to purely marrying a fellow servant of God. So positioned it this form - i could not marry a individual including your self, in spite of if it does not ought to do with your race, it may be by way of fact of your faith. i don't have self belief i could bypass to hell for it (there is not any such place), yet i could be letting God down, and that i does not prefer to try this. There would not seem something hypocritical with reference to the statements which you have quoted out of your holy e book. What it is saying is that in case you come for the period of a white individual who has taken up Sikhism, you would be accepted to marry him, yet not a non-Sikh in spite of if he became of your person race. the two statements are completely harmonious. The Bible has very lots a similar view in this appreciate.

Answer 10

God is impartial. God is love.
The only direction he gives with regard to marriage is to procreate, and to honor and respect your mate.
The focus is on the relationship between 2 people and not the race of the participants.