Why are we all different?

Question

Ok, if we were made by God, for the sake of argument, a Christian God, then how come we have people who are black, red, yellow, tall, big nosed etc.... i.e racial characteristics that have come about through years of isolation/breeding. Take for instance Australian native aboriginals, they have a very distinctive look.... so how come, if we are all descendents of Adam and Eve? Also, if The Christian faith is the one true religion, how come God/Jesus didn't make themselves known to these people?

This question can be transposed onto pretty much any religion with a creation myth.

Answer 1

You raise a good question which no-one has touched upon yet: how come God did not make himself known to these people.
The Bible shows that God dealt specifically with the nation of Isreal from the time of Abraham. It does not say why - some may suggest that this was in order to fufil his plan to bring about redemeption through Christ - I don't know.
However, the idea of hell cannot be justified because you cannot easily accept Christianity if your cultural heritage has been Hindu, Buddhism etc.
In this sense, we can only say that people's beliefs are very much tied to their locality and location. I'm sorry that I have no glib easy answers for this question - I truly believe that there is no one.

Answer 2

Just genetically speaking - We all share 99.9% of our genes and that is what makes us belong in the same species. However, the .1% variation is what is supposed to make us unique. This variation is suspected to cause or influence anything from eye color to alcoholism to gender preference to religious fanaticism. A lot of the genetic influences are only suspected and not proven - not in the least. So who really knows?

We are all inbred somewhat - especially those of the same race.

Humans first appeared 135,000 years ago. The Neanderthals died out about this time.

I heard something once about the seven monkey theory or something similar that stated that we all have descended from seven different types of monkeys.

They even think that Lucy was an off-shoot and not in direct lineage with humans.

Answer 3

I wont go into faiths/religion etc, as it is each to thier own and what they believe.,,,but i don't beleive that we all descend from Adam & Eve. There are many different stories i have been told. Very good question, one i am sure that someone will come up with a direct answer to because of thier beliefs.

Answer 4

My brother has black straight hair while my sister has curly dark brown hair. I have a grandfather who's close to 7 feet tall and his brother is barely 5'5".
I have a close cousin that has red hair and freckles and another cousin who's as black as his father. Then I have a brown nephew up North who has a half sister that's blond.

Dude, genetics is almost a shot in the dark when it comes to what you end up with in all its variety of combinations.

This may change in the near future with gene catalog babies, but until then, you can't predict what the next generation will come out as.

Heck, my son's been accused of being the milkman's kid....DNA test pending :)

Answer 5

Because God is a very creative artist.

Look at the planets in our galaxy for instance, how different they are. Look at the colors of nature, how the trees differ from fall, winter and spring.

As you said, we also gain different skin tones and facial features over time to fit our region, heritage, and offspring.

Concerning your question about Jesus, which was more of a statement than a question, well Jesus did not go on a massive road trip revealing himself to everyone, he stayed within a very small region; it wasn't his mission to go around showing himself to every single person. He left it up to his disciples to spread the word throughout the world.

Answer 6

You have asked a very complex question that no one will ever be able to answer. Each race is distinctive, at least until enter marriage comes into play. It is one of those questions that is irrelevant but would be nice to know. There are better things to wonder about but we can't help but wonder.

Good question to ponder on but I doubt it would be worth while to debate it.

Answer 7

Evolution believes in an Eve a single point where all the races come from. If your reasoning is true then evolution is a myth.

There are three races white, asian and blacks.

Noah's sons genes became dominant and created the three races. Japheth-Whites, Shem-Asian, Ham-Blacks.

If they evolved from different species there couldn't be interracial sex and offspring.

Answer 8

=simple answer. We are all different because thats how we were created. White parents white children interacial mixes brown asian and half of something else.

It wouldnt do if we were all the same the world would be no fun. And the fact that we all have differing religions is down to our parents.

Its a mish mash of people religion and diversity

Answer 9

Evolution.

Answer 10

christianity is a brainwashing religion, they spoon feed you all sorts of nonsense but if you dont follow it you will burn in hell!

if we all came from adam and eve what about the rampant inbreeding that ensued from them.

Oh no, darwin had it wrong too we weren't monkeys back in the day, we were always human just like you said earlier due to location and diet and human initiative we all ended up slightly different..