Now, we read in the bible about Cain and how he was cursed with black skin. Does that mean black people are born with a curse?
2007-01-28 07:38:25 · 8 answers · asked by El Castigo 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It never said that he was cursed with black skin. It said that God put a mark upon him to protect him from being slain by people that he comes across.Cain said to God that he was afraid of being killed because when people found out want he did they would want to kill him and punish him.So God put a mark on him to let everyone know that they shall not harm him, that he is protected. Here... read for your self...
Gen 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out, this day from, the face of the earth; and from thy face, shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall want to slay me.
Gen 4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should want to kill him.
Gen 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence, of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
2007-01-28 07:55:09 · answer #1 · answered by poobear 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of my versions of the bible include a reference to black skin, but rather a mark set upon him by God that he must live and not be killed (assumedly so that he would live suffering in the knowledge of his sin and forever be seperated from God.) In reference to black skin being a born curse: it would be a prejudicial and unfair assumption made out of ignorance and learned hatred, certainly not in any teaching of the love of God for mankind and the command to love one another taught in Christian faiths that are based upon biblical references.
2007-01-28 07:58:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. You are thinking about the curse of Canaan from Noah. Ham was Noah's darker Son, Canaan was his grandson. Canaan did something to his Grandfather that was immoral. Noah cursed Canaan and his descendents. It had nothing to do with skin color.
2007-01-28 12:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
Cain was also cursed to wander forever
and he had a mark that if anyone saw him they knew 2 kill him
He would have had no ability to reproduce
and the reason for black skin is pigment not a curse
2007-01-28 07:47:53 · answer #4 · answered by Flusher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That part of the bible was rewritten to ease our worries over slavery. I don't believe this curse though.
2007-01-28 08:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by Billy Dee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't be serious.
As someone very well-versed in the casting, breaking and reversal of curses, I can say with confidence that your question is just plain silly.
2007-01-28 08:08:09 · answer #6 · answered by Khalin Ironcrow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did not read that in the bible.
2007-01-28 07:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Ti 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you believe the bible...
2007-01-28 07:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by hera 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋