i dont get this ?

Question

OK i dont go to church... so i have a few questions:

If adam and eve were both white... how did black ppl come to earth??

if jesus was a jew, and every christian centers around jesus, why are christians so against jews???

if u could answer these questions that would be great!

Answer 1

1. If Adam and Eve actually existed, nobody knows whether they were black or white. Science tells us that darkness of skin is an evolved adaptation, known as "melanism", which in humans was a response to the Sun's intense radiation in sub-Saharan Africa. So, when humans first evolved and lost much of their hair, they simultaneously developed dark skin (they originally had colorless skin under their hair, just like other Hominoids/apes) in order to protect them from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. Some populations of humans then lost this melanic adaptation when they migrated to parts of the world which are less sun-intensive.

In the case of Adam and Eve, then, it is possible that God either created them with their melanism already in order to protect them from the Sun, or that he didn't and they were paler, either because the Garden of Eden wasn't too Sun-intensive, or because he knew they'd develop that adaptation on their own before long, through the evolution of melanism in the long run and through tanning in the short run. Or, perhaps he made them partially melanic, and gave them mid-tone skin; it's impossible to say.

2. Although most Christians are not very anti-Semitic anymore, the reason so many Christians today, and especially historically, have been prejudiced against Jews has been for two reasons. First, they believe that the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus, an attitude promoted by early Church fathers in order to shift the blame for Jesus' death away from the Romans, and thus attract more Roman converts to Christianity. (Many scholars even believe that the part of the story where Pilate asks the Jews whether they want Jesus to die was a later insertion into the text in order to promote this myth.) The second reason is that Christians have for millennia been amazed at the fact that Jews refused to convert to Christianity after Jesus' death; they view this as a betrayal of Jesus and an example of gross ignorance on the Jews' part. These two justifications for anti-Semitism have had a lot of sway for centuries, and were part of the backdrop for atrocities like the Holocaust.

Answer 2

In the Bible, there's nothing to indicate that Adam& Eve were white. They just as easily could have been black, or any other ethnicity. Frankly, because they were the only humans when they were created, & because we all come from them, they didn't even have ethnic groups. Cultures are fine, but we shouldn't have 'ethnic' groups. We're all humans. We are not black. We are not white. We are not Hispanic. We are not Asian. We are human beings and therefore all equal in the sight of God.

Jesus was born a Jew. In the Bible, it says that the people who called for Jesus to be crucified were Jews, which some Christians use as an excuse to persecute or be prejudiced against them. However, it was a small group of people, not every Jew in the world. Again, we are all equal, and Jesus himself said to love one another and do upon others. So that behavior is not Christian either.

Christians, the ten commandments: Hold no other God before me. If we judge others, which only God is worthy to do, then we are not any better. This is why Christ said these things.

Answer 3

No where in the Bible does it say that Adam and Eve were both white. This isn't in scripture at all. Some people say that Cain in the story of Cain and Abel was made black because he was evil. This also is wrong. There's nothing in scripture that says this is the case. To say that Adam and Eve were the first people created doesn't mean that they were the ONLY people created at that time.

Yes, Jesus was Jewish by race and by religion. I am not against Jews, and I know many Christians who aren't. There are some that are because of paranoia about something they do not understand. It is wrong to be against someone that is a brother in the sense that Jews and Christians worship the same God (Yahweh -- the God of Abraham).

Answer 4

The story of Adam and Eve is a folk tale written by an ancient jewish scholar to explain the birth of humankind. Actually, the first humans appeared in Africa and were black, and as they migrated north, they lost some of their pigmentation and became white. This is called evolution. I'm not saying that God didn't have a hand in it--actually, it was part of his Grand Design.

Jesus was a Jew from the house of David. The thing is, he was rejected as the Messiah by many of the leading Jews of His time. They expected a Royal King, not someone born in a manger to a poor lowly carpenter and his wife. They had Jesus crucified. The Jews that accepted Him as the Messiah became the first Christians.

I guess it's possible that some Christians hate Jews, but I don't know any that do. Christians should pray for the conversion of the Jews, but that probably won't happen anytime soon.

Answer 5

First adam and eve were probably either black or the color of the middle eastern people today. As for how whites and blacks developed differently, that has to do with the "minor" evolutionary changes based on where a group lived. Those closer to the equator would have developed darker skin tones than those further away.

I don't know very many Christians who are against Jews. We all have the same heritage and follow the same God. Those that DO hate Jews probably have bigger issues that do not make them true Christians after all. Alot of white supremists "claim" to be Christian but are racist or follow nazism.

Answer 6

Who said Adam and Eve were white....???that isn't in the Bible...

furthermore, the different races came from when God struck down the tower of babel...and spread people about the earth and changes the languages that they spoke....

If you look at geographical study...complexion is also related to where people originate their skin tone....

So, if you are closer to the equator you have more darker skinned or melanin toned complexions....

Simple....

I am not aware that Christians have a problem with Jews....

That is not what we talk about at church....

If some Christian that you know feels that way, it must be something that they are learning outside of the Church....

Those are stereotypes...I have been a Christian all of my life....and I discriminate NONE....

I love everyone....even other religious backgrounds...

God says ....in His Word.... to love everyone....and that is how you change the world....

Discrimination and Hate are evil spirits from satan....

They are not from God....

So I would question where I am getting my information.....

Answer 7

First of all Adam and Eve were probably not white but with some color. Color evolved according to climate and geography. Christians are NOT against Jews, they just believe that Jesus was divine and the Jews don't believe he is the true messiah and they are still waiting for the true messiah.

Answer 8

I Believe Adam and Eve were what was Called Later, Jews.
I Believe they were Jewish.
At the Tower of Babel, Everbody Knows that GOD gave them Seperate Languages.
What they don't Realize that to do that you CHANGE the DNA. Races. GOD made all of the Other Races from Adam and Eves Decendents.

I AM not against JEWs or The Jewish Race.
Don't Know about anybody Else.
Ditto................

Answer 9

1. Who says Adam and Eve were white? I don't believe their skin color is descibed in the Bible.
2. Christians are not against Jews. I personally feel grateful to them.

Answer 10

Christians aren't against Jews. We'd have no inheritance without their forefathers. No one said Adam and Eve were white, except you in your question and maybe a handful of white supremacists. As far as white, black, brown and all the in-between colors of skin, it's just a little bit different level of melanin. Men are men no matter what their skin or hair color.