Does it really matter what race adam and eve were?

Question

I mean seriously, does it matter if they were blakc or white?

even from an atheists point of view, does it matter what race someone was millions of years ago?

Answer 1

No, it doesn't matter it was a long time ago..............

Answer 2

It shouldn't matter, but in the minds of some, it does.
The word adam is related to another Hebrew word, adamah, which means “earth” or “ground.”
The prevailing view among Hebrew scholars is that both of these words are drawn from the Hebrew adom, which means “red.”
The Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (1974), in offering a possible reason for deriving “ground” from “red,” suggests that the land may have contained iron and thus had a reddish appearance.
Similarly, some authorities who hold that adam (Adam, man) is derived from adom (red) have speculated that Adam may have had reddish-colored skin.

Answer 3

lol @ the unintentional Michael Jackson reference...


No, I seriously doubt it matters. Of course, I doubt that they were black or white.
Considering that there was a global flood that wiped out all but 8 of the Earth's surface and the three main races (Caucasoid/White, *******/Black, Mongoloid/Yellow) supposedly descended from these, is it not reasonable to conclude that perhaps there were other races of people (or variations anyway) that were obliterated in the Deluge?

Maybe Adam and Eve didn't fit into the category of races that we're used to now.
Maybe they resembled the Native Americans (which we erroneously refer to as Indians).
Maybe they were Arabs.
Maybe they were Semitic (you get my drift now, right).



To conclude, no it doesn't matter.

Answer 4

And He it is Who has produced you from a single soul and there is for you a temporary resort and a permanent abode. We have explained the Signs in detail for a people who understand.

And bethink of the day when We shall remove the mountains and thou wilt see the nations of the earth march forth against one another and We shall gather them all together and shall not leave any one of them behind.

Holy Quran

Answer 5

At the time of their existence there was was no race. Families or clans really did no start to take affect until later on and languages did not take effect until the Tower of Babbel.

Answer 6

Most prevalent theory is that modern man originated in Africa about 150-200,000 years ago, and then spread around to globe over the ensuing years where different groups developed different characterstics including skin color. My guess is that those early humans had skin color that fell in the middle of the color spectrum.

Answer 7

I don't care what race Santa Claus is or the Tooth Fairy, so no, I don't care about the race of Adam and Eve either. Since none of the above actually exist, or did exist.

Answer 8

Sure it does. If evolution was not true, where did all the different races come from if we all started out from just two people?

Answer 9

Some people don't like the idea that their ancestors were black and from Africa. So yes, it matters to certain types of people.

Answer 10

Adam & Eve were White Europeans.Anyone with any intelligence already knows this.

Answer 11

They were human, just like us. There is no reference to any skin color other than the mark put on Cain. It's not anything we need to worry about.