According to the theologians, God did not make all men alike.
He made races differing in intelligence, stature and color. Was
there goodness, was there wisdom in this?
Ought the superior races to thank God that they are not the
inferior? If we say yes, then I ask another question: Should the
inferior races thank God that they are not superior, or should they
thank God that they are not beasts?
http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/what_is_religion.html
2007-11-22 20:32:38 · 9 answers · asked by Michael S 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This was written by Robert G. Ingersoll probably more than a century ago, so he may have believes, as it was common in those times, but I think we would all have no choice but agree that some people are superior to others in intelligence and physical strengths. So replace these with the idea of superiority of races.
2007-11-22 21:58:26 · update #1
This was written by Robert G. Ingersoll probably more than a century ago, so he may have had the beliefs regarding superiority of some races over the others, as it was common in those times, but I think we would all have no choice but agree that some people are superior to others in intelligence and physical strengths. So, replace these with the idea of superiority of races.
2007-11-22 22:00:06 · update #2
The bible also says that we were made in HIS image. Therefore do you really think he would make one race better then the others? According to the bible we are all alike, but different.
2007-11-22 20:36:34 · answer #1 · answered by evil_kandykid 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
God made Adam and Eve in His own image. When the world began to be populated, everyone was the same race and color. The people wanted to get to Heaven before their appointed time. So they began to build a tower to try and get to Heaven. God came and saw the tower and the people and confused their languages and separated the people. This is where we get the different races and languages and colors of people. Read about it in the Holy Bible, Genesis 11:1-9
2007-11-23 04:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, God filled this world with many types,males and females
long before He created Adam,but the only thing superior is the Angels and up.man was created equal.
2007-11-23 04:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
MS,
This document is man-made and not of GOD'S Inspiration as the BIBLE is. The Bible does not say that some races are inferior to others. You are inferring that from the article that YOU chose. It is WRONG! Have a nice weekend.
Thanks,
Eds
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2007-11-23 05:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by Eds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question assumes that there are superior and inferior races
2007-11-23 04:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
what are these inferior and superior races you speak of ?
2007-11-23 04:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God didn't make different races of men. He made one man and one woman and when they sinned death entered into the world along with God's curse on this earth.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29 And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
Genesis 3:17 And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
2007-11-23 04:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Michael, most thinking people know this.
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/genesis/index.htm
2007-11-23 04:48:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ask the theologian who told you this
2007-11-23 04:36:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋