Why do we have different races?
I was asked this by a 10 year old this morning.
2007-12-31 01:36:27 · 34 answers · asked by Proud mama UK 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am an Atheist by the way
2007-12-31 01:41:06 · update #1
Sorry. Theory obviously wasn't the right word
2007-12-31 01:42:22 · update #2
Cough, that's not a theory that's mythology.
The answer is the same, the person it is directed to differs.
2007-12-31 01:39:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋
There was a much greater genetic diversity in the beginning in all living things. That genetic diversity has steadily dwindled as time passes. Genetic research proves this recently. For a more complete explanation of the answer to this question read the book "THE FORGOTTEN TRUTH". It is available free of charge at the web site below. You can down load the book or copy and paste it. Just click on the link below to check it out.
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2007-12-31 01:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by terry b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, it's not a 'theory', it's a story. Second, even the American Indians have known for centuries that it takes 12 generations for the land to make changes in people. So the races could have formed within 12 generations of reaching whatever continent you find them on.
2007-12-31 01:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no races for humans. Races are a creation made by idiots in order to justify slavery.
Adam and Eve ? Just a symbol. Bible or Coran are not scientific texts and WILL BE ALWAYS false for everything related to science.
2007-12-31 01:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by Frederic B 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The bible is absolute truth. It's your choice as to whether you believe it or not.
2007-12-31 01:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by FROG E 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
Gen 1 creation version: man and woman created before animals and equally
Gen 2 version....man, animals, woman (and from spare parts)
2007-12-31 01:43:28 · answer #6 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's not true. That tale was plagiarized from the older stories of the Annanki. In the original version, "eve" was male and the snake an Annanki trying to help the humans that were already there escape encapture.
2007-12-31 01:42:47 · answer #7 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I hope your answer started with, "It's not a theory, it's a fact..."
and ended with something along the lines of, "God knows what He's doing..."
2007-12-31 01:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by Halfadan 4 · 3⤊ 6⤋
no. it is relegious fiction. at least it don't match with scientific finding.
2007-12-31 01:40:15 · answer #9 · answered by AMIN M 1 · 1⤊ 5⤋
I believe there was , of course, a first man and a first woman.. there is always a first for anything that comes along.... and there is much evidence available to those who actively both believe much of scripture as facts mixed with a bit of human additives to keep the story pallative. If their names were not Adam and Eve? SO/ We can say Adam and Eve anyway because we want to. What we all agree on is that male gender first..female gender second.. and then time and mutation / adaptation affect on everything living.
And because .. we all developed at different places on the world. and latitude matters to skin color because the intensity of the radiation of the suns rays is different at different latitudes and longitudes.. The skin coloration we all have is directly related to how instense the sun is at different altitudes as well.. even eye tissue shape around eyeballs is directly related to the sun and latitude and longitude..
It is called commonly by most now "evolution" but it is better known as adaptation of species to long term environment.
Eskimos for instance have very deep eye skin folds which developed over millions of years to help keep the eyes irises from developing cancer from the radiation of the sun.. because of the height of the sun over the horizon often being close to it ..and since people had to squint ..the eyes over many millions of years simply developed a permanent squint and so on.
If you have a globe at home.. simply using a pencil.. you can explain by pointing ( use one hand balled up in a fist to be the sun...) point away from the sun toward the earth using the pencil for a straight line.. and explain how the suns rays hit the earth and the light ( radiation ) affects the earth because of the direction of the rays and the tilt of the earths axis away and toward the sun . A ten year old is intelligent enough to grasp this. If he seems very interested .. keep adding information until he looks slightly bored. Then ask him questions about what he just learned to help bolster his memory.
2007-12-31 01:39:03 · answer #10 · answered by juliette 4 · 7⤊ 4⤋
Because of evolution... ;-)
2007-12-31 01:38:39 · answer #11 · answered by ketutar 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋