The mark of cain
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- ********
Judaism and Christianity used to preach that black people's skin was the mark of Cain. The only religion that still teaches this is Mormonism. Discuss.
- designbot0
Judaism and Christianity NEVER taught this.
Mormonism did for a short time, and then removed it from it's teaching.
- http://en.wikipedia.…********
- dude, it's a well established fact.zarkonite
- Designbot has no use for these "facts"Mimio
- facts....with all do respect you are guys are way off base here. There are NO facts. See my below post.designbot
- http://en.wikipedia.…
- _salisae_0
Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel, and then Abel got married. Who did he marry? Eve?
- doesnotexist0
adam and eve had more kids than cain and abel I believe
- grunttt0
this will leave a mark
- designbot0
@uber
"According to some scholars, some early interpretations of the Bible in Syriac Christianity combined the "curse" with the "mark", and interpreted the curse of Cain as black skin.[7] Relying on rabbinic texts, it is argued, the Syriacs interpreted a passage in the Book of Genesis ("And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell") as implying that Cain underwent a permanent change in skin color.[8]Ephrem the Syrian (306-378): “Abel was bright as the light, / but the murderer (Cain) was dark as the darkness".[9]"
Syriac Christianity defined:
"Syriac Christianity is a culturally and linguistically distinctive community within Eastern Christianity."So perhaps a long time ago, a small group of Christians held this absurd belief and distortion of the Biblical texts....but to try and lump all Christianity together by saying "Christianity used to preach that black people's skin was the mark of Cain" is a massive overstatement...and simply not true.
- You're arguing with uber, you do realize the futility, no?TheBlueOne
- And wouldn't it be "The Mark of Schvartzer"?TheBlueOne
- haha...well yes you have a good point. I am probably taking the bait on this :)designbot
- ********0
they still do
- I shutter to think what people passing by my cube are thinking when they see this on my screen :Pdesignbot
- better than the surprise I got from that nosaj fuck-twit. i had 5 people behind me********
- "Well, you see, it's an OPEN minded design forum....very 1st amendment and all..."TheBlueOne
- @morilla, ouch that sucks. I clicked on one of the trolls horribly NSFW links, but luckily nobody was around.designbot
- LOL@TBDdesignbot
- hah, luckily my cat like reflexes jumped and flipped the switch on my monitor. But one saw.********
- he is on here as well, so he knows.********
- rayborn30000
Cain is so hot and in right now.
- move0
uhmmmm. I think that you guys need to look a little further in your in your history books. The entire premise of this curse being attributed to darker skins tones is waaaaay off. Try researching where historians define the "cradle of civilization" as being. That should clarify things in the definitive sense.
- ********0
my first born male will be named either Cain or Lincoln
- scarabin_net0
i was mormon for four years and nobody ever said anything about black people
- Look at the doctrine and history.Mimio
- mormons don't get to the spicy stuff until you're married and male.richardkark
- ********0
How many black mormons did you see?
