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</center></p> <p></p> </td><td valign="top" width="24"></td><td valign="top"><table border="0" style="width:97%"> <tr> <td width="100%" class="style3"> <h2 align="center"><b><img src="https://www.religioustolerance.org/logo.png" width="500" height="68" alt="Religious Tolerance logo"> <br><br><g:plusone></g:plusone> </b></h2> <h2 align="center">Bible themes &amp; marriage topics</h2> <h2 align="center"><b>Biblical passages used to<br> condemn interracial marriage:</b></h2> <hr> <p align="center"> <b><font size="2">Sponsored link.</font></b> <center> <center> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2550010077357874"; /* ocrt 2 */ google_ad_slot = "4167017338"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> <script type="text/javascript"> Anti-miscegenationists -- persons opposed to interracial marriage -- come in a variety of types:
Many use verses and phrases from the Hebrew and Christian scriptures (Old and New Testaments) to justify their ban on interracial marriage. In contrast, most theologians have given these same passages a non-racial interpretation. We use the King James Version of the Bible here for copyright reasons. Some of the passages are:
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Conclusions:There are many passages in the Bible that have been used by anti-miscegenationists to condemn interracial marriages. However most Christian and Jewish theologians interpret these same verses as referring to inter-faith marriages. Other passages refer to the Holiness Code of behavior that is generally believed to apply only to Jews and is unrelated to marriage. J.D. Self, author of an Internet site "Interracial Marriage is against God's Law" concludes that God created the different races after the incident at the Tower of Babel. Genesis records that at that time, humans showed their arrogance towards God by trying to build a structure so tall that it would reach the firmament of Heaven. At the time, the cultures in what is now the Middle East believed that a metal dome above the Earth's surface separated Heaven and Earth. He writes: "God created the different races and dispersed them because of man's arrogance. It is clearly evident that God purposely made the different races. Does that mean that we hate each other? No. It does mean that was His plan and we show our arrogance again in the face of God when we say: 'We know You made the different races, God, but we have decided we don't like that and we are going to try and have all the races intermarry again to get it back the way it was because You messed it up God.' This is ultimate arrogance to God and His plan. Pure arrogance in the face and to the plan of God."An alternate interpretation of the Bible concludes that God loves human variety. If the stories in Genesis are literally true, he created the human race with great diversity: two sexes, many races, three sexual orientations, a range of heights and body styles, hundreds of languages, etc. Interracial marriage often produces biracial children who are different in skin color and features from both parents. This increases human diversity even more. So, perhaps interracial marriage has a positive value to God. References used:
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What does the Bible say about being with different races?The Gospels and Acts: Crossing ethnic lines with the Gospel
In the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), for example, Jesus teaches that loving your neighbor as yourself means loving those in particular who are different than you ethnically.
Where does the Bible say to run the race?2 Timothy 4:7-8
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
What does the Bible say about mixing with unbelievers?“Do not be bound together with unbelievers,” says Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:14, “for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” Believers can and should relate to unbelievers' situations, but we must never emulate their lifestyles of separation from God.
What does the Bible say about interfaith marriage?In 2 Corinthians 6:14 believers in Christ are warned, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” While there may be affection and attraction, fundamental partnership and fellowship are lacking in an interfaith ...
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