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69“In this world, if aman sitsdown to think, he isimmediately asked if he hasaheadache.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson“Our enemy is not thosewith guns, but missionarieswith Bibles.”—Jiang Zhernin, head of theCommunist Party,PeoplesRepublic of China.and twenty thousand.” ICor. 10:8. Obviously, onethousanddied later from theplague.TheBibleBaptist Bookstore in Pensacola, (850) 476-2945, hasagreatbook (even though theauthor is alittlesarcastic withhis responsetothescoffers questions) dealing withall of theother so-called contradictions or problem passages in the Bible.Thebook is called “Errors”inthe King JamesBible and costsabout$1514. Q:A:Where did theraces comefrom?Creation Science Evangelism •29 Cummings Road •Pensacola, Florida 32503Actually, thereis only one race; the human race. Obviously,severaldifferent colors of peopleexiston theearth thathavedistinctivecharacteristics, buttheyarethesamerace. BecauseScripturedoes not state where these differences camefrom,I’m not goingtobedogmaticbut Iwill tell you aboutthevarious theories.Onetheory says thatAdam and Eve weremedium-brown,possibly because theyweremadefrom theearth. Thatmedium-brown coupleproduced all thevarieties ofcolors;theymighthavehad 100children or morewithall the colorsrepresented in thefirst family.Asecond theory says thatthe firstdivision of colors camewhen God put amarkupon Cain (Genesis 4:15) after Cainkilled Abel. TheBible doesn’t say what the markis, but somehave tried to say thatCain becamethefirstblack man. Ofcourse, thattheory only explains two colors and does notconsider the flood bringingthe human raceback to onefamilyIpersonally don’tbelieve this theory either.Athird theory says that NoahcursedCanaan after Noahgotdrunk(Genesis 9:25). Somepeople thinkCanaan became thefirst blackman. Idon’t believe this theory because Idon’tthinkany color ofpeople are cursed and itonlyexplains twocolors. TheBiblesays Canaan shallbeaservant ofservants.Many haveused this versewith their twisted logictojustifyslavery.Thefourth(andIthinkthe best) theory says theraces camefrom theTower of Babel. Genesis 10:20 says, “Thesearethesons of Ham, aftertheir families, after theirtongues, in theircountries, in their nations.” Perhaps all families, countries,nations, and tongues werecreated or developed from thisevent. Maybethecolors were divinely createdat thattime, ormaybe they are just anatural product of asmall group ofpeoplespeaking their own languageand marryingbacktotheir own parentstock. Racialtraits become morepronouncedin asmallinbreedinggroup. TheBibleisn’tclear on thissubject. These fourtheories are theonly ones that Iknow. Iprefer theTower ofBabelexplanation. Iknow theBibledoessayin Acts 17 thatallnations are of oneblood sothere is noreason for anyonetobe aracist.