Number one, the warning against marrying from other nations was because the other nations in the Bible were heathen nations. Number two, whether black, white, Latino, Asian, or whatever other ethnic group found in the USA, we are all still Americans and have much more in common than we don't. Lastly, to suggest being unequally yoked has anything whatsoever to do with marrying someone of another color is absurd, preposterous, and racist.
Well said.
It continues to amaze and disturb me whenever I hear Pentecostals actually trying to use the Bible to justify opposition to interracial marriage.
I think to myself that either these people a) really don't know what the Bible says [or doesn't say] on the topic... or b) they're trying to use the Word of God to justify their own prejudices.
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There's something seriously wrong with this thread. Six pages, and hardly any disagreement at all! This has got to be a record of some kind.
No... nothing wrong with inter-racial marriage. I can remember when school integration was still int the news. Blacks and whites going to the same school! My step-dad made the remark "Next thing ya know, blacks and whites will be marryin'." And, they have. And America is better for it. Its kinda good to look back and see the barriers we humans have erected between oursleves falling as flat as Jerichos walls. We got a ways to go yet, but I'm thankful we have come as far as we have!
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There's something seriously wrong with this thread. Six pages, and hardly any disagreement at all! This has got to be a record of some kind.
No... nothing wrong with inter-racial marriage. I can remember when school integration was still int the news. Blacks and whites going to the same school! My step-dad made the remark "Next thing ya know, blacks and whites will be marryin'." And, they have. And America is better for it. Its kinda good to look back and see the barriers we humans have erected between oursleves falling as flat as Jerichos walls. We got a ways to go yet, but I'm thankful we have come as far as we have!
I just hope that if anyone did disagree, they will feel free to post it and honestly explain why. I am always a fan of convo.
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I just hope that if anyone did disagree, they will feel free to post it and honestly explain why. I am always a fan of convo.
Well, it looks like the person who wrote post #7 on this thread might disagree.
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Originally Posted by ReformedDave
While I hate any bigotry in this area we should realize that there are some that disagree for different reasons than the one mentioned. They may be wrong but the arguments against inter-racial marriage do not all come from bigotry.
Perhaps.
But I would say they mostly come from bigotry.
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Daniel 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever.
The true test of racism is whether or not my son (I.E. black) can marry your daughter (I.E. white)
Yes-sir.
Many people say, and might even believe, that they have no prejudices... until their son or daughter brings home "one of those" to meet the family.
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Daniel 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever.
Many people say, and might even believe, that they have no prejudices... until their son or daughter brings home "one of those" to meet the family.
I remember when my daughter was about 4 years old, my little blonde-haired blue-eyed girl came home from church and told us she wanted to have black babies, my sister explained to her that two white people can only have white babies, and she said "well then I will just have to get someone to make me a black baby"... I told her I had no problem with that as long as he loved Jesus and she was at least 37
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