According to the bible, Adam and Eve were the first human being to be created by GOD.
If this is true, I wonder how come there are so many different races in the world.
You mean Adam and Eve gave birth to black kids whom we today call them malays, white kids whom we today call them westerners, chinese, etc?
In that case, what is the original race of Adam and Eve?
Race is a human construct you must realize, there's only race reconized, that called homo sapiens or the human race.
Adam and Eve would have been homo sapiens I suppose... hmmm, but their skin colour I dunno... but if current genetic theories tracing us back to our first ancestors are any indication they would be what you would call black.
Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:Race is a human construct you must realize, there's only race reconized, that called homo sapiens or the human race.
Adam and Eve would have been homo sapiens I suppose... hmmm, but their skin colour I dunno... but if current genetic theories tracing us back to our first ancestors are any indication they would be what you would call black.
Oh what a scandal that would create.
Erm... why so? It's just speculation, no attempts to rewrite canon there.
If you ask me personally I don't think it's very important... kinda like asking hey what brand of roman sandals did Paul wear or something like that...
I thought the different tongues, races and religions were caused when God destroyed The Tower Of Babylon?
Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:Erm... why so? It's just speculation, no attempts to rewrite canon there.
If you ask me personally I don't think it's very important... kinda like asking hey what brand of roman sandals did Paul wear or something like that...
I don't really have issues with the idea. It's just another possibility.
But i think the old foggies in Rome would be positively scandalized by the idea.
God made only one race which is the human race.
after the destruction of the tower of Babel, God scattered the people over the whole earth. the languages of the the people became different since that is what God had wanted.
difference of skin colours are the result of climatic changes, that is scientifically proven. there are many ethnic and geographic groups but that's only skin deep, we are the same, of " one blood".
Originally posted by xalkyrie:
difference of skin colours are the result of climatic changes, that is scientifically proven. there are many ethnic and geographic groups but that's only skin deep, we are the same, of " one blood".
In that case, China have many different climatic while Singapore is hot throughout the year.
Than how come we and china people are still same colour, white?
Originally posted by 8800:
In that case, China have many different climatic while Singapore is hot throughout the year.
Than how come we and china people are still same colour, white?
i am really appalled u asked this question
Originally posted by laurence82:i am really appalled u asked this question
because I dont' believe difference of skin colours are the result of climatic changes
Originally posted by 8800:
In that case, China have many different climatic while Singapore is hot throughout the year.
Than how come we and china people are still same colour, white?
errrrrrrrrrrrr........
you think again.
Originally posted by 8800:
because I dont' believe difference of skin colours are the result of climatic changes
trust me it is...and btw...not all china people are white...u shuld read about the diff between northern china ppl and southern china ppl...
They're adaptations to various environments with afforded those who had them the advantage in survival to pass on their genes... over time the local related population will then start to take on these traits because these genes are sucessful in spreading themselves.
A powerful sun beating constantly on exposed skin will cause cancer, having increased levels of melamine (hence darker skin) provides an advantage in survival in such an environment. And of course skin colour is not the only adaptation.
To suggest race scientifically is to suggest a different species, this is not the case given people from different "races' can obviously breed and have fertile offspring.
As for why Singapore and China Chinese look the same, we're barely three generations in, lol, hardly enough time for local change to take place. Additionally modern technology, travel, as well as general mixing will mean that such selective pressures from nature would be less pronounced.
However take away technology, reduce us back to a level that puts us more at the whim of nature, take away easy travel and have isloated population that have to breed among themselves, you'll soon see the emergence of a new "race". But this is still very human.
Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:They're adaptations to various environments with afforded those who had them the advantage in survival to pass on their genes... over time the local related population will then start to take on these traits because these genes are sucessful in spreading themselves.
A powerful sun beating constantly on exposed skin will cause cancer, having increased levels of melamine (hence darker skin) provides an advantage in survival in such an environment. And of course skin colour is not the only adaptation.
To suggest race scientifically is to suggest a different species, this is not the case given people from different "races' can obviously breed and have fertile offspring.
As for why Singapore and China Chinese look the same, we're barely three generations in, lol, hardly enough time for local change to take place. Additionally modern technology, travel, as well as general mixing will mean that such selective pressures from nature would be less pronounced.
However take away technology, reduce us back to a level that puts us more at the whim of nature, take away easy travel and have isloated population that have to breed among themselves, you'll soon see the emergence of a new "race". But this is still very human.
+1 i'm with this guy...and he's got pretty good points
Originally posted by 8800:According to the bible, Adam and Eve were the first human being to be created by GOD.
If this is true, I wonder how come there are so many different races in the world.
You mean Adam and Eve gave birth to black kids whom we today call them malays, white kids whom we today call them westerners, chinese, etc?
In that case, what is the original race of Adam and Eve?
You can find the answers from the bible
I was told about it but now forgot liao. Has got to do with the tower of babel . . . .
Originally posted by nganmatthias:I thought the different tongues, races and religions were caused when God destroyed The Tower Of Babylon?
I just simply disapprove of this silly Adam and Eve theory
the thinking mind would tell you the absurdity of such a myth........
ok if adam and eve are the only humans then, they and their children must have practice incest to create man kind
Hmm, PedoBear took longer then expected to come here based on our predictions...
And yes they did practice incest.
In any case even in the scientific point of view the current human population is the result of what we would deem incest from a genetic bottleneck of a few individuals. The genetic variance in the human species from one individual to another is actually quite low, as species go.
so this is what it is all about, incest? oh dear...
wtf?
black = malay?
white = westerners/chinese?
i sense racism here.
Originally posted by dukedracula:the thinking mind would tell you the absurdity of such a myth........
Than you believe in the big bang theory? That everything comes out from nothing?
Originally posted by Daisuke-kun:wtf?
black = malay?
white = westerners/chinese?
i sense racism here.
no.
white=malay
black=chinese
Originally posted by 8800:
Than you believe in the big bang theory? That everything comes out from nothing?
let me guess, big bang theory is when God had a gigantic orgasm and the universe is his ejaculate, hence the 'big bang'.