Race in a Christian marriage???

[Nocturnal_Principal_X]

Nice brutus.

I actually think this is the first thread that everyone is in complete agreement.

Not even close. I have always been against interacial-marriages. If you are white marry white. If you are black marry black. People should have enough common sense to stay within their own race, but common sense is something many people lack in todays society.

Well aren't you the loving person? Your statements make me think of the following:

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man--the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

 

[BEI491962]

Nice brutus.

I actually think this is the first thread that everyone is in complete agreement.

Not even close. I have always been against interacial-marriages. If you are white marry white. If you are black marry black. People should have enough common sense to stay within their own race, but common sense is something many people lack in todays society.

I guess I lack common sense, because I don't see how marrying outside of your race could be deemed 'wrong' :roll:.

What's wrong with people marrying whomever they choose?

 

[Ryu]

Nice brutus.

I actually think this is the first thread that everyone is in complete agreement.

Not even close. I have always been against interacial-marriages. If you are white marry white. If you are black marry black. People should have enough common sense to stay within their own race, but common sense is something many people lack in todays society.

Well aren't you the loving person? Your statements make me think of the following:

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man--the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

People should stick with their own race Nocturnal. I have met many females from different ethic groups while on campus, but had no desire to date them. I am white and I only date and marry white women. If you have a problem with that Nocturnal then I recommend you go and check your bible.

 

[Nocturnal_Principal_X]

People should stick with their own race Nocturnal. I have met many females from different ethic groups while on campus, but had no desire to date them. I am white and I only date and marry white women. If you have a problem with that Nocturnal then I recommend you go and check your bible.

I am so happy you are such a loving person

.

 

[Ryu]

People should stick with their own race Nocturnal. I have met many females from different ethic groups while on campus, but had no desire to date them. I am white and I only date and marry white women. If you have a problem with that Nocturnal then I recommend you go and check your bible.

I am so happy you are such a loving person

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I am a very loving person Nocturnal; looks can be very deceiving.

 

[Judy]

Wow, guys, I think Ryu is intitled to his opinion. :-? I didn't read where he said he hated other races, he just feels that we should marry within our own race. What's wrong with him thinking like that?
There are blacks, asians, german, italian...etc that think the same way as Ryu.
If you think it is fine then it is fine for you but, if Ryu thinks it wrong then its wrong for him. Unless he is out harassing interracial couples (with some of his answers in other topics he might be) I would rather give him the benefit of the doubt.

I for one don't care : I am not going to make a issue out of it.

I know when I was growing up, I was told that Jews couldn't marry outside there race because of a blood disorder, and if they did it would effect the kids. How true that is I don't know.

I just don't think that we should argue about this. :-? I don't believe that the bible state either way, for or against it. I believe we are all intitled to our opinions in this case. And thats just what it is our own opinions

 

[destiny]

Judy is right.
Also alot of times the interracial children are the ones who pay the price for interracial marriage. They get picked on by other kids who have been taught to be less accepting of racial differences, and alot of time they go through a lot of confusion having to do with which race they identify with.

It doesn't mean you are a racist just because you prefer to marry within your own race.

 

[Nocturnal_Principal_X]

Good points Judy and destiny. I guess my responses are due in part to my strong opposition toward racism and such a mentality clouded my judgment. I apologize.

 

[KnarfKS]

Also alot of times the interracial children are the ones who pay the price for interracial marriage. They get picked on by other kids who have been taught to be less accepting of racial differences, and alot of time they go through a lot of confusion having to do with which race they identify with.

Actually I think this is the problem of every ignorant person harassing them, not the child themself, or the parents fault. Should 2 short people marry if their kids will be short and possibly be made fun of? Should weird looking people not have children either?

I know when I was growing up, I was told that Jews couldn't marry outside there race because of a blood disorder, and if they did it would effect the kids. How true that is I don't know.

It is usually the opposite. The disease is probably a nondominant genetic disorder, so if people marry too closely or if both parents have the gene then there is a higher incidence of the child having the disease. And ethnicities tend to carry the same genes. The only jewish genetic blood disorder I could find is Fanconi anemia which is a recessive, or nondominant disorder. The most well know disease to affect the jewish population is Tay-Sach's diseas which is a nondominant genetic disorder that causes mental retardation.

I agree that if someone doesn't want to marry outside of their race, its fine, it is a matter of attraction and some people are not attracted to different skin colors, facial structures or body compositions either. That is fine, no problem at all. But if your saying no one should marry outside of their race, thats the problem. No biblical basis for such an assumption, neither is you should marry outside of your race. And the fact that they might be made fun of is not a good reason.

 

[destiny]

Actually I think this is the problem of every ignorant person harassing them, not the child themself, or the parents fault. Should 2 short people marry if their kids will be short and possibly be made fun of? Should weird looking people not have children either?

Even though racism is brought about by ignorance and stupidity, I would still have to think about what my decision to be open to interracial relationships could mean to my future children.
Afterall they would be the receptors of all the ignorance and torment, to not consider that would be pretty selfish.
I agree with you that it's not the childs fault, but the fact still remains that they are the ones being tormented, and that should play into our decision making before we go into an interracial relationship.
It's more serious than height.

 

[BEI491962]

Nice brutus.

I actually think this is the first thread that everyone is in complete agreement.

Not even close. I have always been against interacial-marriages. If you are white marry white. If you are black marry black. People should have enough common sense to stay within their own race, but common sense is something many people lack in todays society.

Well aren't you the loving person? Your statements make me think of the following:

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man--the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

People should stick with their own race Nocturnal. I have met many females from different ethic groups while on campus, but had no desire to date them. I am white and I only date and marry white women. If you have a problem with that Nocturnal then I recommend you go and check your bible.

What Bible are you using?

 

[Ryu]

Nice brutus.

I actually think this is the first thread that everyone is in complete agreement.

Not even close. I have always been against interacial-marriages. If you are white marry white. If you are black marry black. People should have enough common sense to stay within their own race, but common sense is something many people lack in todays society.

Well aren't you the loving person? Your statements make me think of the following:

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man--the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

People should stick with their own race Nocturnal. I have met many females from different ethic groups while on campus, but had no desire to date them. I am white and I only date and marry white women. If you have a problem with that Nocturnal then I recommend you go and check your bible.

What Bible are you using?

KJV

 

[Blazin Bones]

Ryu, I asked you for scripture to back your point. If you are so sure please provide the text.

 

[Judy]

Ryu, I asked you for scripture to back your point. If you are so sure please provide the text.

I don't believe the bible states either. :

 

[BEI491962]

[quote="KnarfKS":8fbd1]Nice brutus.

I actually think this is the first thread that everyone is in complete agreement.

Not even close. I have always been against interacial-marriages. If you are white marry white. If you are black marry black. People should have enough common sense to stay within their own race, but common sense is something many people lack in todays society.

Well aren't you the loving person? Your statements make me think of the following:

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man--the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

People should stick with their own race Nocturnal. I have met many females from different ethic groups while on campus, but had no desire to date them. I am white and I only date and marry white women. If you have a problem with that Nocturnal then I recommend you go and check your bible.

What Bible are you using?

KJV[/quote:8fbd1]

Well, I'm not a fan of the KJV (I prefer the NASB version), but I'm 99% sure that the content between the two Bibles are the same, and I'm 100% certain that the Bible doesn't dismiss interracial marriages.

 

[Ryu]

Ryu, I asked you for scripture to back your point. If you are so sure please provide the text.

I don't believe the bible states either. :

It is there Judy, you just have to find it.

 

[BEI491962]

Ryu, I asked you for scripture to back your point. If you are so sure please provide the text.

I don't believe the bible states either. :

It is there Judy, you just have to find it.

You could find it and post it for everyone ;).

It'd be a lot easier that way, wouldn't you say?

 

[destiny]

Whether in the bible or not, it still doesn't make a person racist if they prefer to marry within thier own race, if that were the case most of the human population wold be racist.

 

[Judy]

There are cases in the bible where the Lord told the Jews not to marry others in certain countries..

Gen.24:3-4 Abraham made his servant swear that he wouldn't take a wife for his son Isaac from the daughters of the canaanites.

Matrimonial arrangements were made by parents, and chosen partners were to come from one's own tribe. It was apparently customary to marry one's first cousin. But Abraham's higher motive was to prevent Isaac from marrying a Canaanite pagan after Abraham's death, thus possibly leading the people away from the true God. (footnoets in the MacArthur study bible)

Then in Gen 28:1 Isaac made Jacob promise that he wouldn't take a wife for among the canaanites.
Ezra 9:1- 4 The reason for this exclusiveness was to keep the people pure. In the first settlement, Israel was warned not to make covenants with the nations, which would result in intermarriages and inevitably the worship of foreign gods (ex.34:10-17; Deut 7:1-5).

Neh.13:23-27
Malachi 2:10-16

I believe in all the cases above, the reason God didn't want them to marry outside of their own tribe, is these people would lead the Jews to worship other gods.
It is the same thing today when the Lord says that we should not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. 2 Cor.6:14. But that has nothing to do with race. If we were to date or marry an unsaved person they might lead us away form our Lord.

 

[Blazin Bones]

Whether in the bible or not, it still doesn't make a person racist if they prefer to marry within thier own race, if that were the case most of the human population wold be racist.

I agree that preference to your own race is not racist. When I proposed the topic, the original intent was to discuss whether inter-racial Marriage is unbiblical, and there by sinful. That's why I'd like to see Ryu give the Biblical support of his opinion.