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If Noah's family were the only humans to survive the flood, why are there different races/ethnicities? Shouldn't every human today be the same race that Noah was, seeing as we are (allegedly) descendants of him?
That's where the tower of Babel story comes in.If Noah's family were the only humans to survive the flood, why are there different races/ethnicities? Shouldn't every human today be the same race that Noah was, seeing as we are (allegedly) descendants of him?
To be more accurate, we are the descendants of Noah's three sons and their wives.
While his sons would of had a similar genetic structure to Noah, their wives would have been something completely different.
Jacob and Esau were 'twin' sons of Isaac and Rebekah, but Esau was 'red and hairy', the progenitor of today's Turkish people, who are still 'red and hairy'. A strong physical distinction can spring up in a single generation. It is thought that Ham was black, and was the father of the black race.
That's where the tower of Babel story comes in.
Acts 17:26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,
So the Flood was global. Incest was temporarily allowed by God.
Because the Noah story is a story. A story that answers the question "why does God not just wipe out evil?"If Noah's family were the only humans to survive the flood, why are there different races/ethnicities? Shouldn't every human today be the same race that Noah was, seeing as we are (allegedly) descendants of him?
But, obviously, there are more than three or four races. For the ~4000 years between the flood and the present, they have to account for every single ethnic group. Look how many there are: Lists of ethnic groups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See above
Similar to above; This verse says nothing about changes of the people themselves. It is referring to countries ("boundaries of their habitation"and nations ("Every nation of mankind" . Where does it talk about creating ethnicities or changing the physical people? If I was to write a book and say I created all of these territories, and placed the respective people in them, that doesn't imply anything except what I mentioned.
If Noah's family were the only humans to survive the flood, why are there different races/ethnicities? Shouldn't every human today be the same race that Noah was, seeing as we are (allegedly) descendants of him?
Heres how:
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/race-definition.html
(more genetic info)
http://creation.com/images/pdfs/cabook/chapter18.pdf
The dispersion at Babel broke up a large interbreeding group into
small inbreeding groups. This ensured that the resultant groups
would have different mixes of genes for various physical features. By
itself, this dispersion would ensure, in a short time, that there would
be certain fixed differences in some of these groups, commonly
called races. In addition, the selection pressure of the environment
would modify the existing combinations of genes so that the physical
characteristics of each group would tend to suit their environment.
There has been no simple-to-complex evolution of any genes, for
the genes were present already. The dominant features of the various
people groups result from different combinations of previously
234~Chapter 18 existing created genes, plus some minor degenerative changes, resulting from mutation (accidental changes which can be inherited). The originally created (genetic) information has been either reshuffled or has degenerated, but has not been added to.
But doesn't location and sunlight affect skin color over time? Or is that a misconception?Similar to above; This verse says nothing about changes of the people themselves. It is referring to countries ("boundaries of their habitation") and nations ("Every nation of mankind"). Where does it talk about creating ethnicities or changing the physical people? If I was to write a book and say I created all of these territories, and placed the respective people in them, that doesn't imply anything except what I mentioned.
I wouldn't use the word 'just' there.
The bible also says nothing more about the physical characteristics of the Edomites that sprang from Esau, yet those 'red and hairy' features are evident even today. There is plenty of room for those other 'nations', read 'nationalities', to have inherited strong distinguishing physical traits from a single progenitor. The bible simply doesn't go into each and every ethnic history to reveal why they look like they do. I, my son, and my grandson look so much alike physically and facially that my daughter-in-law comments on it whenever we're together, so strong is this genetic trait in my family. I also know many families whose children hardly look related. Go figger.
Precisely. It's just a story.
But doesn't location and sunlight affect skin color over time? Or is that a misconception?
So if the flood is just a story, is the Garden of Eden just a story? If they are just stories, why isn't Jesus' resurrection just a story, and then why not not the whole Bible? If one thing is a big metaphor, then there's a big chance the entire thing is one.
It is possible for a non-fiction book to have fiction in it and still make sense
Why would anyone but an idiot look at the bible, which clearly contains a vast array of different genres and assume that all the narratives are one particular subset of genres? If you walk into a library and the first section you find is the fiction, on later picking up a book from another part of the library assume that must be fiction too, or do you assess it on its own terms?So if the flood is just a story, is the Garden of Eden just a story? If they are just stories, why isn't Jesus' resurrection just a story, and then why not not the whole Bible? If one thing is a big metaphor, then there's a big chance the entire thing is one.
If Noah's family were the only humans to survive the flood, why are there different races/ethnicities? Shouldn't every human today be the same race that Noah was, seeing as we are (allegedly) descendants of him?
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