Quick question, how does creationism explain racial diversity?
(I am sorry if this question has been already asked, I couldnt find it.)
(I am sorry if this question has been already asked, I couldnt find it.)
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Racial Diversity
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The argument I've heard in response to racial diversity (at least from a YEC stance) is that Noah and his family possessed genetic traits of all races world-wide.
Now as to why racial diversity is spread out in the manner it is (i.e. dark-skinned people in Africa, light-skinned people in Northern Europe), I've heard one argument that people migrated to environments best suited to their own genetic traits.
Unfortunately, this is completely the opposite of what evolution says, which is that people evolved those traits in response to the environment in which they lived. (And the latter explanation, imho, makes a lot more sense).
Now as to why racial diversity is spread out in the manner it is (i.e. dark-skinned people in Africa, light-skinned people in Northern Europe), I've heard one argument that people migrated to environments best suited to their own genetic traits.
Unfortunately, this is completely the opposite of what evolution says, which is that people evolved those traits in response to the environment in which they lived. (And the latter explanation, imho, makes a lot more sense).
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The question came up in relation to Adam and Eve, but I guess the same argument could be used for both instances. If Noahs family or Adam and Eve did have all the racial traits of the entire human population, why did the races diverge and loose most of their original traits?
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I believe that would have something to do with the Fall of man. I guess mutations didn't exist in the Garden of Eden (of course, some creationists only view mutations as being a "loss" of genetic information, and therefore, inherently harmful).
I've tried asking why inbreeding after the flood wouldn't be a problem, but never received anything more than vague suppositions.
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Stormy
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There is really only one racethe human race. The Bible teaches us that God has made of one blood all nations of men. Scripture distinguishes people by tribal or national groupings, not by skin color or physical features. Clearly, though, there are groups of people who have certain features in common, which distinguish them from other groups.
All peoples can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. This shows that the biological differences between the races are not very great. In fact, the DNA differences are trivial. The DNA of any two people in the world would typically differ by just 0.2 percent.
Virtually all evolutionists would now say that the various people groups did not have separate origins.
This genetic unity means, for instance, that white Americans, although ostensibly far removed from black Americans in phenotype, can sometimes be better tissue matches for them than are other black Americans. Races did not each evolve from a different group of animals. So they would agree with the biblical creationist that all people groups have come from the same original population.
I hope this helps.
We have enough to debate don't look for problems where none exist.
All peoples can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. This shows that the biological differences between the races are not very great. In fact, the DNA differences are trivial. The DNA of any two people in the world would typically differ by just 0.2 percent.
Virtually all evolutionists would now say that the various people groups did not have separate origins.
This genetic unity means, for instance, that white Americans, although ostensibly far removed from black Americans in phenotype, can sometimes be better tissue matches for them than are other black Americans. Races did not each evolve from a different group of animals. So they would agree with the biblical creationist that all people groups have come from the same original population.
I hope this helps.
We have enough to debate don't look for problems where none exist.
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Within the context of a young earth, I would think this would still pose quite a problem. Did all the different ethnicities seperate, racially diverge and create distinct civilizations in aorund 2000 years?
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hahaha, I just realised that john macneil has shot himself in the foot by claiming that evolution can't explain the racial diversity we see today - how does he propose to explain the diversity post noah's flood?
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John Macneils post was my original impetus for this thread. Although even if you do believe that different races evolved from a common ancestor, the time frame (according to a literal interpretation of the bible) is still an issue.
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Originally posted by Stormy
There is really only one racethe human race. The Bible teaches us that God has made of one blood all nations of men. Scripture distinguishes people by tribal or national groupings, not by skin color or physical features. Clearly, though, there are groups of people who have certain features in common, which distinguish them from other groups.
All peoples can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. This shows that the biological differences between the races are not very great. In fact, the DNA differences are trivial. The DNA of any two people in the world would typically differ by just 0.2 percent.
Virtually all evolutionists would now say that the various people groups did not have separate origins.
This genetic unity means, for instance, that white Americans, although ostensibly far removed from black Americans in phenotype, can sometimes be better tissue matches for them than are other black Americans. Races did not each evolve from a different group of animals. So they would agree with the biblical creationist that all people groups have come from the same original population.
I hope this helps.
We have enough to debate don't look for problems where none exist.
You completely misunderstood what he meant by interbreeding. If there are only 8 humans left to repopulate the world, than interbreeding will occur.
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