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What Does The Bible Say About Racism?

Sunday, April 26, 2015 19:03
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The news has been filled with controversies over police shootings lately. A disturbing percentage of these shootings have had the same attributes: white police officers shooting African-American suspects. With controversy surrounding the details of each of these shootings, there has been an uprising of voices claiming that these shootings are the result of racism.

Whether or not these shootings can be attributed to racism is not the concern of this article. Instead, it would be profitable to see what the Bible would say about racism to determine how a believer should respond in the face of racist claims.

In the Old Testament, God gave the nation of Israel certain commands and certain prohibitions. Among these were the commands to wipe out entire people groups from other nations (Num. 31:17-18; Deut. 20:16-18; 1 Sam. 15:3) and the prohibition against marrying men and women from other nations (Deut. 7:1-4). At a first glance, it would seem as though the Bible was supporting racism. But at a deeper look, it is clear that race is not the issue at all.

The command to destroy the other nations (especially those in Canaan) was not based on their race but was instead based on their false gods.

Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/religion/what-does-the-bible-say-about-racism/

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