**But if God intended that the Negro race should be Segregated in Africa
then why did He curse the children of Ham and decree that they should be the
servants, or slaves, ot the other races?’’
God did not. Canaan was the only one specifically cursed to be a ‘‘servant
of servants’’ (Genesis 9:20-27). Even if we admit the possibility that all
his descendants were included in the curse (the best Bible scholars disagree
on this point). we must still remember that Canaan was only one of the four
sons of Ham and therefore he fathered only a MINORITY of the black race. And
as I said before, even that servile minority were to live in a different
part of the country from the Hebrews (Genesis 10:19).
It cannot be positively proven from the Scriptures that the Negroes were
cursed to be black because of Nimrod’s rebellion or because of Ham’s sexual
laxity at the time of his father Noah’s drunkenness. But there are some
verses that seem to leave that implication. For example in Jeremiah 13:23
we read, ‘*Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.’’ Here the black
Skin of the Negro is obviously a symbol of evil. This verse also shows that
God meant for that skin to STAY BLACK and not be blended into a Thousand
shades of mulatto.
The notion that the Negroes of this country have INHERITED the “‘deep
Sunburn’’ that their forefathers are said to have suffered in Africa is ridiculous. Sunburns are not inherited, no matter how deeply they penetrate,
not even by the first generation, not to mention the tenth or twelfth
generation.
If we are to reject the curse of Ham and the rebellious leadership of
Nimrod as explanations of why God made the‘Negro black then there is only
one other possible explanation to be found anywhere in the Bible or out of it: THE GOOD LORD WAS SO ANXIOUS FOR THE HAMITES TO BE SEPARATED AND SEG-
REGATED PEOPLE THAT HE MADE THEM RADICALLY DIFFERENT IN THEIR APPEARANCE
FROM THE PEOPLE OF ALL OTHER RACES. He made their skin color different for
for the same reason that He made their language different and for the same
reason that He assigned them a different habitation… At least we would be much kinder and more charitable to our colored friends if we gave that
explanation.
The southern Bible doesn’t read like yours and mine does, they made some notes in the margins.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Republicans would be very upset with you using the bible against them, if they had ever read the bible to know what it said.
The usual response is “you only know a few cherry picked quotes, and would burst into flames if you actually read the whole thing” blah blah blah.
The next usual response is “Oh, I appreciate the warning from when you gave it a go.”
I get so tired of faith being used to hurt.
I could say “I read it all years ago, have you?”. Grew up in an evangelical church that encouraged us to read it surprisingly.
https://archive.org/stream/god-the-original-segregationist-by-carey-l.-daniel/God the Original Segregationist by Carey L. Daniel_djvu.txt
The southern Bible doesn’t read like yours and mine does, they made some notes in the margins.
interesting read, thanks!