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Well despite what the new agers say
Miscegenation is not so clear cut in the Bible
One can easily provide many verses that stand against it
And the logic is very simple
God does not want your children to adopt the heathen ways
And there are many places where it is expressly forbidden to marry into certain races
Lest the children of Israel by their lovers be led astray
Why did Rebekah favor Jacob instead of Esau?
It is clearly because he married the Hittite women
And look what Princess Sarah did say
That her son is the heir and would not be joint with the slave
And what was it Abraham made his servant to swear?
That he would not take to Isaac any wife of the land
But would seek diligently out of his own race a woman
And we can look narrowly upon the examples converse
Take a look at Ahab and why he was cursed
He married a Sidonian woman Jezebel
And she led him after vain gods that are strange
And he cause Israel to practice the heathens' ways
And what was the fault in Solomon?
The Bible never says his fault was too many wives
But rather that they came from the wrong races and led his wise heart astray
Go look over at the 23rd chapter of Ezekiel
Why does the word of the Lord which upon him fell
Call Aholah and Aholibah such whores?
Is it not because they are Samaria and Jerusalem
And with Babylon, Assyria, and Egypt they committed fornication?
But then there are some examples of race mixed marriages working out
Esther and Xerxes, Boaz and Ruth
Moses and Zipporah, Joseph and Asenath
So there are some thoughts here to glean
If the other race will discard their culture
And adopt the ways of the Christian
Then you can pronounce the spouse clean
And a lot of people today think their parents should have no say
But it is clear in the Bible they actually have a lot of sway
It's good to consider their opinion on this topic
Lest you do err and cause them to fret and worry and be shamed
I would suggest asking your own parents this subject and probing their thoughts
It's actually kind of fun finding out what they think
Miscegenation is not so clear cut in the Bible
One can easily provide many verses that stand against it
And the logic is very simple
God does not want your children to adopt the heathen ways
And there are many places where it is expressly forbidden to marry into certain races
Lest the children of Israel by their lovers be led astray
Why did Rebekah favor Jacob instead of Esau?
It is clearly because he married the Hittite women
And look what Princess Sarah did say
That her son is the heir and would not be joint with the slave
And what was it Abraham made his servant to swear?
That he would not take to Isaac any wife of the land
But would seek diligently out of his own race a woman
And we can look narrowly upon the examples converse
Take a look at Ahab and why he was cursed
He married a Sidonian woman Jezebel
And she led him after vain gods that are strange
And he cause Israel to practice the heathens' ways
And what was the fault in Solomon?
The Bible never says his fault was too many wives
But rather that they came from the wrong races and led his wise heart astray
Go look over at the 23rd chapter of Ezekiel
Why does the word of the Lord which upon him fell
Call Aholah and Aholibah such whores?
Is it not because they are Samaria and Jerusalem
And with Babylon, Assyria, and Egypt they committed fornication?
But then there are some examples of race mixed marriages working out
Esther and Xerxes, Boaz and Ruth
Moses and Zipporah, Joseph and Asenath
So there are some thoughts here to glean
If the other race will discard their culture
And adopt the ways of the Christian
Then you can pronounce the spouse clean
And a lot of people today think their parents should have no say
But it is clear in the Bible they actually have a lot of sway
It's good to consider their opinion on this topic
Lest you do err and cause them to fret and worry and be shamed
I would suggest asking your own parents this subject and probing their thoughts
It's actually kind of fun finding out what they think
Nah...
Mix away.
It's simple. Human beings...all from God.
Unless?
Certain races, and everyone born into that race...is doomed since the womb?
It's man that puts the stupid childish rules on race mixing. It's sad and pathetic.
Hate someone simply because they have different colored skin, foods, culture, traditions...
That doesnt sound like something God would be cool with.
Well then you must explain
Verses like this:
Ezra 9
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.[SUP]2 [/SUP]For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
[SUP]15 [/SUP]O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Genesis 21:10
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Genesis 24:2-4
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis 26:34-35
[SUP]34 [/SUP]And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
[SUP]35 [/SUP]Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis 28:1-3
1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Deuteronomy 7:1-6
1 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Nehemiah 13:23-27
[SUP]23 [/SUP]In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
[SUP]24 [/SUP]And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Verses like this:
Ezra 9
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.[SUP]2 [/SUP]For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
[SUP]15 [/SUP]O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Genesis 21:10
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Genesis 24:2-4
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis 26:34-35
[SUP]34 [/SUP]And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
[SUP]35 [/SUP]Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis 28:1-3
1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Deuteronomy 7:1-6
1 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Nehemiah 13:23-27
[SUP]23 [/SUP]In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
[SUP]24 [/SUP]And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Depends how rooted each person is in their beliefs. These two religions are completely incompatible with each other, but a Christian-Muslim marriage can function like any other if both partners are reasonably uncommitted to their faiths. But a person who is trying to grow their faith in Christ will be severely crippled spiritually by marrying someone who believes the exact antithesis of the Bible. But of course they never have to talk about God.
So simply put, ditch what makes Christianity/Islam important and the marriage might work. Or don't ditch it and it still might work, but you will have a lot of fundamental issues that will probably result in one of you converting to the other or both of you losing your faith in the end anyway.
So simply put, ditch what makes Christianity/Islam important and the marriage might work. Or don't ditch it and it still might work, but you will have a lot of fundamental issues that will probably result in one of you converting to the other or both of you losing your faith in the end anyway.
His references you can find in "Wikipedia." under "Mongoloid." However a species means a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. Thus, humans are, in fact, also a species. Mongoloid can mean having down syndrome but it can also mean: the relationship to the broad division of mankind including the indigenous peoples of eastern Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Arctic region of North America. Just to clear that little bit up is all...