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White | 5 | 23.81% | |
Black | 2 | 9.52% | |
Other | 14 | 66.67% | |
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08-01-2007, 05:39 AM | #1 |
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What race were Adam and Eve?
What race were Adam and Eve?
This is a serious question. I'm perplexed as to why they are portrayed as caucasian in Mormonism, whereas all the evidence suggests that the earliest humans were indeed black. Last edited by SoonerCoug; 08-01-2007 at 05:58 AM. |
08-01-2007, 11:36 AM | #2 |
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Do you believe in a literal Adam and Eve?
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08-01-2007, 01:09 PM | #3 |
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08-01-2007, 01:28 PM | #4 |
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Sure. there is a guy named Adam in my ward and I knew a girl named Eve in high school.
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08-01-2007, 02:15 PM | #5 |
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Every species has a common ancestor. It's a scientifically proven fact that all humans descended from a single female in Africa (who scientists also term "Eve"), and that's no big surprise. I think it's critically important that the Church recognize the fact that Adam and Eve most certainly were "black" and that this be adopted into our representations of Adam and Eve. There's nothing wrong with telling the truth. When was the last time you saw a major figure in our theological history represented by an actor of color? |
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08-01-2007, 03:00 PM | #7 |
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08-01-2007, 03:04 PM | #8 |
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Certainly, if Adam and Eve were literal beings that also lived in present-day Missouri, then that calls into question your dogmatic assertion that they were black. To believe that Adam and Eve weren't literal beings nor did they live in present-day Missouri is to essentially claim that multiple scriptures and multiple statements by Apostles and Prophets, who clearly referred to both conditions in a literal context, as being wrong. I answered "other", I didn't answer "white". |
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B. If they lived transiently in Missouri, then what influence does it have on whether they were white or black? You could just as easily argue that they would most likely have been black if they lived in the St. Louis. |
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