If we are all from Noah's Children, why are we different?

United Arab Emirates
October 21, 2010 6:27am CST
The bible says that after the great flood; only Noah's family were saved. If that is the casr, why are we different physically? Why is there a white race, black race, caucasian if we are from a single lineage?
8 responses
• Thailand
21 Oct 10
We are all of one lineage but it has nothing to do with the ancient Mesopotamian myth of a great flood that later became the Jewish story of Noah. The human species evolved in Africa and spread to cover the world. There is no genetic difference that identifies any one race. We are essentially all one race. The physical differences that you see in the human species evolved in relationship to environment and have nothing to do with race. The sooner we realize that there is no scientific basis to classify people as the different races and realize that we all have a common ancestor the better off the human species will be. In reality all life on this planet shares a common ancestor and we are related to butterflies, beans, bears and all other life on this planet.
• Thailand
25 Oct 10
Hey guys, Take a look at TonyPluto cheek. I think you will find his tong firmly embedded in it.
• United States
25 Oct 10
TonyPluto: what bible are you reading mein kampf? I suggest you try reading KJV and you will see Jesus wasn't "white" and his ancestors weren't either, it says so right in the bible: revelations 1:15, Lamentations 4:8, Lamentations 5:10, Job 30:30, Song of Solomon 1:5
• United States
21 Oct 10
ridiculous! If I'm a butterfly then you're a towel! People are obviously different colors because their ancestors were sinners. The darker you are the worse your fore fathers were. Everyone knows that white people don't sin and are white as a symbol of our holiness and god's love. When has there ever been a major catastrophic event in history caused by blonde haired blue eyed christians? never that's when! Because they are the purest form of god's love. That's why Jesus was white even though he was surrounded by dark skinned sinners. Duh read some history It's all in the bible.
@TonyPluto (171)
• United States
21 Oct 10
woa woa woa buddy! What are you doing asking questions about the bible? God obviously put the blacks, asian, and latino here to question our faith just like dinosaur bones. O boy He sure got you lol. Silly goose. O and don't worry about the 4000 years of inbreeding either. Nothing bad ever happens When you try to reproduce an entire population with your brothers and sisters. As long as you don't do it cuz it's a sin against god if you haven't been crammed in a boat by your voice hearing father. Any more questions? Well don't! That kind of thinking can only get you into trouble with the big guy. Just sit back and wait for the world to end so we can see Jesus again.
• United Arab Emirates
21 Oct 10
and while waiting Jesus, lets always do good so that will not have time to do bad.
12 Nov 10
@TonyPluto Final question: Is your believe in GOD is based on facts or based on your faith that there is GOD?
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
28 Oct 10
I think it's because we all populated different parts of the world which had different living conditions if you look at monkeys or birds sometimes they will develop different characteristics to their environment even if they are of the same species. If you don't believe me look up the diversity of the island of Madagascar it got separated from the main land a few thousand years ago and developed species that are completely unique even though they are genetically identical to main land species.
• United States
23 Oct 10
If we really did all descended from Noah and his family then we would all be one race. Yet there are many different races. Perhaps the great flood did not actually occur. Do you think it is morally right for a god to flood the world killing all livings expect for noah, his family, and the ark? The living things would include men, women, babies, kids, animals, and anything left behind from noah's ark.
• United States
24 Oct 10
Perfection is subjective. One person may see something as being perfect while others will see it as being imperfect. perfection would be where it satisfy someone. If someone says god is perfect as in god makes everyone feel good then that would be impossible because I hear many say god is not perfect and disagree with the idea of a god.
@bird123 (10643)
• United States
23 Oct 10
Can one get a clear picture of the world based on a simple bible story???? There is so much more information to be discovered outside the box religion attempts to place God and His world in.
• India
23 Oct 10
They all are white, black and Caucasian, because of the environment and inbreeding. If a man living in Europe goes to live in Africa and marries an African woman the children acquire African features. This is the reason why everyone looks different.
• India
25 Oct 10
First came creation and then evolution. No creation means no evolution.
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
22 Oct 10
we keep many genetics in our system. have you noticed that even you are a brother and sister from your sibling but you both are quiet different? how about if it comes from seven generation? it could be so very different.
@Christoph56 (1504)
• Canada
22 Oct 10
Its because the story of Noah's flood is not true. How could we possibly have a flood that covered the whole planet that would kill everyone? How could only 1 group live through that, even if it happened? Noah himself, would have been arabic, and would have descended from Africans, in the first place, and others that also descended from the Africans would have gone to Europe and Asia, making their race more lighter skinned, also. The darkness of our skin goes along perfectly with how much sun we have to take in. Around the equator, its lots of sun. Low lying areas of Africa is the most, with all the air around that increases the heat. Go further north, and skin color gets lighter and lighter. People with less sun were able to live easier with lighter skin, while more sun was able to live easier with darker skin, which lead to further procreation. This is the simple direction of micro evolution. Change something's environment, and after generations, you get differences that are obvious. This is what made race.