Study Guide for One Blood: The Biblical Answer to Racism

‘Racial Reconciliation’ has become a catch phrase within our culture, with everyone offering his or her own view of how this should be achieved. But what does the Bible have to say about this issue? One Blood offers the biblical view of ‘racial reconciliation’ and answers the question ‘Where did the “races” come from anyway?’

Additional articles on the topic of ‘racism’ can be found www.AnswersInGenesis.org/racism.

Chapter One: Cain’s Wife

Read the Introduction and Genesis 1–5. Without reading the first chapter of One Blood, can you answer the question, ‘Where did Cain get his wife?’?

Now read Chapter One.

1. List the biblical passages from which we derive the idea that Adam and Eve were the first two people.

2. Why is it important to understand that Adam was the first man?

3. Why is Jesus called the ‘last Adam’?

4. Explain the creation/gospel message.

5. Who was Cain’s wife?

6. When was the law against brother-sister intermarriage implemented—and why?

7. Why is it important to be able to provide an answer to the question, ‘Who was Cain’s wife?’

Chapter Two: Natural Selection and Speciation

For additional information on natural selection and speciation, see www.AnswersInGenesis.org/selection and www.AnswersInGenesis.org/speciation. For a discussion on defining the ‘created kinds’, see www.AnswersInGenesis.org/liger.

1. How do ‘speciation’ and ‘natural selection’ actually work against the concept of evolution (in the ‘molecules-to-man’ sense)?

2. How do mutations work?

3. When are mutations ‘beneficial’?

4. What needs to happen within the genetic code in order for evolution to occur?

Chapter Three / Four: Genetics and the Human Family / One Race

For additional information on information theory, see www.AnswersInGenesis.org/infotheory, and listen to Dr Gitt’s teaching on this subject.

1. How does Darwinism provide support for racism?

2. Explain, in your own words, how the characteristics of various people groups have come about.

3. Perform the exercise suggested on page 67 regarding the genetic make-up of the parents of ‘Britain’s most amazing twins’.

4. Discuss the effects that wrong ideas about the origin of people groups have had on the spread of the gospel.

5. Research and compile creation and flood stories from other cultures. Compare and contrast these stories with the true history found in Genesis.

6. What are some problems with accepting secular dating methods in relation to the ‘race’ issue?

Chapter Five: ‘Interracial Marriage’

Read Genesis 9–11.

1. What was God’s purpose in scattering the people who were building the Tower of Babel?

2. What was the mechanism God used to disperse the people?

3. What is the biblical basis and purpose for marriage?

4. What are the biblical requirements for a Christian’s potential marriage partner?

5. List some biblical examples of so-called ‘interracial marriages’ and explain the significance of them.

6. Explain true ‘interracial marriage’.

Chapter Six: Are Black People the Result of a Curse on Ham?

Read Genesis 9:18–27.

1. Who received the curse pronounced by Noah?

2. Why did Noah pronounce this curse?

Now answer the question posed in the title of this chapter.

Chapter Seven: Pseudo-Biblical Arguments Refuted

1. Explain the fallacies behind the claim, ‘“Interracial” marriage will lead to a rebellious one-world government’.

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2. As an extra class project, research the genealogies from Adam and Christ given throughout the Bible, and add up the ages given for each individual when he had the next one in the line. Find the dates from the Creation for the Flood, the scattering at Babel, and the advent of Christ.

3. How can compromising positions on the historical narrative in Genesis lead to racist ideas?

4. What are the biblical counter-arguments to these compromising positions?

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Chapter Eight: ‘Stone-Age’ People

Read Genesis 4 and list some accomplishments of our pre-Flood ancestors:

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Now read Chapter 8 of One Blood.

1. If the people in your study group were suddenly cut-off from civilization, what types of skills would be already present within your group? What skills would be there if your immediate families were included? What would be missing?

2. Research present-day ‘cave people’.

Chapter Nine / Ten: Darwin’s Body Snatchers / Ota Benga: The Pygmy Put on Display in the Zoo

Read Chapters 9 and 10 of One Blood.

1. How have evolutionary ideas affected the Australian Aboriginal culture?

2. How have evolutionary ideas affected other areas of our culture?

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