Biblical Principles about Race: Corruption The spiritual fall of man from his original position of sinlessness and innocence in the Garden of Eden radically affected every area of his life, including race. As a result of man’s rebellion against God, sin has manifested itself in racial confusion and racial tension throughout all of history and all over the world! Rebellion against God always results in rebellion against man. Therefore, racial fears and racial insecurities result in racism, prejudice, bigotry, hatred, and racial fighting all over the world. Once again, the principle is this: racism is a sin problem; not a skin problem. There is also a lot of wrong, unbiblical teaching and tradition about race and racial origins. Some teach the superiority of one race and the inferiority of other races. During the days of slavery in America, many wrongly taught that the “mark of
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