A racist God?

Tennessee doctrine states that Canaan was cursed with black skin and that he would be subject to Shem and Japheth in slavery because of that curse.

God further indicates His prejudice against certain negroes when He says this:

Zec 14:21, Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

I am merely playing the devil's advocate here in order to provoke a response; not advocating prejudice.

Thoughts and/or opinions, anyone?

In the current environment that's really going to go over well! To start with, there are mixed blacks and asians in my family. I have no interest in showing an ounce of racial prejudice, for the simple reason that I love my relatives.

2ndly, racism certainly is a hot topic now, and well worth delving into. I do believe God puts curses on individuals and families, because He did this with the 1st man and woman. When they coveted something from the Tree of knowledge, and lusted after a life apart from God's control, they disseminated this nature down to their children, who were unfortunately brought up with the result of this spirit/flesh mixture. Since that time, all men and women have to struggle with--Should I obey God or should I follow after that evil compulsion within me?

I don't know what kind of curses may continue from Noah's time, or from his children and grandchildren? If the curse of sin extends today from Adam, then certainly the sin of Canaan could continue until today, to some extent.

But to characterize people as evil simply because they descend from someone who made a mistakes many thousands of years ago sounds silly. Let's just focus on who we are and what our weaknesses are, and deal with that. I don't believe that these curses and tendencies have to determine what we do. In Christ we can overcome all sins--not be perfect, but overcome the compulsion to make wrong decisions.

tenessee doctrine..weird. Also rubbish
The curse was never 'black skin'. The Canaanites werent all one colour.

The curse was actually to be a servant or servants to his brothers. See Genesis 9:24-27

Why was Canaan cursed? Because Ham, his father watched his parents having sex, and told his brothers to go and watch! . God didnt approve of PORN.

But to characterize people as evil simply because they descend from someone who made a mistakes many thousands of years ago sounds silly.

Have not black people traditionally been slaves to those who are white?

I do believe that certain sins can be prevalent in certain "families" of people...

Stereotypes have some sort of basis in reality or they wouldn't exist.

indont know you tell me, but skin colour is not what the Bible talks about...it doesnt say your skin changes colour when you are a slave lol

She looked with me with hate in her eyes, gathered his kids, and said, "We're leaving this racist home!"

Tennessee doctrine states that Canaan was cursed with black skin and that he would be subject to Shem and Japheth in slavery because of that curse.

God further indicates His prejudice against certain negroes when He says this:

Zec 14:21, Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

I am merely playing the devil's advocate here in order to provoke a response; not advocating prejudice.

Thoughts and/or opinions, anyone?

A racist God?
I've heard non-Christians accuse Christianity of being bigoted because our beliefs view gays as sinners, or non-Christians as lost. Things like that.

And then there are legitimate Christians who read about God killing everybody in the Flood, and killing all of Israel's enemies in Canaan. They don't blink an eye reading it, but they scarcely raise a question about it being "genocide" at a Bible Study!

So let me suggest that the OT quarantine of Israel against pagan influence was not bigotry, nor racism. It was not ethnic pride. Rather, God wanted to begin His testimony of Eternal Salvation among the nations by producing in Israel the initial example of it.

To do that, He had to separate His religion from all other religions, and provide a consistent set of beliefs, which were clearly incompatible with pagan religions. And so, He did not let the people of Israel fraternize and intermarry with these pagans, so as to maintain a true testimony to who God is and what His religion comprises among the nations.

Since God planned to expand the message of His Salvation to all nations out of the testimony of Israel's national history there would come a time when Israel could fraternize and intermarry among the nations. But that was only after God's true religion had been properly sent to, so as to be received by, the nations. Then, the Jews could intermarry and fraternize with those among the nations who shared the belief in the one true God and in the one true religion.

In this, there is consistency from OT to NT. Once it came time for Israel to send the testimony of their national history under God to the nations, and the nations started receiving it, then the door was opened to international partnership between godly people of all nations and races.

This is just being true to a religion, and has nothing to do with racism or bigotry. This is the consistent standard of the God of Israel, and also of the God of Jesus.
Jesus was the important point where Israel's historical testimony came to a head, and was ready to be delivered to the nations. And that's because that was the point where Israel had so failed that pagan nations became equally qualified to receive the mercy that Israel so sorely needed.

And Jesus became the focal point giving mercy both to Israel and to the nations. They came to be viewed as standing on the same ground, equally in need of mercy.

A racist God?
I've heard non-Christians accuse Christianity of being bigoted because our
beliefs view gays as sinners, or non-Christians as lost. Things like that.

But really, it is just a shade of melanin...

I think that people who make an issue of race today are really the ones who are racist.

The Israelites would have had some Egyptian blood in them because Joseph had married an Egyptian, and Moses was also brought up in Egypt, He married a Midianite, Zipporah and while Hebrews were slaves in Egypt, they may have intermarried there.

But in general they were told to marry within their tribe. Many actually married their cousins.