And any Christian who believes this needs to read the book, instead of going to some silly book club every Sunday they call a church to have it explained to them by someone else.
The Bible says The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through Eden and that Cain is sent East of Eden. Africa is west of those rivers, east takes him deeper into the Middle East/Asia.
Cain's mark is not punishment, it is protection from God so he won't be murdered by other people. No where does it say the mark is black skin, but if it was, and having black skin is meant to be protection from God against being murdered, God failed miserably.
No where does it say he is being sent to a place with no life or vegetation. He is sent to a place with people, meets his wife, has children, and builds a city. If there was no life or vegetation there would be no people, and he would have starved to death and died.
All it says about vegetation is that Cain personally will no longer be able to grow it himself anywhere. That is because he had a gift for farming and god was taking that gift from him. It has nothing to do with the land itself.
But I did love your summary of the conversation between Cain and God, that is pretty spot on.
if adam and eve were white . why are they black people?
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And any Christian who believes this needs to read the book, instead of going to some silly book club every Sunday they call a church to have it explained to them by someone else.
The Bible says The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through Eden and that Cain is sent East of Eden. Africa is west of those rivers, east takes him deeper into the Middle East/Asia.
Cain's mark is not punishment, it is protection from God so he won't be murdered by other people. No where does it say the mark is black skin, but if it was, and having black skin is meant to be protection from God against being murdered, God failed miserably.
No where does it say he is being sent to a place with no life or vegetation. He is sent to a place with people, meets his wife, has children, and builds a city. If there was no life or vegetation there would be no people, and he would have starved to death and died.
All it says about vegetation is that Cain personally will no longer be able to grow it himself anywhere. That is because he had a gift for farming and god was taking that gift from him. It has nothing to do with the land itself.
But I did love your summary of the conversation between Cain and God, that is pretty spot on.
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Yeah, just repeating what my English taught us one sunny afternoon. :p