?
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts,
and always be ready to give a defense to
everyone who asks you a reason for the
hope that is in you, with meekness and
fear; (1 Peter 3:15 NKJV)
Medina, TN
5-17-15
CAN THE BIBLE
EXPLAIN THE
ORIGIN OF THE
RACES?
1859
Hitler’s book was full of his
racist philosophy.
1924
“The German
Fuhrer…has
consistently sought
to make the practice
of Germany conform
to the theory of
evolution.”
Evolution and Ethics 1947, Sir Arthur Keith, pg. 230
Nature is always teaching us…that she is
governed by the principle of selection: that
victory is to the strong and the weak must go to
the wall…war is therefore the unalterable law of
the whole of life – the prerequisite for the
natural selection of the strong and the
precedent for the elimination of the weak…all
creation is subject to this law; no one can avoid
it…since life on earth began struggle has been
the very essence of existence…
Hitler’s speech to officer cadets, June 22, 1944
CAN THE BIBLE
EXPLAIN THE
ORIGIN OF THE
RACES?
• And so it is written, "The first man
Adam became a living being."
The last Adam became a lifegiving spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45
NKJV)
• And Adam called his wife's name
Eve, because she was the mother
of all living. (Genesis 3:20 NKJV)
God that made the
world…hath made
of one blood all
nations of men for
to dwell on all the
face of the earth…
Acts 17:24,26 KJV
Where did Cain get his wife?
Was she from a different race?
Adam did not beget Cain, Able
and Seth only.
Genesis 5:4 informs us:
“And the days of Adam after he had
fathered Seth were 800 years. And
he fathered sons and daughters.”
The historian Josephus wrote:
“The number of Adam’s children, as
says the old tradition, was thirtythree sons and twenty-three
daughters.”
Flavius Joseph (Translated by William Whiston) The Complete Works
of Josephus, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1981, pg. 27
Can you marry your relation?
Yes – So long as you marry
a human.
Can you legally marry a close blood
relative?
It’s not legal now – but it used
to be.
“…but where there is no law there
is no transgression.”
Romans 4:15
God that made the
world…hath made
of one blood all
nations of men for
to dwell on all the
face of the earth…
Acts 17:24,26 KJV
We all have the same skin color
MELANIN
AABBCC AABBcc AaBbCc Aabbcc
Just different amounts of it!
aabbcc
Multiple Gene (Polygenic) Inheritance
Fat Layer
Caucasian Eye
Asian Eye
Human Genome Project
The biggest
difference
genetically between
even the most
diverse “races”
amounts to a trifling
.012%
Cameron & Wycoff, “The Destructive Nature
of the Term Race: Growing Beyond a False
Paradigm,”
pg. 277-285
Skin Color
Hair Color
Eye Fat Layer
Tower of Babel
The prohibition against
intermarriage has
always been spiritual,
not physical.
Rahab – married an
Israelite.
Ruth – married Boaz.
The only possible inter-racial
marriage.
Origin of Dinosaurs
Biblical Model
And God made the beast of the earth after
his kind, and cattle after their kind, and
everything that creepth upon the earth after
his kind: and God saw that it was good. . . .
And the evening and the morning were the
sixth day.
Genesis 1:25, 31
The Bible and Evidence
The Biblical model makes two claims:
1. Dinosaurs were created after their kind
(no intermediates)
2. Dinosaurs and people lived at the same
time
• Lions (38:39-40)
• Raven (38:41)
• Wild mountain goats and deer
(39:1-4)
• Wild donkey (39:5-8)
• Wild ox (39:9-12)
• Ostrich (39:13-18)
• Horse (39:19-25)
• Hawk and eagle (39:26-30)
• Behemoth (40:15-24)
• Leviathan (41:1-34)
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"Look at the behemoth, which I made
along with you and which feeds on
grass like an ox. What strength he has in
his loins, what power in the muscles of
his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the
sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His
bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like
rods of iron.” (NIV)
Job 40:15-18
Description
Hippo/Elephant Dinosaur
Made along with Job
(40:15)
Herbivorous (40:15b)
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Muscular (40:16)
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Noteworthy tail
(40:17a)
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Tight sinews
(40:17b)
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Description
Hippo/Elephant Dinosaur
Strong bones (40:18)
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Massive size
(40:19a)
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Invincible (40:19b)
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Lives near water
(40:21-22)
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Fearless (40:23-24)
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39
Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?...
Around his teeth there is terror. His strong scales
are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal…They
clasp each other and cannot be separated. His
sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the
eyelids of the morning. Out of his mouth go
burning torches;...The sword that reaches him
cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, or the
javelin. He regards iron as straw, Bronze as
rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. (NIV)
Job 41:1-34
Description
Crocodile Dinosaur
Uncatchable and untamable
(41:1-6)
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Impenetrable hide and
underbelly (41:7, 13, 1517, 23, 26-30)
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Invincible and terrifying
(41:8-10a)
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Mighty limbs (41:12)
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Terrible teeth (41:14)
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42
Description
Crocodile Dinosaur
Fiery breath (41:18-21)
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Strong neck (41:22)
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Solid heart (41:24)
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Raises up (41:25)
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Imposing size (41:25, 34)
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Leaves a churning wake in
the water (41:31-32)
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Fearless (41:33)
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43
Leviathan
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire
leap out.
Job 41:19

And you shall bring into the ark two of every
kind, of every living thing of all flesh, to keep
them alive with you. They shall be male and
female. (Genesis 6:19)

Dinosaurs were on the ark, because the Bible
tells us that every kind of air-breathing, landdwelling animal went aboard.
Dinosaurs and the Flood
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into
the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Genesis 6:20
Dinosaurs were on the Ark and
they came off the Ark
Teaching About the Ark
What did the Ark look like?
Teaching About the Ark
450 feet long 75 feet wide 45 feet tall
How could Noah put all the BIG
dinosaurs on the Ark?
He took the baby animals
The Ark

Only about 600 species of dinosaurs

Bible’s “kind” broader than biology’s
“species”

Many dinosaurs were relatively small in
size

Larger dinosaurs represented by younger
and smaller specimens

The ark was very large
Question
If a meteor did not cause the dinosaurs to
become extinct 65 million years ago and
dinosaurs cannot evolve into birds, what
happened to them?
Did they all die in the Genesis Flood?
David Eakin
Teaching About Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs existed
 Dinosaurs were created after their kind (there are
no intermediates)
 Dinosaurs lived at the same time as people
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Many historical accounts of dragons
Pictures on canyon walls
Unfossilized dinosaur bones
Mummified dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were on the Ark
 Many dinosaurs died in the Flood
 Dinosaurs are referred to in the Bible (behemoth)
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1. Answers In Genesis
2. Institute of Creation Research
3. J.P. Rushton, professor of psychology at the University of Western Ontario, Lond, Ontario, Canada,
Race, Evolution and Behavior, www.harbornet.com/folks/theedrich/JP_Rushton/Race.htm.See all
footnotes
4. S.J. Gould, Ontogeny and Phylogeny, Belknap-Harvard Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977, 127–
128.See all footnotes
5. Missing links with mankind in early dawn of history, New York Tribune, p. 11, February 10, 1924.See all
footnotes
6. D. Monaghan, The body-snatchers, The Bulletin, November 12, 1991, pp. 30–38; Blacks slain for science’s
white superiority theory, The Daily Telegraph Mirror, April 26, 1994.See all footnotes
7. For more information on the fallacious nature of this idea, see answersingenesis.org/go/embryonic.See
all footnotes
8. E. Haeckel, The History of Creation, 1876, 363–363.See all footnotes
9. J. Bergman, Ota Benga: the man who was put on display in the zoo! Creation 16(1):48–50, 1993.See all
footnotes
10. Keane, Arthur H.J., “Anthropological Curiosities - The Pygmies of the World”. Scientific American
Supplement 64, no. 1650 (August 17, 1907): 99.See all footnotes
11. This is not to say that evolution is the cause of racism. Sin is the cause of racism. However, Darwinian
evolution fueled a particular form of racism.See all footnotes
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R.L. Hotz, Race has no basis in biology, researchers say, Cincinnati Enquirer, p. A3, February 20,
1997.See all footnotes
We’re all the same, ABC News, September 10, 1998, www.abcnews.com/sections/science/
DyeHard/dye72.html.See all footnotes
S.C. Cameron and S.M. Wycoff, The destructive nature of the term race: growing beyond a false
paradigm, Journal of Counseling & Development, 76:277–285, 1998.See all footnotes
N. Angier, Do races differ? Not really, DNA shows, New York Times web, Aug. 22, 2000.See all
footnotes
In the original, Ezra 9:2 refers to “seed,” Romans 9:3 to “kinsmen according to the flesh.”See all
footnotes
For more on this teaching, see chapter 6, Cain’s Wife—Who Was She? See all footnotes
Contrary to popular belief, mankind does not share an apelike ancestor with other primates. To find
out the truth behind the alleged apemen, visit answersingenesis.org/go/anthropology.See all footnotes
W.C. Kaiser, Jr. et al., Hard Sayings of the Bible, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1996, 150.See
all footnotes
Ref. 17, 644.See all footnotes
J.C. Gutin, End of the rainbow, Discover, pp. 72–73, November 1994.See all footnotes
Ref. 12.See all footnotes
Ref. 13.See all footnotes
Ref. 11.See all footnotes
Ibid.See all footnotes
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Of course, melanin is not the only factor that determines skin shade: blood vessels close to the skin can
produce a reddish tinge, while extra layers of adipose tissue (fat) in the skin yield a yellowish tinge.
Exposure to the sun can cause increased melanin production, thus darkening skin, but only to a certain
point. Other pigments also affect skin shade but generally have very little bearing on how light or dark
the skin will be. The major provider of skin color is melanin.See all footnotes
Ackerman, Histopathologic Diagnosis of Skin Diseases, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978,
44; Lever and Schamberg-Lever, Histopathology of the Skin, 7th Ed., J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia,
1990, 18–20.See all footnotes
The actual genetics involved are much more complicated than this simplified explanation. There are 4
to 6 genes with multiples alleles (versions) of each gene that operate under incomplete dominance,
that is, they work together to produce an individual’s particular skin shade. However, simplifying the
explanation does not take away from the point being made.See all footnotes
Albinism results from a genetic mutation which prevents the usual production of melanin.See all
footnotes
For more information, see answersingenesis.org/go/red-hair.See all footnotes
As they went, the family groups took with them the knowledge that had been passed to them about
the creation and Flood events. Although these accounts have been changed over time, they reflect the
true account found in the Bible. For more information, see answersingenesis.org/go/legends.See all
footnotes
This assumes that each trait is independently inherited, which may not always be the case. Although
there are many instances in which a certain trait shows up in a person of a different ethnic group (e.g.,
almond-shaped eyes in a woman with very dark skin, or blue eyes in a man with tightly curled brown
hair and tan skin).See all footnotes
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For more on how selection and mutations operate, see chapter 22 in this book.See all footnotes
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin.See all footnotes
See note on Acts 17:26, in John Gill, D.D., An exposition of the Old and New Testament, London: printed for Mathews
and Leigh, 18 Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, 1809. Edited, revised, and updated by Larry Pierce,
1994–1995 for Online Bible CD-ROM.See all footnotes
It is true that in some exceptional instances when a Christian has married a non-Christian, the non-Christian spouse,
by the grace of God, has become a Christian. This is a praise point but it does not negate the fact that Scripture
indicates that it should not have been entered into in the first place. This does not mean that the marriage is not
actually valid, nor does it dilute the responsibilities of the marital union—see also 1 Corinthians 7:12–14, where the
context is of one spouse becoming a Christian after marriage.See all footnotes
For more on this topic, see The Genesis of a Legacy by Ken Ham and Steve Ham, available from
www.answersbookstore.com.See all footnotes
See Genesis 9:18–27. Canaan, the youngest of Ham’s sons, received Noah’s curse. Why? The descendants of Canaan
were some of the wickedest people on earth. For example, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were judged for their
sexual immorality and rebellion. It may be that Ham’s actions toward his father (Genesis 9:22) had sexual
connotations, and Noah saw this same sin problem in Canaan and understood that Canaan’s descendants would also
act in these sinful ways. (The Bible clearly teaches that the unconfessed sin of one generation is often greater in the
next generation.) The curse on Canaan has nothing to do with skin color but rather serves as a warning to fathers to
train their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We need to deal with our own sin problems and train
our children to deal with theirs.See all footnotes
For example: “We know the circumstances under which the posterity of Cain (and later of Ham) were cursed with
what we call Negroid racial characteristics” (Bruce McConkie, Apostle of the Mormon Council of 12, Mormon Doctrine,
p. 554, 1958); “The curse which Noah pronounced upon Canaan was the origin of the black race” (The Golden Age,
The Watchtower [now called Awake!], p. 702, July 24, 1929).See all footnotes
Examples of such “mixed marriages” and their negative consequences can be seen in Nehemiah 9 and Nehemiah 10,
and Numbers 25.