Reflection

Why Did God Cursed Africans? Part 8

Narrated by Judge Anthony · 0:00

WHY DID GOD CURSED AFRICANS? Part 8, European Christian art often portrayed biblical characters according to the appearance of the artists and societies that produced the artwork. That imagery eventually became deeply embedded in popular imagination. But it is not what the biblical text actually says. Genesis says that Adam was formed from the dust of the ground. In Hebrew, the word associated with the ground is adamah, meaning soil or earth. The name Adam is connected linguistically with this word. This is not a specific description of skin color. It is a description of origin. Adam came from the earth. From the soil. From the ground. And that distinction matters. Because the biblical story does not begin by describing humanity as belonging to a particular modern racial category......