Why God is not a Racist
The God whose existence Richard Dawkins and atheists deny is the God of the Bible. Dawkin’s accusation against this God is based on his misunderstanding of the scriptures! He charged the Biblical God of being "homophobic" because this Biblical God does not approve of the perverted sexual desire and practices of homosexuals.
Homophobia is irrational fear or aversion
to or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. God, being the
creator, is also the creator of homosexuals
and has no reason to fear or discriminate against what he created. As explained
in earlier posts, it is what homosexuals can do (activating their orientation) that
is abominable to God.
For one to charge another as homophobic
carries the inherent implication that one is a supporter, an adherent, a
partisan, an advocator, a backer, a proponent, an exponent of licentiousness that
some homosexuals engage in. It is safe to say Dawkins agrees with abominable and dangerous sexual perversion that
science says is quite unsafe. The Bible warns -
LEVITICUS 18:22
Thou shalt not lie
with mankind, as with womankind: it is
abomination.
Dawkins was indeed selective with whom to bushwhack while there are within the
sphere of human religiosity, many "gods"!
GALATIANS 4:8
Howbeit
then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no
gods.
One of the most disgusting and stupid accusations of
Dawkins against the God of the Bible is that He is
a racist. A racist would believe that a particular race is superior to another.
IS THE GOD OF THE BIBLE A RACIST?
The Biblical God as we have discussed
in an earlier blog is a God who does not
practice favoritism or "is not a respecter of persons."
THE ACTS 10:34-35
34
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35
But in every nation he that feareth him,
and worketh righteousness, is accepted
with him.
How
can a God, who is not a respecter of persons, be a respecter of race or a racist? Even before humanity came to the point
of being divided into different races, God showed Abraham His loving kindness
to all races that would be.
GENESIS 12:3 (DOUAY-RHEIMS
VERSION)
I
will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth
be blessed.
How
can a God, who is willing to bless all kindreds of
earth, be racist? This pronouncement of God
to Abraham came
with a promise even before there were races.
ISAIAH 66:8
Who
hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to
bring forth in one day? or shall a
nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth
her children.
What the God of the Bible wants to do is to bless races
as He blessed Abraham. If there be any curse that befalls
a race or a nation it is not God's desire but a measure of justice to wayward
nations like those in Canaan at the time of
the exodus! This necessary and fair act of the God of the Bible to maintain
world order can hardly be understood by atheists and the
likes of Richard Dawkins.
ISAIAH 60:12
For the nation and kingdom
that will not serve thee shall perish;
yea, those nations shall be utterly
wasted.
There
is only one point in the Bible wherein God can be considered racist! This is where He loves the human race more than the angels. By that,
He becomes racist – in the true sense - but again as with a managerial God, He
has order. Among the human race however, the playing field is level: they who
do not form or conform into his image lose their right to be a race worth
preserving.
HEBREWS 2:16 (RSV)
For surely it is not with
angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham.
God
loves humans more than anything in His creation!
HEBREWS 2:6-7
6
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art
mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
7
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory
and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL
The Bible calls the Israelites as "God's chosen people.” Chosen, why and for what? Certainly not
because God is racist! The Israelites
were chosen for them to be the forefathers of the "seed.” Notice that seed
is singular, and it refers to Christ.
GALATIANS 3:16
Now
to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as
of many; but as of one, And to thy seed,
which is Christ.
THE
ROMANS 9:4-5
4
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,
and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as
concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever.
Amen.
The
chosen "seed" coming from the race of Abraham will be the savior of
all other races on earth!
THE ACTS 2:39
For
the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call.
As flashback, Israelites were said to be
God’s people. There was the intention of God to make them be, but as history
reveals, Israel failed with all their idolatry and sinfulness. The
iniquities of the Israelites reached the pinnacle of His patience and leniency
that He took from them His kingdom and promised to establish it among the very
people whom the Israelites hated most – the Gentiles. This emphasizes that God is not a racist, but a God of justice, founded
on reasons and equity.
Remember that Israel was most favored by
God at that time they were commanded to drive away the wayward Canaanites.
Next, it was their turn to be deprived of blessings because of their
hard-heartedness. This is a prophecy being fulfilled for the end times – and
that is today – whether you believe it or not.
MATTHEW 21:43
Therefore
say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall
be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
THE ROMANS 11:25
For
I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be
come in.
MALACHI 1:11
For
from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles;
and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering:
for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
ISAIAH 65:1
I
am sought of them that asked not for me; I
am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my
name.
A racist would disregard
justice. God, however, practices justice which practice reverberates
deep within the heart of an intelligent being like a human made from the
likeness and image of
his Creator GOD! But certainly not in humans who
are descendants of beasts like Darwin.
Let us consider these
scientific findings.
Nature works within the human race. Naturally nature
works with a common pattern for humans. Humans with short stature bear
offspring of short stature too. But nature has extra-curricular activities!
A dwarf is a short-statured
person whose adult height is 4 feet 10 inches or under. Dwarfism can be caused
by any one of more than 300 conditions, most of which are genetic and present
at birth (http://kidshealth.org).
Disturbed
by a variety of factors in the environment, the work of nature can be
unnatural. A misbehaving immune system maybe the cause of autoimmune diseases.
An autoimmune disorder occurs when the body’s immune
system attacks and destroys healthy body tissue by mistake.
..When you have an autoimmune disorder, your immune
system does not distinguish between healthy tissue and antigens. As a result,
the body sets off a reaction that destroys normal tissues.
The exact cause of autoimmune disorders is unknown. One
theory is that some microorganisms (such as bacteria or viruses) or drugs may
trigger changes that confuse the immune system. This may happen more often in
people who have genes that make them more prone to autoimmune disorders. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000816.htm)
What is wonderful to know is that God's pronouncement or
words in the Bible can over-power the workings of nature!
God prohibits man's unnecessary intervention in nature,
like crossbreeding.
LEVITICUS 19:19
Ye
shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not
let thy cattle engender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field
with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come
upon thee.
We
can understand that this statute intends to conserve and preserve each
particular species of animals and plants. Studies show that crossbreeding
produce undesirable results, like genetically modified organisms, thus, proving
again the scientificity of God's pronouncements in the Bible.
Big Cat Rescue is an organization that makes a pitch against crossbreeding
animals. It asks a critical question and answers it: “Where do Ligers come from? Irresponsible breeders is the short
answer.” Here is its more detailed explanation -
A liger is the result of breeding a male lion to a
tigress. A tigon is the result of breeding a male tiger to a lioness. Since
lions and tigers do not exist in the same areas, this is not something that
happens in the wild. It is done in captivity by disreputable carnies to produce
a freak that ignorant people will pay to see. These cats suffer from many birth defects and usually die young.
Because ligers are usually larger than either parent, it also puts the tigress
at great risk in carrying the young and may require C-section deliveries or
kill her in the process.
When the public quits paying to see these unfortunate creatures, the evil
people responsible for breeding them will stop this inhumane practice.
In the campaign of Bigcatrescue.org, it warns the public of the
evil motives behind this crossbreeding. It says –
…Anyone who cares
about animals knows that this is a despicable thing to do because the cats have
to spend their lives in deprivation and confinement and are genetically so
unhealthy that they usually die young. The only reason anyone breeds ligers is
to create a freak that simple-minded people will pay to see.
This
organization that is bent on conserving lions and tigers in their natural state
posted a story written by Maryann Mott dated August 5, 2005. The title is, “Ligers Make a ‘Dynamite’ Leap
Into the Limelight.” The obvious motive however is to justify the need to crossbreed,
hence the novel products - ligers and tigons. According to Bigcatrescue.org,
this story “attempts to make it sound like there could be some reason to breed
lions and tigers for public amusement.”
Ligers and Tigons
It’s
half lion, half tiger, and completely real. Now thanks to a cameo in the 2004
cult movie Napoleon Dynamite, the liger has leaped into the limelight,
prompting fans to ask, what are they really like?
The
faintly striped, shaggy-maned creatures are the offspring of male lions and
female tigers, which gives them the ability to both roar like lions and chuff
like tigers - a supposedly affectionate sound that falls somewhere between a
purr and a raspberry.
Weighing
in at about a thousand pounds (450 kilograms) each, they typically devour 50
pounds (23 kilograms) of raw meat in a meal.
“For
the most part they’re really laid back,” said Jason Hutcherson, vice president
of Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain , Georgia. “They like to swim and play
in the water.”
The
drive-through wildlife park is believed to have the country’s largest
concentration of ligers, housing ten of the massive cats.
Since
1999 the park has bred its male lion and female tiger many times, producing
about 24 cubs.
Not all of them have
been healthy, though. We’ve had 3 out of 24 that, for all practical purposes,
were normal but developed as they grew older some kind of neurological
disorder,” Hutcherson said.
Autopsies
didn’t reveal what caused the cubs to develop “head shakes,” so park staff
“chalked it up to a genetic defect,” Hutcherson said.
Accredited
zoos frown on the practice of mixing two different species and have never bred
ligers, says Jane Ballentine, a spokesperson for the American Zoo and Aquarium
Association, based in Silver Spring , Maryland. “Keeping the two species
separate has always been standard procedure,” she said.
The story went on and on and one gets the feeling that the
author is trying its best to be balanced, mentioning what health authorities
said about these new breeds, but at the same time was gushing over such
creatures of interest.
Back to (heterosexual) mating, one thing is certain,
God never prohibited the mating of a black
to a white race, or to a red race, or to a yellow race, for Him to be a racist.
The example of Moses marrying an Ethiopian woman
clearly did not elicit disapproval from God.
NUMBERS 12:1-8
1 And
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had
married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken
also by us? And the LORD heard it.
3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of
the earth.)
4
And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come
out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
5
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the
tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
6
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD
will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a
dream.
7
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark
speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were
ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
God approved of Moses
marrying an Ethiopian or a black woman. He who
created mankind is not a racist. In sum, it is still God who gives the standard
of what is right and what is wrong with his creation – not just anyone
especially Dawkins who dares to measure God although believing that he had
descended from animals.
More
to follow.
