Tag: the Hamitic curse

Race Fact #37: Generational Curses

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No one would argue that many African Americans are socially and financially oppressed in the United States.  But, the Hamitic curse or the curse of Ham has been falsely argued as the cause, that God blessed and cursed persons by creating them in different social colors and that this determines the quality of their lives.  […]

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Race Fact #34: The Curse of Ham?

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The curse of Ham or the Hamitic curse was often employed by American southerners to justify the enslavement of African people.  They argued that Africans were enslaved because it was God’s will and they were just playing their role in God’s judgment against this people group.  This erroneous interpretation of sacred Scripture would also be […]

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If the ‘white’ man wrote the Bible

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I am not certain when or from whom this belief originates or what makes it true.  But, I have heard it expressed by persons without theological training or even remote interest in the subject, who I believe have neither read the Bible in its entirety nor do they wish to.  However, I think they would […]

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