Nevin Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/25/1978 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Guys i am currently on the fence on this issue , so i am asking for advice here. I used to think that the races should marry within their own race. Please do not get me wrong i am no racist and for that matter most of my friends are non white, and i myself am of Indian Descent. So please understand i am not racist but this issue is prevelant in Modern society. I know there are scriptures in the bible that speak of forbidden marriages, of not allowing sons to marry woman from a certain clan, of fathers sending delegates to other areas so their sons could find a bride of similiar ilk/clan - but in general the bible is silent on this matter. I have seen in South Africa even in Modern society where children born out of interracial marrriages being segregated because they do not fit in with the whites and they do not fit in with the blacks. I have also seen interracial marriages break up because of a lack of understanding of the partners culture / background. On the flip side i have seen interracial marriages succeed . Look i am not saying that conventional marriages are all beautiful and rosey no on the contrary but lets have your oppinions here I would love to hear your oppinions and please lets try to stick to the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shy Christian Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 198 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 57 Days Won: 1 Joined: 08/03/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted October 10, 2006 They're certainly more common nowadays. Years ago, when I was a teenager, my mother told me I'd "better not ever date a black man". This coming from a kind, Christian woman. She said that's the way she was raised, and furthermore, should it lead to marriage, that "the kids suffer"....not fitting in with blacks OR whites. Pssst, don't tell her I dated a black man briefly when I was an adult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,798 Content Per Day: 6.19 Reputation: 11,244 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted October 10, 2006 What is important to the Lord is that we marry a believer like ourselves. Beyond that, read in my sig line Galatians 3:28-29. I do not believe that it matters one way or another if we marry a different race. Of course Im biased. I have an interracial marriage, one that the Lord brought together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevin Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/25/1978 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 They're certainly more common nowadays. Years ago, when I was a teenager, my mother told me I'd "better not ever date a black man". This coming from a kind, Christian woman. She said that's the way she was raised, and furthermore, should it lead to marriage, that "the kids suffer"....not fitting in with blacks OR whites. Pssst, don't tell her I dated a black man briefly when I was an adult. I had the same experience of my mother telling me to stick with my race, and religon - look i am married to a beautiful woman that is of the same race and religon - so you could say i abided to my moms instructions but i do agree that you find that the children born from this marriage can be segregated - because of this very same view that our "mothers / fathers" teach us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevin Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/25/1978 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 What is important to the Lord is that we marry a believer like ourselves. Beyond that, read in my sig line Galatians 3:28-29. I do not believe that it matters one way or another if we marry a different race. Of course Im biased. I have an interracial marriage, one that the Lord brought together. And i pray that God keep your marriage blessed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebmilc Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 204 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/29/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/07/1949 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hi. I am from the UK. My wife and myself have been married for 34years and we are the same colour (note the English spelling of Colour) . I have Christian friends who are in different race marriages and they to have been as blessed as we have been. I am not racist at all and see no problem spiritually in marrying into a different Race/Colour, However marrying into a different religion i.e Muslim is a totally different matter altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightofJesus Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 362 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/19/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/04/1955 Share Posted October 10, 2006 God dosen't see color He sees Jesus' blood!!! So I really do not think it really matters to Him about what color you are or race He made you that way for a reason and also brings us together for His purposes so let us rejoice in the Lord!! Amen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 115 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 8,281 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 03/03/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/30/1955 Share Posted October 10, 2006 I think it can be a rough row to hoe, but there's certainly nothing in the Bible that forbids racially mixed marriages. One of the meanings of 'Bathsheba' (David's favorite wife), is 'Daughter of Ethiopia.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevin Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/25/1978 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 I think it can be a rough row to hoe, but there's certainly nothing in the Bible that forbids racially mixed marriages. One of the meanings of 'Bathsheba' (David's favorite wife), is 'Daughter of Ethiopia.' Well now that is interesting.I did not know that about Bathsheba yes and she gave birth to Solomon so well now he was definitely a great man born of an interracial marriage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletprayers Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Share Posted October 10, 2006 I think it can be a rough row to hoe, but there's certainly nothing in the Bible that forbids racially mixed marriages. One of the meanings of 'Bathsheba' (David's favorite wife), is 'Daughter of Ethiopia.' Well now that is interesting.I did not know that about Bathsheba yes and she gave birth to Solomon so well now he was definitely a great man born of an interracial marriage Nevin the story of David and Bathsheba, come on everybody knows that story! David sent Bathsheba's husband Uriah the Hittite to the front lines so he would be killed so that he could marry Bathsheba because she was pregnant by him. After the child was born, a son, he died. I think a good indicator of how God feels about racism is Mariam and Moses, Mariam spoke out against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman he had married, and God struck her with leprosy, pretty fitting yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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