Do you believe that there are no differences between the races, except for color of skin?
Harvey C.
Dear Harvey,
Actually, no. I don't believe that all men (and women) are created equal. That would suggest fairness, and there is nothing Biblical to say that life is fair. It isn't. People are not created equal. They are created in God's image ... as spiritual beings. But the earthly, human bodies that we each have been given are different. There are advantages and disadvantages given to different races and even body types.
That being said, we are commanded by God to love our neighbor as we would like to be loved. That means we are not to discriminate against each other. We are not to consider racial, gender or body types as criteria for decision making. Jesus said, "There will always be the poor among you." The Bible is clear that the rest of us are to take care of them. In other words, the advantages that God gives some of us are to be used for the disadvantaged.
If you ask me, racism has been given too much prominence. It divides us more than it unifies us. Instead of focusing on our differences, I think we should focus on our similarities. But we are not all created equal. And as soon as we give up the hope that this truth can be different, it should make it easier to forgive our differences and focus on unity.
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