[quote:544a459101][i:544a459101]Originally posted by Me Died Blue[/i:544a459101]
I disagree, Seth. The biblical answer to racism is [i:544a459101]not[/i:544a459101] to [i:544a459101]deny[/i:544a459101] the distinctions and differences - but to [i:544a459101]embrace[/i:544a459101] them! There [i:544a459101]are[/i:544a459101] significant differences God created the different races and ethnicities with, and He created those distinctions for His glory, otherwise He would not have created physiologically different races at all. You say, "If only we were all born color blind." I actually see this as a slap in God's face. We need to answer the world's sick racism, [i:544a459101]not[/i:544a459101] by [i:544a459101]denying[/i:544a459101] the significant differences and [i:544a459101]ceasing[/i:544a459101] to make distinctions, but by [i:544a459101]celebrating[/i:544a459101] those distinctions.
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Chris,
If you want to embrace cultural differences, fine. I love learning about new cultures. But, culture and race are [b:544a459101]two different issues[/b:544a459101]. I can be as white as a ghost and not have any sense of European and/or American Culture. My brother is currently living in Osaka, Japan. He has embraced Japanese culture. He is white. His plan is to live in Japan for the rest of his life. 50 years from now, will he be white or will he be Japanese? I say the later. He may have European/American DNA, but he will be more Japanese than American.
So, when some one asks, Is it wrong to want to marry some one in my own race? My answer is yes! Especially in America where there are so many christians of different races! True, there are cultural differences here in the US between black, white, asian, hipanic, eastern european (which we have a lot of in Sacramento), american indian, etc. But if we are all Christians, then there is neither Jew nor Greek. Marrying into a Christian Culture is what we ought to be concerned with. Not the color of our spouse's skin.
I also see the beauty in God's creation of different skin colors ("By God's design, we are a skin kalidescope"

. We shouldn't ignore God's beautiful creation. We should learn to love it. I'm wondering if I am the one slapping God in the face, or if the person unwilling and unable to love a black man is the one slapping God in the face?