So I go on my Xanga site for the first time in a while and I have a new comment and it read the following: Interracial Dating and Marriage Bad Bad Very Bad!
We must focus on what God commands of us (http://littlegeneva.com/interracial.html), and to this end, it is wise to turn to Ezra and Nehemiah. Ezra 9-10 and Nehemiah 13 record the Hebrew men returning from exile and taking wives from foreign nations. Nehemiah "contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, 'You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?" The common interpretation is that Christians should not marry non-Christians, yet if we understand such passages as Ezra 10 to condemn only inter-religious marriage, we will be unable to explain God's apparent change of heart in 1 Cor. 7:10-16. Ezra tells the people to divorce their unbelieving wives. Paul tells us not to divorce unbelieving wives. This is a contradiction, unless Ezra protested race-mixing. The goal in view must have been separation from foreign nations (races). Without such separation, the nation of Israel was sure to be corrupted by pagan influences, just as Solomon, the wisest man in the world, was corrupted by his foreign wives. The lesson to be learned is that interracial marriages are wrong because they lead men astray. God does not say that they are wrong if they lead men astray, or that marriage to foreign women is wrong unless the women agree to convert. Deuteronomy 28 tells us the inevitable price of disobedience: "The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail."

I'm not even going to argue wiht the person and I"m not even letting the comment bother me and I know it crosses religious lines but me and my man have a strong belief in God. I thought I would share this and see what some people think.

Congratulations - you've bagged a racist and a religious fanatic in one! This poor soul obviously needs a life. Too bad you had to be the target for the screed, though.

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Hi!!! I am a new Christian so I hope I get this right.... According to what I have been taught & the way I have understood the Bible, we have to remember there is an OLD & NEW Testament. The Old Testament is based on Jewish law, remember Jewish people did not believe in Christ as the Savior nor do they to this day. They still await the coming of the Messiah. As Christians we still hold traditional law such as certain promises of God, the Commandments, and the prophecy of Christ's coming as true from the old testament. But Christ was born, crucified, died, buried & rose again ALL in the NEW Testament. We are called Christians because we follow Christ & the New Testament is exactly what we follow. There is no reference to color, race or otherwise in the New testament. also, we can refer to Numbers 13 (I believe) where Moses married an Ethiopian woman. His brother & sister, Aaron & Miriam, spoke against this union. God was angered because they spoke against a chosen man of God & Miriam was punished & cast out of the city as a leper for 7 days. Check w/your pastor if you are affiliated w/a church. I would not want to lead you incorrectly. But I am a believer & a New Testament Christian. I am also in an interracial marriage. I attend a traditionally African American Church (I am white) & the love that abounds there is truly Christ. Christ sees no color. The scripture tells us "There is none different, no not one...neither the jew the greek nor the gentile. God Bless You!!!!!

I'd say that person's got some issues for sure...My interpretation of the All that Is is, if He/She didn't want people to fall in love and marry and make beautiful children, what WAS the point? Wars? Insurance companies?
The Bible has people being put to death for all kinds of crazy reasons, the Old Testament- to me- is a long interpretation of how certain authors perceived God to be. and THIS neonazi neanderthal nimrod had to really torture those words around in a great big circle to get to that supposed point.
I have a biracial nephew and niece, brilliant gorgeous people both, and I believe God LOVES for people of differences of all kinds to come together. My ex is a Republican, after all, and we still made some beautiful kids.:)

Hi!!! I am a new Christian so I hope I get this right.... According to what I have been taught & the way I have understood the Bible, we have to remember there is an OLD & NEW Testament. The Old Testament is based on Jewish law, remember Jewish people did not believe in Christ as the Savior nor do they to this day. They still await the coming of the Messiah. As Christians we still hold traditional law such as certain promises of God, the Commandments, and the prophecy of Christ's coming as true from the old testament. But Christ was born, crucified, died, buried & rose again ALL in the NEW Testament. We are called Christians because we follow Christ & the New Testament is exactly what we follow. There is no reference to color, race or otherwise in the New testament. also, we can refer to Numbers 13 (I believe) where Moses married an Ethiopian woman. His brother & sister, Aaron & Miriam, spoke against this union. God was angered because they spoke against a chosen man of God & Miriam was punished & cast out of the city as a leper for 7 days. Check w/your pastor if you are affiliated w/a church. I would not want to lead you incorrectly. But I am a believer & a New Testament Christian. I am also in an interracial marriage. I attend a traditionally African American Church (I am white) & the love that abounds there is truly Christ. Christ sees no color. The scripture tells us "There is none different, no not one...neither the jew the greek nor the gentile. God Bless You!!!!!
Yes you are right according to what I've been taught my entire life. We are no longer bound by the Old Testament and God doesnt judge on race. But unfortunately this person has twisted the words and is not properly taught the word of God.

It is amazing how people can twist the Holy Bible and make it say what they want it to say. Look at the KKK (Ku "Clucks" Klan). They us the bible as the basis for their prejudice. Not only does the bible NOT teach racism, I know for a fact that God isn't a racist becasue HE Himself brought me and my sweetie together. No doubt in my mind whatsoever.

Ridiculous. Just remember that over the years racism has been used to keep people divided and to keep the powerful in power. Don't blame the Jews...that's so old.

In order to enter the Kingdom of God you can not have hatred in your heart.
What is racism? Nothing but hatred.