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The Curse of Ham...lame excuse for Racism
mrseatle
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In the middle ages, European scholars of the Bible picked up on the Jewish Talmud idea of viewing the "sons of Ham" or Hamites as cursed, possibly "blackened" by their sins. Though early arguments to this effect were sporadic, they became increasingly common during the slave trade of the 18th and 19th Centuries. The justification of slavery itself through the sins of Ham was well suited to the ideological interests of the elite; with the emergence of the slave trade, its racialized version justified the exploitation of a ready supply of black African labour. This interpretation of Scripture was never adopted by the African Coptic Churches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham
It's not too late to join the Army of Arkadian Reparations...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham
It's not too late to join the Army of Arkadian Reparations...
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You know, on my bible study board some dude keeps posting about chokes and shot patterns and drop-free magazines.
Ask him to post here some. Don
You know, on my bible study board some dude keeps posting about chokes and shot patterns and drop-free magazines.
Im sure I read about shot patterns in the Bible. Leviticus maybe.
Race is an illusion
quote:Originally posted by mlincoln
You know, on my bible study board some dude keeps posting about chokes and shot patterns and drop-free magazines.
Im sure I read about shot patterns in the Bible. Leviticus maybe.
You have.
Leviticus 182:12-14 states:
quote:If a man be smart, he would use the proper choke configuration for thy shotgun. Patterning is of great importance, and failure to use a proper choke is sinful. If a man acts in such a sinful manner, he should be put to death, preferably by thy shotgun that he sinfully mischoked.
"Yeah, but doesn't the Bible also say 'Thou shalt not take moochers into thy hut'?"
---I mean, as long as we're quoting the Bible
You know, on my bible study board some dude keeps posting about chokes and shot patterns and drop-free magazines.
I've heard that David could get sub-MOA groups with his sling
by the way
When I first heard of this Dark part of history I thought it had somthing to do with eating Pork.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Note that nowhere is Ham cursed for his actions, but only his youngest son Canaan; hence the very phrase "Curse of Ham" is actually a misnomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham
when I eat ham I get gas BAD!
I'm thinkin' that's why almost no one ate pork on the second try.
My understanding is that Sam didn't, and thus the curse. Of course, i could be wrong. i do seem to remember that a doctor cleared this up sometime later....
gunnut - many of the non-kosher foods have sound medical reasoning behind them... the bad pork, iodine allergies or red tide like poisoning from shellfish, if you mix meat and milk in your stomach, the enzymes that digest one are cancelled by the enzymes that digest the other so one spoils in your tummy for a few hours, etc.
Good info... but are the pork restrictions merely because of the chance of bad pork, or are there other scientific reasons?
[8D] Just be glad I keep this stuff in Politics and General Discussion (where less than a quarter of the threads are firearm related)[}:)]
Race is an illusion
You must not be a NASCAR fan. [:D]
quote:Originally posted by mrseatle
[8D] Just be glad I keep this stuff in Politics and General Discussion (where less than a quarter of the threads are firearm related)[}:)]
Race is an illusion
You must not be a NASCAR fan. [:D]
Those are fighting words, I love racing in all it's forms. I've been crashing motorcycles since I was 5. My mom had to replace my little green STP minibike with a bigwheel, then she took that away for what she thought was dangerous driving.[}:)] Right now I researching for info on the new Rocket Racing League.
quote:Originally posted by mlincoln
You know, on my bible study board some dude keeps posting about chokes and shot patterns and drop-free magazines.
...man, I'm a joo, and I have never met a pork chop I did not like,[:p]...sorry mom...[;)]
I'm sure Herod the Great loved Italian bacon too. And he knew Race was a Sinful illusion.
...man, I'm a joo, and I have never met a pork chop I did not like,[:p]...sorry mom...[;)]
What is the definition of a Jewish Delima......FREE PORK.