I thought to myself this morning, it is
totally believable that all types of people have a same common ancestor
in Adam and Eve.
Just think of the example of dogs: All breeds of dogs originate from the same basic genetic pool, I have read. Put the different types of dogs next to each other, from a tiny Chihuahua all
the way through to a Great Dane and many varieties in between--many
different colours, long hairs, short hairs, hair-less, wrinkled dogs.
The same is true for cows or sheep or rabbits
and many animals that man owns. There is usually a common ancestor of
all of these many different varieties of animals who are of so many
different shades and sizes due to targeted breeding.
Do the same with
different ethnic groups of people. The most differentiated we are from
each other is skin colour, eye shape, hair, and sometimes body length
(for example, think of the Maasai and the Pygmy peoples in Africa.
Suddenly people seem very much
the same. The tower of Babel makes sense.
I hope no-one finds this
offensive, I just sat here today and thought, wow, we are so alike, surely we can see ourselves as the same and learn to get along better.
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