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Please re-read my and Littlelilac's posts. Littlelilac said, "KKKers and other racists have used an actual passage in the Bible that implies blacks are inferior to justify treating as such..."

The verses you note specifically deal with slavery, not race. Again, what verse in the Bible implies that the black race is inferior to any other race and as such should be treated as inferiors? Not what verses have been used to justify slavery, but what verse or verses imply that black people are members of an inferior race.

17 posted on 04/26/2005 1:50:42 PM PDT by dpa5923 (Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)

Thank you. You are correct.

The only one that I can point to is Genesis 9:25-27 the "curse of Canaan." 25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers." 26 He also said, "Blessed be the LORD , the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. [b] 27 May God extend the territory of Japheth [c] ; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his [d] slave." in the New International Version and 25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. in the King James Version.

20 posted on 04/26/2005 2:03:30 PM PDT by The Great Yazoo ("Happy is the boy who discovers the bent of his life-work during childhood." Sven Hedin)

Also, I also read your question as "Which verses were twisted to imply inferiority?" I would not remotely argue that Genesis actually "implies blacks are inferior."

22 posted on 04/26/2005 2:12:24 PM PDT by The Great Yazoo ("Happy is the boy who discovers the bent of his life-work during childhood." Sven Hedin)