GENESIS 4 9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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NOTHING ABOUT SKIN COLOR!
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12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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HOW DID CAIN GET THE MARK HE TOLD THE LORD HE WAS IN DANGER! THE LORD SAID IN VERSE 15
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14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and are Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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LOOK WHO'S FORM IRAD!
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18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
NOTHING ABOUT SKIN COLOR!
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Hey She's right!!!!!!!!!
So where does the LDS Church get its idea that the Black people were "cursed" with black skin because they are the descendants of Cain?
Where does it say that the Mark of Cain was black skin? How do we know what the mark was? It isn't mentioned in the Bible. How do we know it wasn't a 666 Tatooed on his forehead? Where did anyone get the idea that the mark of Cain was a black skin or that the mark would be passed on to his descendants?
It is clear that Cain (and Cain alone) was given a "Mark" so that people would recognize him. I don't see anywhere in the Bible that the descendants of Cain were to receive the same "Mark."
If the Mark is some kind of punishment against those who bear it, then doesn't that go against the LDS "Articles of Faith" which state categorically that men shall be punsished only for their own sins?
At any rate Rest is right. Nothing in the Bible supports the LDS position that black people are the descendants of Cain and carry upon them the mark of Cain.
What do you say about that?