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Subject: Curse of ham
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9362 19.04.12 - 12:10pm
What actually was this in the bible?read a little about that this and i've heard that in the past it has been incorrectly used to justify things like slavery and black exploitation?Is this true? * +

ladibud 19.04.12 - 12:11pm
well that was a misleadin title... * +

mab21 19.04.12 - 12:13pm
I thought ham was interdicted back in those times. Ham and bacon.:( * +

mab21 19.04.12 - 12:15pm
In the OT is given the status of slaves and slavery. * +

nolisto1 19.04.12 - 12:18pm
Obesity? Gout? * +

purest1 19.04.12 - 12:19pm
Noah was drunk, lost it and lay with his privates in open view. His son Ham sees and jeers. Shem and Japheth cover him with a cloth. Wine wears off, Noah learns what happened. He blesses Shem and Japheth and curses Ham's son Canaan to be a 'servant of servants' and serve his brothers Shem and Japheth. * +

nolisto1 19.04.12 - 12:22pm
Anyways. Some people claim that Ham is the ancestor of black people, and this curse means that black people-not specifically black but descendents of Ham are meant to be slaves. Basically its reaching ludicrous conclusions from a particular text. * +

9362 19.04.12 - 12:23pm
So why was canaan cursed when he had done no wrong? * +

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