Comments by Readers of Articles Become Article-worthy Themselves

Sitting in church wondering what to do because I could not keep my eyes open, it wasn't because the speakers bored me. The topics interested me. One of the young men in my congregation was preparing to serve as a missionary, a fully ordained minister of Jesus Christ. He, his aunt, and his friend's dad all stood to speak to the congregants about how wonderfully important it is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I agreed with them. The reason why I could not stay awake was because I was hungry! My body figured to shut down rather than give me the energy to keep me alert.

I was sitting in the front row too. Some on the podium probably thought I was so rude! It is a good thing we were in Church so they could practice forgiveness.

The purpose of this article is to present embarrassing realities with a bit of levity--to cause you to laugh out loud or smirk a bit. I may offend you, though I do not am to do so, depending on how well I put the words together without you wanting to strangle me or someone who looks like me.

Every article that I have deleted over the years had some good comments in them before policies changed for Hubpages regarding commenting. Some of comments were profound. Others ... simply nasty.

I wrote an article that I deleted after updating the information. A commenter named Mark (protect identity) suggested the oddest thing with his comment about my article regarding Cain and Able's relationship before and after the first murder. I suggested that Cain was the son of birthright or Adam's legitimate heir. Cain was "irked," (putting it deceptively mild) that Abel replaced him in the birthright/heirship role because he was more compliant with Adam's, and therefore God's commandments.

Said Mark, "I am touched by this hub. Cain is so proud of himself. I understand why some siblings have their personal fight."

Personal fight? It was the first murder! I mean, yeah, he still had issues and whatnot.

I responded,

Thanks for reading and commenting Mark. Cleon Skousen, one of my favorite religion writers, introduced me to the world of ancient discovery from a Christian and faith-based perspective. I tend not to want to approach a religious subject from the assumption that it is folklore when I actually believe it.

[Cleon] Skousen put the thought in my head that Cain was the birthright son and I went with it. It made sense as to why God would speak to him since he would have been the next spiritual leader of the human race had he repented as the Lord instructed him--well, before Abel was born and given the birthright.

This one was not funny ha-ha, but it is funny sounding. Another comment from the same article is about the origin of Black, Jewish, and White people. I do NOT, just as the commenter, Sam [SurnameRemoved] does not, support this view!

I [Sam] have heard of those racist teachings about Black people, Jewish people or White people being of Cain's seed. It's known as the Serpent Seed doctrine, which is the belief that Cain was in fact the son of Satan and that his seed is still alive today. This belief is most commonly used to try to use the Bible to justify racial hatred towards other races of people, specifically Blacks, Whites and Jews.

In the case of Blacks and Jews, it is believed that the forbidden fruit was in fact sex with Satan and that Cain was Satan's son and that his seed is alive today in the form of Blacks and Jew who are conspiring to keep it a secret.

Okay, so...

Blacks and Jews, according to this Serpent Seed Doctrine, are the children of Eve and Lucifer because Eve had sex with the devil, which was the forbidden fruit. That view does not fit the narrative of the Eden experience peddled by the cultural mainstream of Christian/Judaic/Islamic ideology.

Did Adam also have sex with Satan too since he also partook of the forbidden fruit too? Are we finding justification for the Adam and Steve concept? Was it specifically sex with Eve that was forbidden or Lucifer?

In the case of Whites, it is believed that Whites are Edomites or the children of Esau who had sex with a child of Cain who was the son of Satan. They also believe that Esau was stricken with leprosy which they believe explains why White peoples are "white." They even use the belief (or fact whichever way you look at it) that Whites have Neanderthal DNA as proof.

Hold on, now ...

So ... Black people and Jews are the seed of Cain whose mother slept with Lucifer in the Garden of Eden. White people come from Esau, the leper, who slept with one of Cain's satanic descendants.

So ... that means everybody is the spawn of Satan! Seth was the third son after Abel's death that Adam and Eve talked about. Who did he sleep with?

And, neanderthal DNA ... Is this like a racial jab at White people being sub-human?

To people who believe and teach this doctrine, it is all truth, though. This is really all just poor Biblical interpretation. The doctrine itself has too many flaws that don't match up with what the Bible says. It's just used to try and justify racial hatred towards other races of people by teaching that they can't be saved by Christ due to their Satanic DNA.

I told Sam in response:

Sam, you should write an article about that! I have heard some of what you are talking about but I received an education just in this little tidbit that you provided here.

I would really like to see a article about this because it is interesting dogma. It goes beyond a simple reference that I have heard about Cain and his suppose escapades with monkeys. Thank you for reading and commenting.

NO! I don't believe any of it! It is comical, though, right? Sam has not written that article. It's been years! Sam?