One Race One Blood Chapter Summary

Summary

One Race One Blood: A Biblical Answer to Racism by Ken Ham and Charles A. Ware addresses mainly the topic of racism and other closely related topics in recent times. In chapter 1, they explained the reason for the development of racism. They claim racism manifested greatly when Charles Darwin produced his book, The Origin of Species, on evolution. In chapter 2, Charles Ware is introduced. He explains how people misinterpret the Word of God to support their thought process on allowing racism. The worst case scenario is when in the church, where everything is to be pure and holy, not necessarily perfect but most times that’s where you find the most extreme racists; instead of following God’s word that they’re very much aware of (Ham and Charles 10, 2010). Racism developed from a little idea that came up in one’s mind, but is now well spread throughout the world corrupting the minds of others.

They also include the biblical perspective to prove the truth to the scientific facts. In chapter 4, they use an illustration of baking a cake. The kind of cake one makes depends on the type and amount of ingredients used in the baking process. God created us all in one specific fashion, but He put a little more melanin in some that others. We all have a DNA, and although we all have different characteristics, we have one creator. In chapter 5, they give us the definition of “race” as it was before Darwin’s book and after; there’s a very significant change. Nowadays, “race” is thought of as one with a higher status, lower status, black, white, etc. There is only one race, the human race, and we are all one. We differ in our cultural background, personality, and others, but we are all related because we’re descendants of Adam and