Is it a mortal sin to find other races less attractive than one's own race?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Larquetta
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
L

Larquetta

Guest
I know that racism is a mortal sin, but I’m still confused about what specifically constitutes racism.
 
Last edited:
The degree to which you find a particular race attractive has a lot to do with what you’re exposed to as you grow up. Far from being a mortal sin, that’s not even a sin.

Now, if you’re going so far as to say that you don’t find them attractive because they’re inferior, or that they’re inferior because you don’t think they’re attractive, that’s something else entirely.
 
Can you see the beauty in everyone? Can you see that beauty takes on many forms? Can you see that models are rare? Can you see that every race has it’s model? Can you see that most are average? Can you see in matters of love, many will find it no matter how they look?

Can you look someone in the eye and take them as they are and give them unconditional regard? Can you get along with any good willed person?

I recommend you should aspire to the point where you can appreciate everyone’s looks. God created us in his image and everyone has something beautiful about them. The only way I know how to do this is to be around diverse people and stay away from television.

If you are talking about dating someone of another race. Then no God doesn’t force us to date people we don’t want to date.
 
Do you mean that you are attracted to members of the opposite sex within your own race more than others when it comes to the matter of finding a spouse and unconscious physical attraction or do you think in your mind “people of that particular race are all really ugly!”.
 
It’s no more sinful than it is to be more attracted to either blondes or brunettes, to be attracted more to athletes or more to musicians or more to intellectuals.

We all have a whole number of things that appeal to us.
 
I am partial to Maine Coon Cats, but I never met a cat I didn’t like. 😽 For me, it’s like that with people. God made them all, with different looks and I look for what I like about them, in their talents and personalities.
 
I just watched and episode of Brain Games in which it was shown how people are more attracted to those who look like themselves, more or less - the same eyes, nose, etc. No, it is not racism. However, if we do not get past physical appearance, then we are not seeing people as Jesus sees them. If you are speaking of romance, then romance based primarily on appearances is shaky. Even decades ago, I dated an Asian and Hispanic. If my son did likewise, anyone of any race, appearance would mean zilch. Social issues, zilch. I can accept that people are attracted to those who look similar, but I do hope we get completely away from where couples of different races are rare. A spouse has so much to offer, perhaps even more the more different.
 
It’s not a sin. We are naturally attracted to certain people and less attracted to others.

As long as you see the inherent worth and dignity in people of other races, you’re not committing racism.
 
Calling racism per se a mortal sin is a bit of a stretch I think.
 
It’s probably not sinful at all. A lot of perceptions of beauty come from our upbringing and our exposure. Perceptions can change with new experiences.

Racism is venial or mortal depending on the gravity. Having a slightly negative bias attitude towards other races is probably venial. Something more severe could make it mortal. If a person discriminates based on race when hiring employees, they are denying that person’s dignity and their ability to provide for their spouse and their children and are causing harm to the common good. So when you think of the larger consequences (especially the effects on children) that can easily be a grave matter.
 
Last edited:
People don’t have a natural attraction to their race.

People usually marry within their race because that is what they are most often exposed to, starting in early childhood.
 
Last edited:
Treating someone else badly or discriminating against them as a human being because of their race is wrong.
Making fun of their appearance or calling them ugly would be wrong.
We recognize that all of God’s creation is beautiful, including all the people of all different races that he made.

However, you are not expected to find people of other races physically attractive in the sense of wanting to date them or marry them.
There are often both cultural and scientific reasons why we’re more attracted to people of our own race than those of another race.
 
Last edited:
@Larquetta

I know people get prickly about this, but as far as race, people’s perceptions of beauty can be influenced a lot by early childhood. They’ve done studies with large samples (to narrow the margin of error) on this stuff, and statistically:

White women are often attracted to black men
White men are often attracted to Asian women.

This is because stereotypes/cliches about the sexes mean that black men embody masculinity, and Asian women embody femininity. These perspectives can change though with exposure. People who travel and work in Africa on a visa for a period of time usually come back and are now attracted to black men or black women. If a person lives in the rural United States their entire life, this is far less likely and they will prefer their own race. So it is largely environmental.
 
Last edited:
It’s perfectly natural and healthy to be more attracted to those who share your own characteristics, which is why most people are. The word “racism” was invented by Leon Trotsky in 1927 to instill a sense of guilt in Americans and further the Communist agenda. Actual, genuine “racism” is very rare nowadays, though those pushing a political and social-engineering agenda seem to be able to find “muh racism” at every turn.
 
I don’t know about the specific word, but this history you are presenting is very deceptive. The concept of prejudice goes back much, much further than the 1920s. Racism is not a communist idea, albeit they might exploit it for their own purposes.
 
Last edited:
pnewton said:
I do hope we get completely away from where couples of different races are rare.
Click to expand...
We’ve already gotten away from that in just about every major US city where there are multiple races present in large numbers. Couples of different races are all over the place.

In any geographic area where there is one race predominantly living there, you will see fewer mixed-race couples because people simply don’t meet very many people of a different race than the predominant one.
 
Last edited:
OddBird said:
40.png
Brian_K:
Actual, genuine “racism” is very rare nowadays
Click to expand...
… It’s just that it isn’t obvious from the outside, when you aren’t the one confronted with it daily.
Click to expand...
Here, here!
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top