1. Adam was white:

The book we call the Bible is a family His(S)tory of God's people-- the generations of Adam and more specifically of his descendants through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel. All Scriptural evidence indicates Adam was created a white man. The name "ADAM" (aw-dawm') in Hebrew means a "ruddy human being" (Strong's O.T. #120). It is derived from Strong's O.T. #119 - ADAM (aw-dam'), which means "to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy." The attributes of skin color are described by one geneticist as follows:

"The color of normal human skin is due to the presence of three kinds of colored chemicals, or pigments. The most important of these pigments is melanin, a dark-brown substance... The second of the three pigments is carotene. This is a yellow substance which is present in carrots (from which it gets its name) and egg yokes as well as human skin... The third pigment is hemoglobin, which is the red coloring matter of blood...the hemoglobin occurs in the blood vessels beneath the skin, so that very little can show through.. The presence of fair amounts of either melanin or carotene in the skin covers it up completely. Hemoglobin does show up however in the skin of white men, particularly in those of light complexion. It is the hemoglobin that accounts for pink cheeks and the ability to blush." -William C. Boyd, Ph.D. 'Races and People' (1955) pp.43-45

Adam was evidently called or named "ADAM" because he possessed 'aw-dam' characteristics - that being of a ruddy or rosy complexion coming from the blood (hemoglobin) showing through his non-pigmented skin. This is what ADAM meant. People of a very fair complexion often appear as though they are reddish or sunburnt since the hemoglobin readily shows through their skin. This was the case with Adam and Eve.

It is argued that other racial types get rosy cheeked as well and "blush". Two facts that they can't argue with is that other races just don't show "blood in the face" as pronounced as the white race can and secondly one never asks if these other races "who blush" have any white mixed into their past generations. Regardless, the ability to "blush, turn rosy" is an outstanding feature of the fair skinned white race. The word "ADAM" was a descriptive term to describe this outstanding feature of Adam & Eve over the other races.

That Adam and Eve were of the white race with this fair, ruddy or rosy complexion is verified in the Bible by the descriptions of their descendants. King David, who was one of Adam's direct descendants, was described as being "ruddy, and of fair countenance." (I Samuel 16:12 and 17:42) David's daughter Tamar was "fair" (2 Samuel 13:1). Sarah and Rebekah, who were both descendant from Adam, were both described as being "very fair" (Genesis 12:11,14; Gen. 24:16; Gen. 26:7). The daughters of Job, one of the Adamic patriarchs, were known as the fairest women "in all the land" (Job 42:15). Solomon was described as being "white and ruddy" (Song of Solomon 5:10). The Nazarites (consecrated persons) of Judah were "whiter than milk" and "more ruddy in body than rubies" (Lamentations 4:7).

Where does the idea come from that believes Adam and Eve were the only (first) two people on God's created earth? Both Creationists and Evolutionists agree with this false assumption. Both positions are wrong, but their adherents stubbornly cling to this concept as the only possible explanation when the truth lies elsewhere. The hypocrisy of the creationist's rejection of evolution should be self evident when they claim that all men have sprung from a single pair (Adam and Eve).

The "common origin" concept is needed in order to promote the real doctrine that is desired --the doctrine of "equality of the races." Without a common origin, all "equalitarian" arguments disintegrate. The Bible does not support the "common origin" concept. God's creation reveals the opposite.

When we look up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, we see Adam, supposedly the first man, unquestionably depicted as a handsome white man. When we look at the various religious tracts on "creationism," we see Adam and Eve portrayed as the most perfect and attractive representatives of the white European race. Yet these same religious denominations, such as Jehovah's Witness, also state that:

"All races descended from the first man and woman." ('Did Man Get Here by Evolution or by Creation,' Published by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York (1967) p. 113.)

Bible chronologists, and those who believe in creationism, place Adam's creation around 4004 B.C. There is no evidence in the Scriptures that indicates Adam was the first man and the progenitor of all races or types of man. However, there is ample evidence that proves many other people were all ready in existence by the time Adam was created.

The book of Genesis provides most of this evidence. For example, after Cain killed Abel he was cursed and driven out of the land by God. In the fourth chapter of Genesis, Cain makes the statement:

"I shall be a FUGITIVE and a vagabond in the earth: it shall come to pass, that EVERY ONE that findeth me shall slay me."

If Adam and Eve were the first and only people at this time, then from where did Cain find a wife? Not only was he able to find a wife, but there were obviously enough people to be part of the city built by Cain. Cain's marriage, the birth of his son Enoch, and his building of a city all took place before the birth of Seth. All these circumstances thus point to the existence of men independent of Adam.

Adam was the "first man" only in the same sense that Christ was the "second man," for Adam "was the figure of Christ" (Rom. 5:14). The basic theme of the Bible is: Death in Adam, Life in Christ. This is the "resurrected" life that was promised to be RESTORED to Adam and his descendants, and thus pertains to no other races. The Bible is simply not a comprehensive historical record of the origins of any other people besides the Adamic family. If it was, it would have to be many volumes in length.

The Bible is quite clear about there being many people on the earth at the time of the story of Adam and Eve. The Bible does not support the idea that Adam and Eve gave birth to all the different races on the earth, but rather implies that Adam and Eve were a separate creation in the midst of other people who existed prior to them. Since these "other" people existed before Adam, they are called "pre-Adamic."

Adam was a special creation who was called for God's own purpose. The Bible, and Genesis specifically, is not a comprehensive account on all of God's creation. What is covered is just the history God felt relevant to include. The Bible simply does not detail the creation and origin of any other people besides the Adamic family, though we read about these other people later in the Bible. This understanding will eventually end the false arguments over the two wrong concepts of Evolution vs. Creation.