History WordOfDante / MythologyAndReligion

* One exceptionally notorious example of this trope is the idea that Cain was cursed to become the first black person and that all black people are his descendants. This was a racist myth that was historically used to justify the enslavement of Africans during the colonial era. Fortunately, mainstream Christianity rejects this idea ad most modern Christians agree that the mark of Cain was symbolic and was intended to make sure that nobody could kill him so that he could live out his full punishment. It is also worth mentioning that it is generally agreed on that none of Cain's survived the Flood, meaning that all post-Flood humans are descended from Seth.

** Although this hierarchy considers cherubim the second-highest rank of angels, traditional Jewish hierarchies consider cherubim to be the second-lowest rank. This hierarchy also considers seraphim to be the highest rank, while traditional Jewish hierarchies only consider seraphim to be the fifth-highest. The Four Living Creatures (Chayot Ha Kodesh in Hebrew), which are considered cherubim in Christianity, belong to a separate class in Judaism and they are considered the highest rank.

** Although this hierarchy considers cherubim the second-highest rank of angels, traditional Jewish hierarchies consider cherubim to be the second-lowest rank. This hierarchy also considers seraphim to be the highest rank, while traditional Jewish hierarchies only consider seraphim to be the fifth-highest. The Four Living Creatures, which are considered cherubim in Christianity, belong to a separate class as they are the highest-ranking angels in Judaism.

** Although this hierarchy considers cherubim the second-highest rank of angels, traditional Jewish hierarchies consider cherubim to be the second-lowest rank. This hierarchy also considers seraphim to be the highest rank, while traditional Jewish hierarchies only consider seraphim to be the fifth-highest.

* One exceptionally notorious example of this trope is the idea that Cain was cursed to become the first black person and that all black people are his descendants. This was a racist myth that was historically used to justify the enslavement of Africans during the colonial era. Fortunately, mainstream Christianity rejects this idea ad most modern Christians agree that the mark of Cain was symbolic and was intended to make sure that nobody could kill him so that he could live out his full punishment. It is also worth mentioning that many Christians also believe that none of Cain's survived the Flood.

* One exceptionally notorious example of this trope is the idea that Cain was cursed to become the first black person and that all black people are his descendants. This was a racist myth that was historically used to justify the enslavement of Africans during the colonial era. Fortunately, mainstream Christianity rejects this idea ad most modern Christians agree that the mark of Cain was symbolic and was intended to make sure that nobody could kill him so that he could live out his full punishment.

* The hierarchy of angels commonly found in Christianity never actually appears in the Bible. It actually originated from ''De Coelesti Hierarchia'', a 5th-century work that modeled the supposed hierarchy of angels after the Roman government.

* One exceptionally notorious example of this trope is the idea that Cain was cursed to become the first black person and that all black people are his descendants. This was a racist myth that was historically used to justify the enslavement of Africans during the colonial era. Fortunately, mainstream Christianity rejects this idea ad most modern Christians agree that the mark of Cain was symbolic and was intended to make sure that nobody could kill him so that he could live out his full punishment.
** This myth was historically used by the [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] to justify banning of black men from priesthood until ''1978''.
** A similar myth uses Ham in place of Cain. Not only did Christians use it to justify the enslavement of Africans, but Jews and Muslims did as well. While the idea that Ham was the ancestor of Africans has Biblical basis, it was actually his son Canaan that was cursed and even then the curse had absolutely nothing to do with him being cursed to become the first black person.

* Some Christians who oppose the celebration of Halloween will claim that it is the Devil's birthday. However, this is false as Halloween was based on Samhain which was created by the Celts, and the Bible actually says that all of the angels, including Lucifer, were created at the same time some time before the universe was created.
* Jesus's birthday is not on December 25. Christmas was based on the Norse holiday Yule and the Roman festival Saturnalia, and Jesus's real birthday is unknown. He was also not born in 1 AD, but rather circa 6-4 BC. This is because Dionysius Exiguus miscalculated Jesus's birth year when he created the BC/AD year system.

* December 25 is not mentioned as the date of the nativity. Most scholars believe it was in September.

** A similar myth uses Ham in place of Cain. While the idea that Ham was the ancestor of Africans has Biblical basis, it was actually his son Canaan that was cursed and even then the curse had absolutely nothing to do with being cursed to become the first black person.

** This myth was historically used by the [[UsefulNotes/Mormonism Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] to justify banning of black men from priesthood until ''1978''.