Editing Christian Identity (section)

===Adamites and pre-Adamites===
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Much of the racism in Christian Identity is the result of the pre-Adamite hypothesis, which is a cornerstone of Identity theology.{{Sfnm|1a1=Kaplan|1y=1997|1p=2|2a1=Kaplan|2y=2000|2pp=51–52}} Christian Identity adherents believe that [[Adam and Eve]] were only the ancestors of [[white people]].{{Sfn|Balleck|2018|p=68}} In this view, Adam and Eve were preceded by [[Untermensch|lesser]], non-Caucasian races which are often (although not always) identified as "beasts of the field" ({{Bibleverse|Genesis|1:25|KJV}}, {{Bibleverse|Genesis|2:19–20|KJV}}) who took human form as a result of mating with Adamites.{{Sfnm|1a1=Kaplan|1y=1997|1p=2|2a1=Kaplan|2pp=51–52|2y=2000}}

To support their theory on the racial identity of Adam, Christian Identity proponents point out that the Hebrew etymology of the word "Adam" (''Aw-Dam'') translates as "to show blood in the face, flush or turn rosey. Be dyed, made red (ruddy)", often quoting from [[James Strong (theologian)|James Strong]]'s ''Exhaustive Concordance'', and concluding that proves Adam as the ancestor of the Caucasian race.{{Sfn|Aho|1990|p=97}}

An influence on the Christian Identity movement's views on pre-Adamism was Charles Carroll's 1900 book ''The Negro a Beast or In the Image of God?''{{Sfnm|1a1=Barkun|1y=2014|1p=194|2a1=Balleck|2y=2018|2p=68}} In his book, Carroll sought to revive the ideas which were previously presented by [[Buckner H. Payne]], he described the Negro as a literal ape rather than a human being.{{Sfn|Kim|2015|pp=39-43}} He claimed the pre-Adamite races such as blacks did not have souls and that race mixing was an insult to God because it spoiled his racial plan of creation. According to Carroll, the mixing of races had also led to the errors of [[atheism]] and [[evolutionary biology|evolutionism]].{{Sfnm|1a1=Kidd|1y=2006|1p=150|2a1=Balleck|2y=2018|2p=68}}