how does the native American Indian religions conflict with your belief's?

Question

are they wrong, if so why. serious answers please

Answer 1

They conflict with my personal religion about as much as any other religion. I admire (and agree with) the respect and oneness they feel with the earth.

Answer 2

I'm not an expert on American Indian religions but I do know a few things about some of them. For instance there is the religion from New Mexico I think where the devotees ingest peyote as a means of creating a spiritual connection with God. In the new testament of the Bible that practice is referred to by a Greek word from which we get our word for pharmacy and it is translated in most versions as Sorcery.

I was talking with a man just the other day who is of American Indian descent and he was telling me how he thinks that Indians who worship the great white buffalo received a vision from God about Jesus but since they had never seen a white man they called Him a buffalo.

He told me that story after I asked him if most Indians hadn't worshiped the equivalent of a Heavenly Father.

Answer 3

What Does the Future Hold?

Tom Bahti explains that there are two popular approaches when discussing the future of the Southwestern tribes. “The first flatly predicts the imminent disappearance of native cultures into the mainstream of American life. The second is more vague . . . It speaks gently of the acculturative process, suggesting a thoughtful blending of ‘the best of the old with the best of the new,’ a sort of golden cultural sunset in which the Indian may remain quaint in his crafts, colorful in his religion and wise in his philosophy—but still reasonable enough in his relations with us (the superior [white man’s] culture) to see things our way.”

Bahti then asks a question. “Change is inevitable, but who will change and for what purpose? . . . We [the white men] have a disturbing habit of regarding all other peoples as merely undeveloped Americans. We assume they must be dissatisfied with their way of life and anxious to live and think as we do.”

He continues: “One thing is certain—the story of the American Indian is not yet finished, but how it will end or if it will end remains to be seen. There is still time, perhaps, to begin to think of our remaining Indian communities as valuable cultural resources rather than simply as perplexing social problems.”

"Life in a New World of Harmony and Justice"

From the Bible’s viewpoint, Jehovah’s Witnesses know what the future can be for Native Americans and for people of all nations, tribes, and languages. Jehovah God has promised to create "a Paradise new earth.”—Isaiah 65:17; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1, 3, 4.

This promise does not mean a new planet. As Native Americans know only too well, this earth is a jewel when respected and treated properly. Rather, Bible prophecy indicates a new heavenly rulership to replace mankind’s exploitative governments. The earth will be transformed into a paradise with restored forests, plains, rivers, and wildlife. All people will share unselfishly in the stewardship of the land. Exploitation and greed will prevail no more. There will be an abundance of good food and upbuilding activities.

And with the resurrection of the dead, all the injustices of the past will be annulled. Yes, even the Anasazi (Navajo for “ancient ones”), the ancestors of many of the Pueblo Indians, who reside in Arizona and New Mexico, will return to have the opportunity of life everlasting here on a restored earth. Also, those leaders famous in Indian history—Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Tecumseh, Manuelito, Chiefs Joseph and Seattle—and many others may return in that promised resurrection. (John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15) What a wonderful prospect God’s promises offer for them and for all who serve him now!

Answer 4

well the ones i have read went something like this:

animals want things that only humans can make like clothing and jewelery. so the animals allow themselves to be killed by indian hunters as a trade for those goods. the animals are then reincarnated and enjoy the goods, and eventually allow themselves to be killed again.

One particular story was of a woman who married a beever. They had lots and lots of children (beavers) who left the dam, allowed themselves to be killed, and then were reborn.

I read another one about a moose but it was pretty much the same story.

Yes, their beliefs are wrong. Rocks cant help you find things. Dancing can't bring rain, getting high is not a spiritual journey, and there is no such thing as reincarnation.

Answer 5

It doesnt at all. And if it did, which it obviously did bother our founding fathers, well thats why we wiped them out. I wish there were more of them left, they did not harm the earth. They had woderful beliefs, and I'm only sorry and ashamed there arent more people practicing them today.

Answer 6

None are wrong, if they are believed.
In all religions that leap of faith is made, so there is none superior to another only in their minds and peoples egos.

Answer 7

There is no conflict with Christianity other than they had no Bible.

Answer 8

it doesn't -- I'm a halfbreed and have been a shaman for 35 years