the missionaries that came to the Americas during the age of exploration are the guys in question. they would tell the Native Americans that everything that they believed in was wrong and they would say what they should believe. did they have a right to do that?
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2006-06-22 17:43:52 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No they did not, and you also forgot to mention how christian missionaries KILLED Native American Indians who did not convert to Christianity
2006-06-22 21:13:04 · answer #1 · answered by gwad_is_a_myth 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know many natives that didn't grow up in a non-religious home that now are devote Christians. So was it so bad to come here and "exploit" them. No I don't think so. I don't hear natives bitching about shopping malls, cars, houses with flushing toilets and all the ways of the eastern world conveniences. Everyone has a right to choose what and how they will spread the word of god and everyone has a right to listen or not. They saw opportunity to spread the word and they took the opportunity.
2006-06-22 17:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by elizabeth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they were not right. They believed they were acting for God but in the process they destroyed cultures, knowledge and belief systems that are forever lost to us. We cannot change the harmful past but only look to this type of exploitative behavior as a lesson in something that we should never allow to repeat.
2006-06-22 17:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Muslims invaded this country to subjugate everyone and to kill all those who refused to convert to Islam, all because Allah told them to, would they have that right? I'm sure Christians will say, "NO, of course not!" Well, in the same way, Christians had no right to kill and subjugate the natives just because BibleGod told them to. But tolerance never was their strong point.
2006-06-22 17:56:54 · answer #4 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. No one has any rights save what they mutually agree upon.
Do we, if we should have a time machine, have the right to go back in time and stop them?
No.
Do we have the right to judge them?
No.
Rights don't cover the situation and really have nothing to do with it.
Silly question. Keep refining it. You have a thread that could be much better.
2006-06-22 19:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wouldn't the indians have the same right to say that everything the missionaries believe in was wrong?
2006-06-22 18:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by midwestboy15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have the right to have their own beliefs and to evangelize. To share their beliefs is perfectly okay, but ultimatley, it is up to the native americans what they believe, as it is with all human beings (sorry if it was long, lol)
2006-06-22 17:46:59 · answer #7 · answered by SarahJane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had the right to share their opinions, just like the Native Americans had the right to accept or reject those opinions.
2006-06-22 17:48:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We didn't really have the right to take all of their land and put them on some crappy little plot out west. This country was founded on freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion.
2006-06-22 17:49:47 · answer #9 · answered by luckyme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they had a right to do that. Everyone has a right to believe what they believe, and to attempt to convince others of that belief.
Best wishes, and God bless.
2006-06-22 17:47:44 · answer #10 · answered by bobhayes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋