They came with a Bible and their religion- stole our land, crushed our spirit... and now tell us we should be thankful to the 'Lord' for being saved.
2006-07-12 05:18:27 · 12 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yoda Green
All I can say is WOW !
I didn't realise that people as hateful , twisted and racist still existed.
2006-07-12 05:23:36 · update #1
He was a very wise man.
It is vanity to try and force another to your religion or way of thinking. Too many people do things "in the name of God" when they have no right to do them. It is an easy way to excuse evil behavior.
An evil deed done in the name of good is still an evil deed.
2006-07-12 05:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by mynx326 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chief Pontiac was completely right. You might want to listen to John Trudell's cd, "Bone Days." While my favorite song is "Crazy Horse," it's the song "Hanging from the Cross" that speaks right to Chief Pontiac's message and to the continuing oppression of First Nations people in the US.
Christians have used their faith to justify the enslavement and slaughter of native peoples around the world. Even today, many Christian's support the present administration's crusade in the Middle East against the indigenous people there.
As to those who would suggest that native people should just "get over it"; it might be easier to get over it were it not ongoing. Take a tour of the west and see the conditions on the reservations. Do some research and see how, even though the government promises autonomy to the reservations, the government persists in interfering in native peoples' right to self-determination and self-government. Insisting that native people "get over" the horrors committed against them or that African-Americans "get over" slavery is no less insensitive than insisting that white Americans "just get over" 9/11. It takes a rather callous, perhaps even cruel, person to suggest that others stop grieving for wounds that are still open.
2006-07-12 13:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right to the point.
And, um, Yoda... there were very few tribes who SOLD land... because they didn't have that concept of Selling for money... they didn't HAVE money. Read a history book, would ya? It was the "whites" who came, took the land and then sold it to other whites... Louisiana Purchase... does this ring a bell?????
How is it so many people go thru life with so little knowledge of their own country?
2006-07-12 12:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as what a tiny handful of white Christian guys to Chief Pontiac and his crew two centuries ago --
I think we should all get over it, stop playing the victim game over things that happened long before we were ever born, and move on.
2006-07-12 12:37:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's pathetic whining from a people who sold land they did'nt own in the hopes of pulling one over on the "white fools". It was only when those "fools" started doing something with the land (something no native group ever did) did they understand what they had done.
And now they want it back? sorry cochise, you got your wampum and now you have a reserve. Stay there.
2006-07-12 12:21:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a very wise man who had a handle on so called "Christians" who have not changed in the least
2006-07-12 12:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ed M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen,
Now go spread the word some more, my fellow christians. God will amply reward you with more land and other material things praise jesus
2006-07-12 12:23:27 · answer #7 · answered by 自由思想家 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, he is upset for how he has been treated. Dude, I would be too. Destroying someones entire lively hood is not the way to try to convert people, it would only piss them off.
2006-07-12 12:22:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the indians thought of europeans as hipocrites because they talked about the ten commandments as they stole and killed. so this is a perfectly acceptable point of view.
2006-07-12 12:23:35 · answer #9 · answered by ♥aɳgel♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think too many people blame God for the actions of men. Place distrust and anger where it belongs...on our fellow man...NOT on God.
2006-07-12 12:24:22 · answer #10 · answered by Lady Di-USA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋