through out the 1800. european christians used the fact that the bible did not say anything about the native americans to justify slaughtering women and children. they surmized that since the bible never mentioned these people they must be the children of demons and not real people. since these red skinned devils where the spawn of satan and his demons, they felt it was not only justifiable to kill these great people but to steal their land.
can you think of any other instance when religion was used to justify genocide in the name of greed?
2006-09-26 19:39:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about right now in Palestine? The Israelis are practicing genocide against the Palestinians because they want the "holy land" all to themselves.
Oh wait, that's right we don't talk about the bad things Israel does because they are "good" people. This is why a lot of people don't know about the Israelis contaminating the Palestinians water aquifer with their waste products.
2006-09-26 19:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by immortalnorsegoddess 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
King Phillips War in New England during the 1600's. Same principle you espoused there but earlier. This war wiped out most of the native New England Indian population and over a quarter of the Colonial population. Technically by sheer numbers killed vs population, this was the most destructive war on American soil.
2006-09-27 03:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people have done a lot of things in the name of Christ. You have to ask "are they following Christs words when they did these things"? If not then maybe they were not true believers. The Puritans and the Pilgrims certainly didn't do that. They got along well with the indians. About 86% of the people in this country say they are christians. Only a much lesser percentage of those are true believers. People say "I live in a christian nation, that makes me a christian". No it doesn't. They say "my father or my grandfather was a christian, that makes me a christian". God has no grandchildren. Jesus said "deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me". Jesus said to love God with all your heart, soul, mind will and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. There's a bumper sticker that says "christians aren't perfect, just forgiven". That's true. We're human like everybody else and we don't always act the way we're supposed to but if you're out there maiming and killing people, I'd say you better question whether you are a true believer before it's too late.
2006-09-27 02:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by upsman 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Every instance of war and Genocide has been the responsibility of one Religion or another. Death in any Gods name is always the case when manipulating a population to commit mass murder. Strange that a Entity's that are supposed bring peace and harmony to the world through their God ( in the name of God ), are always the propaganda and death mongers.
2006-09-27 02:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by twostories 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Holocaust. I'm making no claims as to Hitler's religious views, but he did write that he was doing God's work by killing the Jews, and the Catholic Church turned a blind eye to it.
Also, the Inquisition. When someone was found guilty of heresy, (and most of them were found guilty) the inquisitors confiscated all their property. The Jewish business owners that refused to convert ended up losing all their money and property to the Church.
2006-09-27 02:48:05 · answer #5 · answered by Big_Drew 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dont forget stoning people,burning,and all that.I have a feeling the christians will start up again.Im an Indian(1/2)lol ,Stupid christians,I guess im a spawn of satan.
Hail Satan!!!
2006-09-27 02:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by Z ten 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did you know that the Bible actually speaks about how Christians should love all people, and that those who killed Indians took the words of the Bible out of context and purposfully looked for loopholes to do what they did.
Did you know that it was also Christians who said the Indians should be treated humanely and not as less than human? But it was the Darwinists who said that they were lower on the evolutionary scale than whites?
As for the answer to your quesiton...
Islam is a great example of a religion used to justify genocide in the name of greed, the example was set by its founder, and has continued ever since, and unlike Christianity, Islam actually teaches its followers to do that.
2006-09-27 02:45:28 · answer #7 · answered by AirborneSaint 5 · 0⤊ 6⤋
interesting?
got a source, or just sensationalizing.
all land in the world has been invaded, and taken over several times. for religion, and non religion.
I can not pass judgement for reasons, but sensless slaughter is wrong for any reason
2006-09-27 02:47:24 · answer #8 · answered by Slave to JC 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the roman catholic church,the holy crusades.more people have died in the name of christianity than the black pluege.there isnt a whole lot of differance between early chistianity and modern radical muslims,too some degree..........i am not an expert.
2006-09-27 02:46:51 · answer #9 · answered by liljimis 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hate religion - all evil that is committed on this planet stems from some kind of relgion neurosis.
2006-09-27 03:29:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋