Was atheism to blame for the genocide of the Native American peoples as well?
2007-11-10 09:06:33 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It was given as an answer to this question. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjO5.ilQIh7ohonqutKUWF0AAAAA;_ylv=3?qid=20071110134310AAH0G7K
2007-11-10 09:11:05 · update #1
religion kills
atheism does not
the massacres were done in the name of politics
2007-11-10 09:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 6⤋
Raligion, or lack of, is just another separator that people use as excuses to point fingers. Most wars and genocides are politically motivated with religion used as a catalyst. Many Native Americans were killed not for their religion but because of greed for land. Later religion was used as an excuse to further decrease their numbers. Native Americans that converted were still discriminater against - forced to live on reservations and in squallor. Religion may be used as an excuse but if that factor is taken away there will be some other reason for bigotry.
2007-11-10 17:31:03 · answer #2 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, besides the extermination of Native Americans by Catholics, Protestants exterminated Hawaiins and Pacific Islanders. I might have a personal beef with Christians. I had an ancestot in 1132 Denmark. He gave his life for his religious beliefs. He worshipped Odin and the Norse gods. He was tortured by Christians for 6 days and refused to convert. It ended that he was skinned alive. If you want to get into religions that are non violent, better stay with Amish, Quakers and Mennonites.
To quote a very great teacher, "Let he who is free of sin cast the first stone."
2007-11-10 17:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by genghis1947 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Philosophical underpinnings, whether they include or exclude a god, always play a part in social, economic, cultural, political attempts to do anything. To separate one of these concerns from the others blurs the context in which all human activity takes place. Yes, of course, Christianity played a part in the genocide of Native Americans, as Christians of the day generally thought people were better off dead than without Christian beliefs. That doesn't mean every Christian believed that or that every atheist supported what happened in communist countries.
2007-11-10 17:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by jaicee 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pointing out the bad behavior of others does not justify personal bad behavior.
Yes, Christians were chiefly responsible for the deaths of Native-American people (I'm 1/4/ Sierra Miwok from California.)
But, since atheism is one of the pillars of Marxism, and Marxism is the chief inspiration of Communism, you can hardly seperate atheism from the deaths of millions at the hands of Communist governments.
Nice try.
2007-11-10 17:15:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is reported that many people in the top levels of the government of the soviet union were jewish and about 80 % of the secret police as well.Supposedly they killed millions and millions of christians there. And as for Native Americans in Canada the mainline churches ran the residentials schools for the government and killed about 50,0000 children tortured them and did all kinds of horrible things to them. If you ask me I'll say those organizations worship the devil and are not atheist.
2007-11-10 17:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by Islam Is A Dangerous Cult 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...and No...The Western Church is to blame for the genocide of the Native American peoples....
2007-11-10 17:12:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jacob Dahlen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disingenuous? Yes, because their deaths had nothing to do with atheism, and everything to do with despotism. There is nothing inherent to atheism that cajoles/allows/justifies acts of murder. Since those who caused those deaths were all men, we could just as easily blame the whole male gender for those deaths, but you don't hear, "Men: the greatest evil or just very evil?"
2007-11-10 17:14:00 · answer #8 · answered by battleship potemkin AM 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
im not a christian so i cant answer for them..where do you obtain your information as i would be very interested in hearing you elaborate more otherwise you have no basis to assume. To desimate this belief on here is only asking for damnable responses to which i will refrain from.
2007-11-10 17:17:13 · answer #9 · answered by CreativeMusicArtist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.It is factual history.And you need to study up a little better on what took place with the NA.You're brainwashed with revisionist history that blames Whites and Christians for all the ills of society.
2007-11-10 17:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's a stereotype. One can't answer for all. I try to refrain from blaming people. I worry about what I'm doing.
2007-11-10 17:15:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋