Christians: How many of you are going to celebrate the genocide committed by your forefathers?

Question

So, does that turkey taste any better or that pumpkin pie any sweeter knowing your celebrating the genocide committed by Christians against Native Americans?

Stuff your faces and give thanks to god that an entire civilization was destroyed. Amen.

Ryan H: You obviously no nothing about history! Columbus and other europeans caused more death in meso-America than any of the Natives.

Answer 1

My ancestors were the ones that the genocide was committed against, but I have a lot to be thankful for, so I will celebrate and thank God.

Answer 2

I LOVE to eat my thanksgiving meals! I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving. Don't much like turkey or pumpkin pie, though, so I'll enjoy my brown sugar glazed ham and chocolate cream pie instead.

It was sad that the Native Americans went through what they went through by the blind ambition of the pilgrims to convert them at all costs, but genocide is a bit harsh since they are still thriving.

I'm a French Canadian (but born and raised in the good old US of A) so I don't have anything to do with the first pilgrims. I'll be enjoying my thanksgiving guilt-free, thankful for all that my God has given me over the years.

Answer 3

I am not an American so maybe I can give an objective viewpoint.

Thanksgiving was to celebrate God's providence in bringing the Puritans safely over to the New World. Travelling across the Atlantic was hazardous, so the early forefathers of the American people recognised God's protection, His faithfulness & His grace upon their lives. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution in their homeland.

So out of a grateful heart, they celebrated Thanksgiving. And since there were plenty of turkeys running around, they used turkeys! It is an American tradition that honours God.

It has nothing to do with genocide. Please don't be a grouch.

Answer 4

Being part Native American myself, I think they have gotten a really bad deal from our government. Every one of the elected officials just seem to think that since they put the "natives" on a reservation out in the desert, they are "under the rug" and forgotten. And some people here think they've got it rough. We met a family on a reservation when we took a trip a few years ago. They have to put a barrel in the back of the old pickup truck, and drive miles to fill it up with water........It's amazing how poor some of them are. Some tribes that live in different locals have it some better.....but nothing like I've seen anywhere else.

Answer 5

I think it is absurb that the 'turkey' is named after the Guinea Fowl, imported to Europe from Turkey, because the early invaders thought it was the same.

Turkeys were taken to Europe by the Spanish who had found them as a favorite domesticated animal among the Aztecs. Since the modern domesticated turkey is a descendant of the Wild Turkey, it is surmised that the Aztecs had chosen to domesticate this species rather than the Ocellated Turkey which is found in far southern Mexico. The Aztecs relied on the turkey ((Spanish guajolote), from huexolotl) as a major source of protein (meat and eggs), and also utilized its feathers extensively for decorative purposes.

The turkey was associated with their trickster god Tezcatlipoca, perhaps because of its humorous behavior, an aspect which it has retained up to the present. In Mexico today, turkey meat with mole sauce (mole de guajolote) is widely regarded as the unofficial national dish.

After being introduced to Europe by the Spanish, many distinct turkey breeds were developed in Europe. Turkey was one of the many game species hunted by early American colonists and is thought to have been served at the first Thanksgiving, although there is no evidence to support this claim. Most likely, venison or duck was served at the first thanksgiving.

So give thanks that you have not only wiped out a complete continents culture, you are also celebrating that fact with a meal which is an european cross bread native animal, named after an asian country. You have wiped out the culture so completly, that the native name for this bird has also been obliterated from your dictionary.

Answer 6

I'm Danish. My people were the Vikings who kept the rest of Europe off your backs for 500 years. We bought you guys time - by pillaging all up and down Europe! (OK, so we had fun too...)

Now you have the chance - take it back. Whose population is growing faster? Not Europeans.

Unify. Become the leaders of industry and politics and your people can rule North America again. Get your angry young men to concentrate on building wealth and power. Buy houses being lost in bad mortgages - land will always increase in value. Open companies to sell useless junk to white kids - you get revenge and profit. NEVER let outsiders pay for casinos on reservations - they only do it to suck money away from you.

If it's any consolation, the only reason we Europeans were so brutal was becuase we fought conquerers so long we figured it was the only way to survive.

You're not destroyed if you don't give up.

Answer 7

Native American groups throughout the Americas, including the Pueblo, Cherokee, Creek and many others organized harvest festivals, ceremonial dances, and other celebrations of thanks for centuries before the arrival of Europeans in North America.
I give thanks to God for all the blessings I have. The First Nation people in our family are also there. Our Thanksgiving was in Oct..Canada has an earlier harvest.
Why make a good thing evil?
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=872&display_order=1&mini_id=1083

Answer 8

Well since I didn't commit genocide I'm gonna eat a bunch of turkey tomorrow and not worry about!
Happy Holidays!

Answer 9

an entire civilization destroyed, my butt! you greatly underestimate the tenaciousness, strength, and spirit of the native people! as a matter of fact, i will be enjoying thanksgiving dinner with my wife's family, members of one of the tribes that made 'first contact' with the jamestown settlers...they are still here, still living and loving, working and dancing, 400 years later! no one is 'celebrating genocide'...the air must be thin up on that high horse you're riding

Answer 10

I thought Columbus Day celebrated the genocide committed by our forefathers.