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In reply to the discussion: Christian Group Wants Native Tribe Brought to Justice for Death of Missionary John Chau [View all]panfluteman
(2,191 posts)Not only is Christianity the largest religion in the world today, but it also has such a terrible history of perpetrating persecution and genocide on others, and for trying to shove their religion down others' throats in the name of Jesus Christ. But when you really study the history of Christianity, it was a religion started in the name of Jesus Christ - and there's no solid proof that it was the actual religion or teachings OF Jesus Christ. Furthermore, there is no solid, indisputable proof that Jesus Christ even existed.
These indigenous people assert their right to defend their borders and keep to themselves by killing this unwanted intruder, and his Christian missionary organization has the nerve to try to "bring them to justice"!
The whole history of the Americas is one big story of rape, pillage and plunder, using missionaries as the initial shock troops for the cynical and ruthless commercial exploitation of native peoples that would come later. Frankly, I never really understood why any Native Americans at all converted to Christianity, the religion of their colonial oppressors and enslavers. There's nothing wrong with this Jesus Christ and the godly way he supposedly lived, but why the heck did all these white Christian colonialists who claim to follow his religion and teachings behave in such ungodly ways? Gandhi really liked Jesus Christ, but he said that Christ was totally unlike those who call themselves Christians.
The Native Americans like to joke, "First they had the book, and we had the land... and now, we have the book, and they have the land."