I think that would be fairly obvious, but completely gratuitous. I would venture to say, with as much authority as you have, that the majority of the settlers of the day were Christians. There is no point in mentioning it, except to suggest some connection that doesn't exist.
It's a cheap shot, but we expect nothing less.
But there is a connection, TenPenny between the Christianity of the settlers and what they did to the wildlife in North America. Christianity and the near extinction of many species in North America are intimately connected.
Christians were on a mission to evangelize the Indian, to civilize him. The first step in this objective was to destroy the Gods, the icons of the Indians. Indians regarded many of the animals, buffalo, bear, wolf etc. as having holy, divine powers. Many of the animals were religious icons to them.
So the first step towards evangelizing the Indians was to destroy their religious icons. That was one of the motivating factors behind the wholesale, wanton destruction of wildlife in North America. There were other factors obviously (they needed land for settlement etc.). But the religious factor was an important one.
It is well known that the Jesuits used the trap lines as a way of establishing missions.What about the beavers in Canada - was it the same deal? Was the Hudsons Bay Company created as an arm of the Church? That's good to know - I'll have to stop shopping at Zellers, I guess.
Then there is the 'christian justification of slavery "One of Noah's sons (the black one) saw him stark raving drunk running around naked so during a raging hangover he doomed that son to be slave to his brother forever".
Lots **** daughters.... there is another doozie of a story.
Wow. So the primary reason that buffalo were killed were as a way of exterminating the religion of the natives, so they would convert to Christianity.
What about the beavers in Canada - was it the same deal? Was the Hudsons Bay Company created as an arm of the Church? That's good to know - I'll have to stop shopping at Zellers, I guess.
Wow. So the primary reason that buffalo were killed were as a way of exterminating the religion of the natives, so they would convert to Christianity.
What about the beavers in Canada - was it the same deal? Was the Hudsons Bay Company created as an arm of the Church? That's good to know - I'll have to stop shopping at Zellers, I guess.
That would, of course, depend on what type of beaver you are looking for.I can't find a good beaver pelt at Zellers these days.
I suppose it is possible but there is very little mention of blacks migrating out west. Most stayed in the east in the urban areas as far as I know. By the time they arrived the natives of the east had pretty much been subdued. The destruction of the buffalo had two fold purpose, to destroy the natives food supply as well as their culture which was based on the buffalo."Most of them were white Christians, YJ, much as you may not like to admit it."
And many of them were freed, BLACK slaves, who just like the whites, were Christians and had the hope for a better life.
But that is not the point. The point is that your emphasis on WHITE and CHRISTIAN proves without a doubt that you are racist.
Wow. So the primary reason that buffalo were killed were as a way of exterminating the religion of the natives, so they would convert to Christianity.
It was actually the way they 'knew' they could suck all power from the indian,
as without buffalo, which the indian depended on for so many things, they
would starve him of his way of life, and finally his life, and they did that.
"Most of them were white Christians, YJ, much as you may not like to admit it."
And many of them were freed, BLACK slaves, who just like the whites, were Christians and had the hope for a better life.
But that is not the point. The point is that your emphasis on WHITE and CHRISTIAN proves without a doubt that you are racist.
BTW, wheather you like it or not, until recently, most blacks were Christians.