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Originally Posted by kerry
While the physical pathogens that European Christians brought to North America may have wiped out a significant percentage of the Native population, the spiritual antiseptic which the European Christians brought to North American reduced the demon population living here as a result of the Native American heathen religions. So Native Americans ought to be thankful for the reduced demonic oppression brought to them by the spiritually superior Europeans.
That's what I mean by cultural imperialism.
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Ahh!
Well if I separate the question from the editorializing I'll see if I have any light to share.
Two cultures meet, there are 4 options:
1. Assimilation
2. Extermination
3. Accomodation
4. Amalgamation
An analysis of how Protestant European's treated the indigenous people of NA from the middle of the last millenia forward must be compared to every other comparable encounter at that time.
The comment on physical diesease is superfulous. Folks swap organic matter and everyone experiences the consequences. The story of the Cherokees and pox filled blankets is highly questionable. Syphilis came to Europe form NA.
The experience of NA Indians with Eurpeans is tragic but I strongly suspect much better than other similar encounters indigenous people had at the time.
Yes, I do believe the message of Jesus freed the natives from bondage to darkness.
Yes I believe Western culture (warts and all) was/is vastly superior to their existing culture.
Looking up the term I find it is part of the dribble of the '60s in an area (much of the humanities) that I have such low regard for that I have to make an effort to not sneer.
That's me. Quasi-intelelctuals, sitting around in faciliites provided by others who are industrious, spewing any arbitrary notion they want, for whatever reason they want, WITH NO OBJECTIVE BASIS FOR EVALUATION.
They may as well sit in a room and compare flatulence for the relevance that the vast majority of it possesses.
But agin. That's just me.
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