Quote: Therefore, many, a vast majority of early settlers (and their governments) saw it as being perfectly moral to steal the land through false treaties, and to kill the Indian, because they were "subhuman" and non-Christians,
Greg: I know it was not your intent, but I would be remiss if I didn't attempt to modify this statement a wee bit.
Some have pointed out in this thread, a number of times, that it is an error to clothe the entire Muslim world with the acts of a few terrorists. Similarly, it is a mistake for non-Americans to assume that we are all conservative simply because our current leadership is maintained by a conservative majority. To do so is to ingore the complexities of us humans and to generalize to the extreme.
Likewise, I would argue that the above quote seems to imply that the killing of Indians was initiated and performed by Christians. Even in that day, being European, white, and from a "Christian" nation did not make the settlers Christian, just as today merely attending a church does not do the same. Were there a number of Christians who performed wrong? Yes, I'm sure. I am equally sure that many deeds, good and bad, performed in the name of Christianity are not performed by Christians.
Oh Dwight, I think I will stick with Goering . Of course, I had to get home to look it up first .
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