RomaMater wrote:Hello and greetings. I'm very poor at introductory posts so I'll keep this brief. I'm a U.S. citizen currently residing in the homeland, a Catholic who is very devoted to the Church and its Master, and an admirer of the Kurds. I'm an avid reader of topics like history, politics (especially as it regards the U.S.) and a compulsive collector of books, curios, and the like. I'm looking forward to posting here.
Anthea wrote:Welcome to Roj Bash Kurdistan
American politics has always interested me - I hope to learn interesting things from you
I am very concerned about the loss of rights Americans are suffering from - and the fact that most of them do not seem to realise how much they have lost
Better to be a collector of books and curios than to sit in front of the TV
denigration and denial of the Judeochristian origins of America
Piling wrote:denigration and denial of the Judeochristian origins of America
origins ? lol, American natives were Jews or Christians ?
(unleash the trolls)
RomaMater wrote:And yes- more than a few of the natives had been converted to Catholic Christianity by the efforts of the missionaries that came with French and the Spaniards. In other cases the results weren't so pleasant..
I have never liked the way in which invasion forces have tried to convert the indigenous populations to their ways of thinking
Be it Christians trying to convert Native Americans of Muslims trying to convert Kurds - most of these conversions come under threat of violence - as is the present day case with the Islamic State trying to convert everyone to Sunnism
The worldwide destruction of many tribal beliefs has caused havoc in many parts of the world
Simple example is when Christians in Africa told the natives that to wear animal skins would send them to the fires of hell - sold them old European clothes - many of the natives became ill and some died from infections caused by cuts and scratches the natives received from bushes and plants they pushed their way through daily - the thin European offered no protection at all
The worst part is that the invasion forces allocate themselves more rights than those of the indigenous populations - the recent Islamic newcomers to Australia have more rights than the Aboriginals - things such as this can never be right
RomaMater wrote:The invaders are usually given these rights by the central government of whichever country they go into.
Anthea wrote:RomaMater wrote:The invaders are usually given these rights by the central government of whichever country they go into.
When Abraham Lincoln praised 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' he forgot the Native Americians
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