Exactly, you're right,
This is how anthropologists see it :
Tribe killing each other,but preserving their culture = good
Tribe stops killing each other, embrace "white man's religion" which teaches forgiveness and love = bad
Kind of like the camera crew that films documantaries. They see an animal obviously in danger, which they could easily save with little effort, but noooooo, that would be interfering with nature.
As if humans aren't part of nature.
Tribe stops killing each other, embrace "white man's religion" which teaches forgiveness and love = bad
This is certainly the take on Hawaii. Before missionaries landed there, people were routinely sacrificed to please Pele.