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To: NYer

The conquerors liberated them from pagan ignorance and human sacrifice, giving them a language they could use to take their redresses to the world at large.


4 posted on 10/07/2007 5:22:43 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

>The conquerors liberated them from pagan ignorance and human sacrifice, giving them a language they could use to take their redresses to the world at large.

I know you are not saying that the centuries of bondage were something to be proud of, or those that enslaved and forcibly converted the indians were even following the tenets of Christianity. But your comment sounds a bit like ‘it was for their own good’.

It could be said that the pagans were liberated from one brand of ignorance to another; were forced to no longer sacrifice, only to be sacrificed themselves to the Spanish Empire. What the Spaniards did to the indians better not be laid at the feet of Christ, for it was truly against His teachings.


5 posted on 10/07/2007 5:49:45 PM PDT by Ottofire (Works only reveal faith, just as fruits only show the tree, whether it is a good tree. -MLuther)
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