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Can intelligent Christians and atheist explain this for me?

I live in what is considered as the "New World". If the Abrahamic God created everyone why is when the European Explorers(Columbus) came over here they had to introduce the people(lucayans, arawaks,indians) to their God?

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  • 9 years ago
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    In spite of what you may have heard, there are entire civilizations who anticipated Christian missionaries before they knew they were coming. God is fully capable of revealing Himself to all. Many people will hear that revelation and reject it, however.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Same with Australia but only 200 years ago and the natives here have dream-time.

    And all the tribes all over the world (((unknown at the time of the bible)))

    Today in the Amazon = tribal people live and they are naked and they do not know the God who told them to put some pants on?

    The natives in Australia claim to be the first humans to use fire and I would love to see the Christians tell them that they did it in the bible before they did?

    I would also love to see the Christians argue with these people who are sure that they have been here for 40,000 years mate?

    Cave paintings and art and tribal dances and tribal law and native title law ... all speaks?

    Did you not hear what they just did on "Australia day" and to them it is "Invasion day" ...?

    The natives frightened our Prime minister and it was not hard to do ... they just knocked and banged on the window of a building where she was eating a fancy meal and yelled out at her and as she was running away with her body guards protecting her ... she lost one shoe on the step, just like Cinderella did ... and later a young native girl in tribal paint, held that shoe up like a trophy or a prize and it was all on the television ... they even burnt the flag because they have their own flag and their own names for this land (((my land))) and they do not call Ayes rock, Ayes rock ... and we gave it back to them ... so now they have all the rights to the rock!!!

    The children all do the dances and wear their traditional costumes and paint on their body.

    We have island here and the islands have humans living on them and guess what?

    Culture ain't a dirty word mate!!!

    Christians did something to our people here and they call it "The stolen generation"

    Christians stole the children from the natives and forced them to be white.

    But the Christians will deny it ... not here mate!!! = they cannot!!!

    The government has to pay compensation for that.

    So many never got to see their family again.

    Spirituality ... point the bone?

  • 9 years ago

    If you study the beliefs of all indigenous people in the world you will find a close resemblance to the Abrahamic beliefs. But the marauding Colonialists did not give these people a second look or study until it was too late.

    Islam believes that a prophet was sent to every nation on earth but through circumstances, like hero worship of leaders and political and social calamities and colonialism, has forced the people to change their beliefs to suit themselves. I have learned that a few tribes in Africa the males have to circumcise themselves and when they bury their dead, they put them into the grave facing North. We Muslims bury our dead facing Mecca and Mecca is most North in Africa.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Because anyone with a religion, back in those days, really felt the need to educate the natives and teach them what they believed was the right and intelligent path. Did they force their views upon them? Yes. Is that what God wants? No.

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  • 9 years ago

    The curse of God scattered men from Babel. It is the blessing of God that made Columbus to reach the illiterate inhabitants of America with script and words.

  • 9 years ago

    Atheist will believe in God if they have already died. So it's better to be faithful to God here on earth than to be sorry in hell later.

    Anytime we will die. We need Jesus Christ to be the Savior of our sins and to be our Lord for the lifetime.

    Jesus Christ is our true and sure Savior. Our relationship with Him could truly save us.

    It is NOT religion, ourselves or others.

    It's Jesus Christ who paid our sins by His body and blood.

    So it is best to find a Bible-based and Christ-centered church. A church which teach and follow ALL in the Holy Bible. Bec. God hates sin.

    Thank you Jesus for your love for us.

    Source(s): www.biblegateway.com www.ccf.org.ph
  • Yahoo
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    9 years ago

    Good point. The Abrahamic God was made up in the Middle East. And that is why.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Really?

    I mean Really?

    The concept of christianity needed to be brought here because the heathen indians were worshiping other gods. As the first responsibility of all religions (christian especially) they need to exert their own form of social controls over all others. They had to bring their god here because the lie hadn't made it here yet.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    According to that Joseph Smith character, Jesus came over here to hang with the Native Americans. Why they still have no concept of a monotheistic religion, I can't understand. *feigns puzzlement*

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Because religions, and the Gods they worship, are entirely man made.

    The Spanish Conquistadors didnt exactly "introduce" Native Americans to their religion. They were there for money and their religion was used as a pretense for genocide. Give them a chance to convert and then slaughter them if they dont.

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