(January 24, 2016 at 5:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:First off, it is completely immoral to invade land and take it that does not belong to you.
But...but... THAT might be the only xtian "value" that "murrica is founded on.
(Kill the Indians and steal their land.)
Don't get me wrong, I am no fan of "sins of the father being used to blame me for something I wasn't around to do. But that crap about demonizing the Canaanites is exactly why some sickos claim that it was because of Christianity that the Americas were made civilized.
It is also why Jews justify land grabs in Israel. Provoke a fight, then call the responders savages. Just like Europeans did to Natives.
NO NO NO NO that isn't justifying anyone being wiped off the map. Just exposing the bad logic ALL religious use to justify harm to their neighbors. All three religions are equally guilty of painting the outsider as uncivil. This literary device of demonizing outside tribes is in all three books.
Paint the other as bad, you have instant lemmings who will kill for you.
