Essay On Christianity And Aboriginal People
The Power of Christianity and Aboriginal People
Christianity is one of the most popular religions in the world; with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide this religion is the dominant amongst all others. It was not until the fifteenth century that Christianity was essentially a European phenomenon. The teachings of Jesus Christ flourished throughout the European society and the lands that they conquered (Religion: Christianity). They took their beliefs and forced it on the Indigenous people they exploited, believed that anyone that did not share the same views on God were savages. The people that they assimilated were forced to let go of their rich beautiful culture and were introduced to a religion that was carried out ruthlessly by the Europeans, a religion that was made to supported negative reflections towards women, a religion that was based on the ideology of natural order, and a political system that used the church to diminish a culture. The belief of Christianity created a racial outlook that provoked colonizers to assimilate the Indigenous people and has a continual impact on Aboriginal life today. Christianity is a religion that has been …show more content…
They were consumed with the power of their religion and beliefs that they used it as a means to murder, victimized, and conquer the lands of others. They believed so highly in their God that the domination of their people was an act of natural order, an act that God gave them the power to accomplish. They used this ideology to justify the brutality that they inflicted on the Indigenous people. Every women, child, and man they killed, community they wiped out they used God as an excuse for their actions. However, this philosophy was a way to escape the responsibilities of their actions. They introduced a way of life to these people that they never knew existed, a religion of war, violence, and politics (Lehmann, Jennifer
Christianity is one of the most popular religions in the world; with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide this religion is the dominant amongst all others. It was not until the fifteenth century that Christianity was essentially a European phenomenon. The teachings of Jesus Christ flourished throughout the European society and the lands that they conquered (Religion: Christianity). They took their beliefs and forced it on the Indigenous people they exploited, believed that anyone that did not share the same views on God were savages. The people that they assimilated were forced to let go of their rich beautiful culture and were introduced to a religion that was carried out ruthlessly by the Europeans, a religion that was made to supported negative reflections towards women, a religion that was based on the ideology of natural order, and a political system that used the church to diminish a culture. The belief of Christianity created a racial outlook that provoked colonizers to assimilate the Indigenous people and has a continual impact on Aboriginal life today. Christianity is a religion that has been …show more content…
They were consumed with the power of their religion and beliefs that they used it as a means to murder, victimized, and conquer the lands of others. They believed so highly in their God that the domination of their people was an act of natural order, an act that God gave them the power to accomplish. They used this ideology to justify the brutality that they inflicted on the Indigenous people. Every women, child, and man they killed, community they wiped out they used God as an excuse for their actions. However, this philosophy was a way to escape the responsibilities of their actions. They introduced a way of life to these people that they never knew existed, a religion of war, violence, and politics (Lehmann, Jennifer