tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post7715244163091450930..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1587470478481982082011-11-12T06:33:34.330-05:002011-11-12T06:33:34.330-05:00Jon,
I do think that our Founders, and other early...Jon,<br />I do think that our Founders, and other early political leadership were 'manipulative' of the natives. I have found a rank condescension towards Native Americans in the communications of many of the Founders, both orthodox and heterodox. I have noted this both in their communications directly to the natives and in their communications to each other about the natives.<br />Whether or not the Great Spirit and the God of the Bible are one and the same, I have no clue. But I have not noted that the use of 'Great Spirit' implies much about the ecumenical spirit, or lack thereof, of the speaker.<br />JimJim51https://www.blogger.com/profile/03882981707796774220noreply@blogger.com