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Re: Re: General Knowledge/General Studies by tommie on 2000-06-04 07:57:22

Certainly most have members who feel ordained to kill in the name of "God".

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Re: Re: Re: General Knowledge/General Studies by Kid Loco on 2000-06-05 05:32:45  |  Reply to this

This is true. See the medieval crusades for an England related version of this...... Also, did the original American settlers have a religion, or were they atheist? You know, they that were here when Columbus' Crew came across. Re: Re: Re: Re: General Knowledge/General Studies by tommie on 2000-06-05 11:59:37  |  Reply to this   They all had religion after the witches were burned! Re: Re: Re: Re: General Knowledge/General Studies by Amelia on 2000-06-05 19:52:09  |  Reply to this   Most early cultures are essentially theocracies, and those of North America were no different. While the specifics could vary quite dramatically from tribe to tribe, I believe that all the native peoples had some common threads in their overall spiritual views. Joseph Campbell writes about a lot of them.