Then I am reminded of how the vatican snubbed the genius, the spirit, the outstretched hand, the Eldership, the work of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (see "The Next 7 Generations" documentary) who wanted the vatican to rescind the vicious papal bull "reducing" the indigenous people of Turtle Island and beyond into servitude. Makes sense, right? And I am recently reminded of the insult to injury handed down to indigenous traditions in a current interfaith initiative in New Hampshire revealing the updated legacy of disrespect and arrogance with fresh biblical imprimatur.
christians can not take the moral and ethical high road until they can first dig themselves from the rubble of their own internal contradictions (intra and inter-denominationally) and then humbly make the case for how a 2000 year old perspective trumps (perfect reference here) a 3 million year old human tradition or, at the very least, what it has to add, humbly again, to the progressive forward movement of humanity.
Why were the cross and the sword such good traveling companions? Why does the christian soldier not see itself clearly, cut off at the knees by its own bloodied weapon?
Do not dare dream to hear my confession, as if I could ever reach absolution by the wave of a hand steeped in a legacy of unrepentant spiritual corruption and decadence.
(in part, from a 5/27/11 facebook post in response to the following article: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2072613,00.html?xid=rss-world)
...an active, functional repository of questions and concerns about christianity and the roman catholic church and their presence in a predominantly indigenous world...if christians and roman catholics were willing to engage the necessity to critique their presence and effects in the world, what would be some of the important issues to address?
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