Indian Tribes Vs. Christians
The original California Indian tribes are described as peaceful and caregivers of nature. For example, Central Indians recognized as the Pomo's were often displayed reticent & phlegmatic attitudes. Their Chief actively preached towards peace and having humbleness towards nature. Though Abrahamic Christians also took a peaceful and religious perspective on life, they still fought for hundreds of thousands of years against each other in attempt to ratify beliefs. Also, Indian's believe that animals had equal intelligence to man and that all objects had natural feeling.
A Wintu women in 1930 went to express the way the Whites were against nature and how nature voiced itself against the whites. In the writing, I admired how the wintu women took a very peaceful stand against the whites. For example, she identified herself as the "river" . As a river, she carried no resentful or having hate for the aliens drying up the river. The Wintu women expressed humbleness and peacefulness instead by indicating the river as a object of feeling. Through her humbleness, she felt the river was victorious in the end. There are other ways and means of being victorious rather then fighting with hate. I found this true to my own experience because I believe all objects, nonhuman or human- should be respected and treated as they are of great value; regardless of our own definitions of value.
One Abrahamic Christian stand point that has common ground or some similarity towards Indian believes is the continuation of the after life. The life one chooses determines how that person will live during the afterlife. The only difference is that in a Abraham belief is that you will go to heaven or hell after you die Vs. Sierra Miwok belief that the consequent of your lifestyle determines what animal you will be reborn as. The common ground for both believes is that there is a consequences or cause and effect for the lifestyle you choose or actions you commit. This is true to my own experience in the believes of the afterlife. I believe that our actions will determine where our spirits will go and who we will be transformed as.
Indians were also very conservative and made use of what ever animals they killed. They believed that no part of the animal should go unwasted. I strongly believe we should take this approach and make use of what ever animals we hunt for.I also do not believe in killing animals as a sport, but only as an neccesity to survival.
The Indians were different in many aspects as well. It is very difficult to assume that we would share closer customs or if our customs would be slightly different if I were born of a world without the technology we have today. We should also assume we should be more efficient as the Indians because we have the technology and ability to do so but are not.
The original California Indian tribes are described as peaceful and caregivers of nature. For example, Central Indians recognized as the Pomo's were often displayed reticent & phlegmatic attitudes. Their Chief actively preached towards peace and having humbleness towards nature. Though Abrahamic Christians also took a peaceful and religious perspective on life, they still fought for hundreds of thousands of years against each other in attempt to ratify beliefs. Also, Indian's believe that animals had equal intelligence to man and that all objects had natural feeling.
A Wintu women in 1930 went to express the way the Whites were against nature and how nature voiced itself against the whites. In the writing, I admired how the wintu women took a very peaceful stand against the whites. For example, she identified herself as the "river" . As a river, she carried no resentful or having hate for the aliens drying up the river. The Wintu women expressed humbleness and peacefulness instead by indicating the river as a object of feeling. Through her humbleness, she felt the river was victorious in the end. There are other ways and means of being victorious rather then fighting with hate. I found this true to my own experience because I believe all objects, nonhuman or human- should be respected and treated as they are of great value; regardless of our own definitions of value.
One Abrahamic Christian stand point that has common ground or some similarity towards Indian believes is the continuation of the after life. The life one chooses determines how that person will live during the afterlife. The only difference is that in a Abraham belief is that you will go to heaven or hell after you die Vs. Sierra Miwok belief that the consequent of your lifestyle determines what animal you will be reborn as. The common ground for both believes is that there is a consequences or cause and effect for the lifestyle you choose or actions you commit. This is true to my own experience in the believes of the afterlife. I believe that our actions will determine where our spirits will go and who we will be transformed as.
Indians were also very conservative and made use of what ever animals they killed. They believed that no part of the animal should go unwasted. I strongly believe we should take this approach and make use of what ever animals we hunt for.I also do not believe in killing animals as a sport, but only as an neccesity to survival.
The Indians were different in many aspects as well. It is very difficult to assume that we would share closer customs or if our customs would be slightly different if I were born of a world without the technology we have today. We should also assume we should be more efficient as the Indians because we have the technology and ability to do so but are not.
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