Salus Maior wrote:The Alma Mater wrote:
And is that false ? The native Americans, Aboriginals, Aztecs etc (sorry, I liked the alliteration too much to mention others) certainly suffered greatly under the arrival of christianity. Through disease (both accidentally and intentionally spread), conquest, subjugation, enslavement, genocide etc. etc.
If one can hold the missionaries personally responsibly for that is debateable - but they certainly were "heralds of doom" in many cases.
The question one should ask is even "is there any place on earth where the arrival of christians was a good thing for the native population" ?
Ah yes, the Aztecs truly suffered. They had to stop keeping other tribes as cattle so they could rip their hearts out out of fear that the sun wouldn't rise. Poor innocent souls.
And as for your rather stupid question, yes.
"The question is rather stupid". Well, you are right that finding one small group of natives that benefitted from the arrival of christianity answered it. Well done. Have a cookie
So let us make the question slightly smarter: is the arrival of christianity good news for native populations in general - or do they tend to be decimated and supplanted ? Examples of such native populations were already given - but are they the norm ?
Though admittedly it is unlikely that this tribe knew of christianities history aside from their previous encounters- so it is veering a bit offtopic.