NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS OVERCOMING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF NOMINAL CHRISTIANITY

[THOMAS KARONTES MC DONALD]

THIS DISCUSSION IS BASED UPON MY BOOK/DISSERTATION : THE BLACK BOOK : NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE : OVERCOMING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF NOMINAL CHRISTIANITY. I AM NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN AND WROTE MY DISSERTATION BASED ON MY EXPERIENCES AND MY FAMILIES , AS WELL AS REZ LIFE AND ATTITUDES ,TOWARDS PERHAPS THE GREATEST INJUSTICE IN ALL RECORDED HISTORY. THE THEFT OF AN ENTIRE CONTINENT , THE GENOCIDE OF IT'S INHABITANTS ( PHYSICALLY, CULTURALLY AND SPIRITUALLY) , THE INCARCERATION OF THE SURVIVORS IN INTERNMENT CAMPS ( RESERVES/RESERVATIONS), ILLEGALTREATIES THAT WERE SIGNED UNDER DURESS AND THE MAJOR ROLE THAT NOMINAL CHRISTIANITY PLAYED IN THIS 500 YEAR LONG ATROCITY. I ALSO WANT TO OFFER TRUE HEALING BY DEMONSTATING TO MY NATIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT EVEN THOUGH THESE ATROCITIES WERE DONE IN JESUS' NAME , THAT JESUS WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THE EMPTY RELIGIOUS RHETORIC BUT, THAT HIS NAME WAS SIMPLY A SMOKESCREEN TO PRESENT A RELIGIOUS VENEER TO THE ACTIONS OF THE NOMINAL CHURCH.