November 21, 2012 | 25 Comments
The first Thanksgiving, even in stereotypical folk form, says much about basic human encounters and human values. Indians were exemplary.
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The first Thanksgiving, even in stereotypical folk form, says much about basic human encounters and human values. Indians were exemplary.
19th Century American author Nathaniel Hawthorne has much to say about religion. He has unique ways of distinguishing the Catholic faith from the Protestant faith. It has nothing to do with theology.
Catholics and Protestants related to Indians differently. How so? Why?
America has forgotten what its fathers once believed–about fundamental religious values, let alone politics.
Thanksgiving is not a time to pity Indians. It is a time for humility and gratitude, not self-indulgent liberal self-righteosness and self-flaggelation, and condemning America.
The White Man has never quite understood what to think about the Red Man. We must presume his thanksgiving.
University professors abuse children for the sake of advancing their liberal agenda.