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SUMMARY:American Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Pittsburgh Secular Freethinkers\n\nWith Thanksgiving approachin
 g\, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss Christians' treatment of N
 ative Americans during the years of European settlement in the Americas. Th
 is is not meant to be some overly-PC disavowal of the Thanksgiving holiday.
  I\, for one\, still plan on eating a fine turkey dinner with my family and
  being thankful for the good things in my life.\n\nHowever\, though all of 
 us probably know something about the cruelty inflicted on Native Americans 
 by settlers\, it is truly horrifying to read about the details. And with li
 ttle surprise to us\, these were at least partially religiously motivated b
 y ideas of the natives' pagan inferiority\, a "chosen people" conception of
  Manifest Destiny\, and that ever-pesky End-Times thinking.\n\nThis excerpt
  from David Stannard's book\, American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New W
 orld\, should serve as a good conversation-piece.\nhttp://www.the7thfire.co
 m/Native_American/Native_American_Holocaust-Sex_Race_and_Holy_War.html\n\nA
 lso\, I will not be at this meeting\, as I am attending the annual fundrais
 ing dinner at the Thomas Merton Center\, though I may come late if things t
 here finish up early.\n\nPittsburgh\, PA  15201 - USA\n\nWednesday\, Novemb
 er 12 at 7:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/e
 /7/7/event_787799.jpeg\n\nAttending: 12\n\nDetails: http://deism.meetup.com
 /103/calendar/9074621/
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