Comments on: Does the AFA agree with Bryan Fischer about Native Americans? https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 20:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-91826 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:06:43 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-91826 In reply to ken.

ken – You correct in your hope. My wording was too brief I guess, but I intended a bit of sarcasm. It is arrogant either way – suggesting that they got what they deserved is arrogant and a race-purity argument that is offensive. And then another offense is the historical revisionism – in fact many native people did convert so his thesis is factually incorrect. But there goes the AFA, offering up an offensive, factually false perspective in the name of Christ.

]]> By: Lynn David https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-88207 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:23 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-88207 I’m beginning to think that Matt 18:18 is at work in all of this,

Well, from a sociological point of view, that is,

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-88215 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:23 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-88215 “Does this self-styled Christian organization really believe that Native Americans didn’t have enough converts to avoid the Trail of Tears?”

I hope Warren, that rather than dispute the number of native american converts, you are pointing out the arrogance of suggesting that they got what they deserved for not converting to christainity.

Torquemada would have been proud of Fischer.

]]> By: Lynn David https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-47639 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:09:00 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-47639 I’m beginning to think that Matt 18:18 is at work in all of this,

Well, from a sociological point of view, that is,

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-47638 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:14:25 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-47638 Bruce – Thanks for sharing that. I do believe that the teachings of Christ are hope and life. I struggle with Christianity as a political system right now.

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-47637 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:00:23 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-47637 In reply to ken.

ken – You correct in your hope. My wording was too brief I guess, but I intended a bit of sarcasm. It is arrogant either way – suggesting that they got what they deserved is arrogant and a race-purity argument that is offensive. And then another offense is the historical revisionism – in fact many native people did convert so his thesis is factually incorrect. But there goes the AFA, offering up an offensive, factually false perspective in the name of Christ.

]]> By: Bruce Wilson https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-47636 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:27:10 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-47636 “I struggle with the fact that in 2011, Christianity is known for what it is against more than what it is for.” – My late father was a Methodist minister who left his church (or it left him) due to opposition to his work against the Vietnam War. In part because of that background, I’ve always been conflicted about Christianity but in the end still felt that it could be a force for good. And, I hope it still can. But my studies of the politicized evangelical right have begun to contaminate my view of Christianity as a whole. This is unfortunate. – BruceW

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-47635 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:04:33 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-47635 “Does this self-styled Christian organization really believe that Native Americans didn’t have enough converts to avoid the Trail of Tears?”

I hope Warren, that rather than dispute the number of native american converts, you are pointing out the arrogance of suggesting that they got what they deserved for not converting to christainity.

Torquemada would have been proud of Fischer.

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-88206 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:14:25 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-88206 Bruce – Thanks for sharing that. I do believe that the teachings of Christ are hope and life. I struggle with Christianity as a political system right now.

]]> By: Bruce Wilson https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/02/28/does-the-afa-agree-with-bryan-fischer-about-native-americans/#comment-88205 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:27:10 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=8689#comment-88205 “I struggle with the fact that in 2011, Christianity is known for what it is against more than what it is for.” – My late father was a Methodist minister who left his church (or it left him) due to opposition to his work against the Vietnam War. In part because of that background, I’ve always been conflicted about Christianity but in the end still felt that it could be a force for good. And, I hope it still can. But my studies of the politicized evangelical right have begun to contaminate my view of Christianity as a whole. This is unfortunate. – BruceW

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