I’ve long felt nothing but contempt for religion and Bible because of the bloody history of Christianity. I’ve felt the oppressive nature of the Bible, the “do as I say, or else” nature of “God”. I feel like the Bible is a book of horrors designed to scare people into following this new “God” and scare women into submission. And now, I have another reason (as if I needed another one) to detest religion and the Bible.
Over a thousand (and still counting) innocent children were murdered by Christians at Indian Residential Schools across the nation and buried in mass or unmarked graves, just like what happens during a genocide. I believe all former residential schools should be searched,
Christians have a long violent and bloody history. They have tortured people who wouldn’t convert for centuries. All done in the name of their mysterious God. Just look up the Inquisition; or forced conversion of pagans in early Christianity; or the Holy Crusades; or the witch trials; and so much more. They have spread hatred towards anyone not like them. They cry persecution but history tells a different story. But I digress.
White European Christian colonizers tried to eradicate all cultures but theirs all over the world, and in Canada, Indian Residential Schools were created to that end. Children were forcibly removed from their homes and their culture to attend one of the one hundred and eighty residential schools across the nation. They were not permitted to speak their own language or practice anything from their own culture. When they were allowed to write home their letters had to be in English so their parents couldn’t read them. They were routinely washed with harsh chemicals to try bleach the colour off their skin, they were beaten, mentally and sexually abused, and starved in the name of God.
The churches (especially the Catholic church) who ran these schools owe Canada’s Indigenous People a huge apology. Reconciliation must be a priority, not enough is being done. I am of the opinion that the evil guilty parties who are still alive should be gathered up and criminally prosecuted for the abuse and murders of Indigenous children. I believe that the Vatican and the other churches involved should pay damages to all their victims or surviving families in cases where the victims are deceased. I know it may just be a pipe dream to see them pony up but a girl can dream.
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