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Why I reject the Pope's apology
3 years ago
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even the darkest of nights can be beautiful if you know where to look
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even the darkest of nights can be beautiful if you know where to look
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When I first listened to his words to the native communities i had felt hope that our people would be heard and the painful history of the residential schools might finally draw to an end so healing can occur in the community. I had hoped that the pope had really been touched by the stories of the survivors. the knowledge that family's were torn a part. the the wound inflicted on the native tribes echo so strongly in our communities today. do not be mistaken, our community is stricken hard by inter-generational trauma caused by an event with officially more dead and buried in the ground now then the holocaust.
but what hurts to most is the comment he made attending one of the sacred lands of the native peoples. (Lac Ste Anne) prove his ignorance and true thoughts. and why he will never reject or remove the worst thing that is still active against our people. the Doctrine of Discovery. which gives any white man the right to take the land from any native that is not christian. the quote which makes me sick to my stomach even reading it is something like: "the pope saying that one of the tragedies of the IRS system is that our grandmother's couldn't pass the faith down to us in our languages makes me feel a deep deep rage."
I too feel a deep rage at this comment. our culture was taken and brutalized by the church, and the thing you take from it is that our language was lost so we couldn't speak prayers to the conquer god, in our own language?
and yes, you worship a conquer god. do not pretend the creator and your christian god are the same being. they are not. as their ideals and intentions are completely different in lore.
your god takes land that doesn't belong to him and forces the obedience of a culture not his own. wiping away anything that opposes him. our creator taught us peace and to live with the land. taught us herbal medicine, and the importance of respect and community. your god punished humanity for cooperating. and living off the land.
They are not the same. and never will be.
This land doesn't belong to the church. it never did. and never truly will. It belonged to our people.
so here is my response Pope Francis.
I hereby Leave the Christian faith, I revoke the right of baptism preformed on me as a child before i was old enough to decide for myself. and refuse to ever utter a prayer to the faith that continually ignores our peoples rights. and refuses to admit that they are in the wrong.
also as a side note. the Pope did not deserve a headdress. it devalues the significance and sacred meaning behind them. we as a community need to stop giving every politician we meet a headdress. because clearly none of them deserve it.
but what hurts to most is the comment he made attending one of the sacred lands of the native peoples. (Lac Ste Anne) prove his ignorance and true thoughts. and why he will never reject or remove the worst thing that is still active against our people. the Doctrine of Discovery. which gives any white man the right to take the land from any native that is not christian. the quote which makes me sick to my stomach even reading it is something like: "the pope saying that one of the tragedies of the IRS system is that our grandmother's couldn't pass the faith down to us in our languages makes me feel a deep deep rage."
I too feel a deep rage at this comment. our culture was taken and brutalized by the church, and the thing you take from it is that our language was lost so we couldn't speak prayers to the conquer god, in our own language?
and yes, you worship a conquer god. do not pretend the creator and your christian god are the same being. they are not. as their ideals and intentions are completely different in lore.
your god takes land that doesn't belong to him and forces the obedience of a culture not his own. wiping away anything that opposes him. our creator taught us peace and to live with the land. taught us herbal medicine, and the importance of respect and community. your god punished humanity for cooperating. and living off the land.
They are not the same. and never will be.
This land doesn't belong to the church. it never did. and never truly will. It belonged to our people.
so here is my response Pope Francis.
I hereby Leave the Christian faith, I revoke the right of baptism preformed on me as a child before i was old enough to decide for myself. and refuse to ever utter a prayer to the faith that continually ignores our peoples rights. and refuses to admit that they are in the wrong.
also as a side note. the Pope did not deserve a headdress. it devalues the significance and sacred meaning behind them. we as a community need to stop giving every politician we meet a headdress. because clearly none of them deserve it.
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