How many tribes practiced torture or cannibalism? Or conversely, how many cancer clinics did the white man find?
Anyhow, my point wasn’t about Cherokees but about the precise steps of reasoning that precede the stated position. If a person does not have a position on life issues that is based on his faith, he can base his position on reason, but he should be able to explain his premises and his reasoning process.
On the other hand, he can base his position on emotion or unsupported opinion. We could call that “faith that refuses to admit it is faith.”
“How many tribes practiced torture or cannibalism?” Yea I could quote Rush Limbaugh and say “look what the tribes did to each other”
The tribes by themselves however were a whole different story. They suffered just what the white man suffered in Europe. This idea of prenatal care is a new thing and has changed how many babies make it and from birth to five years of age.
I have a feeling people like the Cherokees don’t feel the need to explain themselves when it comes to many things. I got that with the Cherokee man I once knew. One almost had to just figure it out on your own unlike in Christianity where you are told why in the Bible. I believe some religions of the world are just like the Cherokees and if they say it’s wrong then you accept it don’t do it and move on. Don’t ask why maybe you are better off. Ask any woman who has had an abortion she might agree.