THE IGNOBLE

SAVAGE

As the

multiculturalnazis continue

their rampage · hrough our society,

reports tell us that most of

he significant

damage is still confined to our colleges

and multi-versities.  That does not

mean that

we

can safely ignore it

however -- for their ideas are rapidly

becoming the newonhodoxy of th

land. .

One of the significant cornerstones

of this new-fledged onhology is

the

concept of the noble savage." This, of

course, is not a new notion. The idea

was (and is) that the natives

who

lived

in the jungles of Africa and on

the

islands and mainlands of theAmericas,

lived in primeval bliss. They enjOyed

perfect harmony with nature, had

plenty to eat and drink, were free of

materialistic cares, capitalistic strife,

and all the other problems ofmodem,

Western civilization.

They

had no

pollution (they reverenced the land),

they suffered no discrimination (an

egalitarian paradise),

they even (so say

some) had no, or very little, disease( ).

Am I

exaggerating?

Listen to this

incredible excerpt from Kirkpatrick

.Sale's book, CcmquestOJParadise:

"One

reason that

the

lndtln·populations, in

the Caribbean as elsewhere, were so

vulnerable

to diseases of any kind is

that, to an

extraordinary extent,

the

Americas

were jree of ·any

serious

pathogens. The presumed passage of

the original populations across the

BeringStrait tens of thousands ofyears

before served to freeze to death

most

human dise se carriers except a few

intestinal ones ...and there were

apparently none established on the

continents

previously, so in general the

Indians enjoyed

remarkably good health

free o both endemic and epidemic

scourges." (emphasis mine)

Another author (Henry Dobyns)

finds

that prior to the

coming

of the

Europeans, "People simply

did

not very

often

die of

illnesses." The primary

cause of ~ i s serendipitous

was fact they

had notcome in contact

with the "white

man and knew nothing of his

villainous religion (Christianity).

This myth is the foundation of the

revival of

paganism we are seeing today .

Not

that unbelieving

man needs an

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excuse to hate ·Christianity

(see

Rom.

1:IS;S:7),butwhensuchacommunity

oflove (supposedly) existed, itnaturally

leads one to inquire about the faith of

such a culture. f hese natives were so

pure and

righteous,

theirreligion must

have been far better than

that "ole

time" Bible religion under which we

presently

"suffer."

Thus, native American religion

has

never beenmore hip.

From

Hollywood

to the Ivy League, paganism is a hot

item. At Princeton University the

course

on Native American religion

has bec ome the second

most

popular

course

amongundergraduate5(around

250 enroll each

semester).

But: you

say, "how influential can this be when

the majority

of these same students

scoff at Biblical supernaturalism?

Listen to this: David Carrasco, who is

the professor for the course at

Princeton,

complains

that

his greatest

problem is getting the kids to be

"sufficiently critical

in their

approaches

to the material." n other words, far

from being skeptical, these children of

the nineties are embracing this

paganism withoutso much asa serious

doubt

.

Uriles your

knowledge of "native

Americans" has Come from the recent

spate of adoring mOvies, you may be

aware ofafew reasons for concern

over

this phenotuenon.

The

Bible tells us

thatall who worship

the creature

rather

than

the Creator

are given over to

depraved minds (Rom.

1:1Sff.) Such

become

"futile in their

thoughts"

and

have darkenedheans(Rom.l:21);

they

are full of

uncleanness" (Rom. 1:24);

dominated by vile affections" (Rom.

1:26); and do those

things

which are

not fitting"

(Rom . 1:2S). This could

be

a description of primitive American

cultures.

The so-called marvelous

civilizations of the Incas, and

Aztecs, were filled with the most ghastly

savagery and sickening perversity

 

imaginable. I am mindful that this is a

family magazine, so please realize that

in the brief account that follows, am

not telling all there is to tell.

Aztec religlon was not a happy thing.

In the words oOon

M. White, 'The

religion of post-Classic Mexico ... was

shot through with witchcraft, sorcelY

and

the baser manifestations of

superstition; it was a religion in which

fear and

cruelty

were primary

ingredients." The Aztecs believed

along with other Mesoamerican

cultures) that the universe was created

from the blood of the gods.

Thus, blood (human blood)

The most common

method of

sacrifice was to tear the victim's chest

open with a stone knife and rip his

heart out. Other sacrificial subjects

were burned, drowned, skinned alive,

starved to death, or forced to fight

(unarmed) against Aztec warriors. In

the months in which rain was sought,

a band of children were drowned, or

walledup in a cave, or exposed to the

elements on a mountain top and, the

more they wept, the better the chance

for rain. Atharvest-time, victims were

throwninto a fire or furnace, and their

invited them to come

and

feast on the

carcassin hishouse."

Ibid.)

Jon White

reminds us, ''When we visit or study

photographs

of

Aztec temples, we

should picture to ourselves those tall

staircases as they frequently appeared:

covered from top to bottom with a

tacky, climson sheath of blood."

This grisly evidence of a

"peace-loving," sophisticatedpeople is

not confined to the Mesoamerican

cultures. Even the friendly Tainos (the

Indians Columbus first met on this

continent), who have become the

was continually needed to

replenish the original energy

and to prevent the universe

from getting out of kilter.

Tonure

and human

sacrifice were exercised on a

scale that )las only been

excelled by our modern

abortionists. It is estimated

that between twenty and fifty

thousand human beings were

sacrificed annually. At the

dedicationoftbe Great Temple

ofTenochtitlan, 20,

OOOvictims

L The so called 'maJVellous'

civilizations of

the

Mayas)'

Incas)' and Aztecs), were

filled with the most ghastly

savagery

and

sickening

peJVersity

imaginable.

objects of liberal veneration

in the last year (witness the

publication Jane

Yolen's

children's hook Encounter

were probably far less gentle

than Columbus thought.

Recent archeological

investigationssuggest that the

Tainos had a very complex

system of belief and ritual

akin to the Mexican tribes.

Human sacrifice seems to

have flourished among them

on a scale

at least

proportionate to that of the

Aztecs.

were sacrificed in four days (a little

more than one every 20 seconds). At

the dedication of the main temple of

Huitzilopochtli, the ruler began the

sacrifices and the rulers and priests of

the neighboring provinces also took

turns opening chests and pulling out

hearts until the alms of all were

exhausted.

All of the gods were honored with

feasts throughout the year and these,

along with the special feasts called by

the emperor, meant that there were

nearly continual occasions for

blood-shedding.

One historian

estimated that there may have been

more people in fifteenth-century

Mexico who died on the saclificial

stone than who died natural deaths.

(Who needs disease )

bodies pulled out with hooks before

they were totally consumed so that the

precious hearts could be extracted in

the usual way. At the periods when

growth and fertility were required, the

commonest practice was to behead a

priestess and

flay her, and for a priest

to inselt himself into the skin and lead

a litual dance" (Jon White,

COltes and

the Dowrifall oj the Aztec

Empire .

Another twist was added when the.

victim was a prisoner ofwar. After the

sacrifice on the top of he pyramid, the

bodies were rolled down the staircase

and skinned. "The slloinless body was

then fetched away byits owner, that is,

by the man who had captured the

plisonerin war. He took it home with

him, carved it, sent one of the thighs to

the king, and other joints to friends, or

Cannibalism, human sacrifice, and

(orture were regular

parts

of the

religious rituals of he N orthAmerican

tribes as well. The Pawnee are known

to have sacrificed a young maiden

yearly. The Plains Indians, the heroes

ofKevin Costner's Dances With Wolves,

offered sacrifices of their own flesh

during their yearly Sun Dance. The

Muskogean Natchez of the

southeastern U.S.) practiced human

sacrifice

and killed the

wives

of

upper castemaleswhen their husbands

died (a native American "suttee").

The cruelty with which the Indians

treated their enemies shocked even the

French priests working among them

(men who were not unfamiliar with

tonure and executions). Take the

lroquoisas an exampIe. They captured

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the Jesuit priest, Jean de Brebeuf, and

tortured

him

to death in the following

steps:

1)

He was scalded with boiling

water (which was poured over is head

in imitation,of baptism), 2) burned with

red-hothatchetswhich had been heated

in a fire, strung together, and hung

around is neck,

3)scorched

by a belt of

burning

pitch which was attached

around his waist, 4) his lips and tongue

were CUt off, 5) pieces of his flesh were

cut off, roasted, and eaten

in

front of

him, 6) his heart was dug out and eaten,

and finally, 7) his blood was drunk.

This, mind you, was done to one whose

greatestcrimewas seekingto ministerto

their sick and tell them the gospel.

treatment, however, was no

more or less than prisoners from alien

rrlbeswouldhave receivedat theirhands.

There was (and is) no

such thing as a

generic "Indian" unity, loyalty, or

brotherhood.

Each tribe viewed only

itself as fully human and all others as

inferior; mere food for the ,gods. Their

liveswere dominated by intoleranceand

suspicion of outsiders and envy and

greed among their fellow tribesmen,

All this is precisely what Romans 1

teaches us to expect from unbelief. The

paganismofthe nativeAmericans made

their lives miserable. The gods were not

forgiving but malevolent and warlike.

Their world was an anxious place;

threatening constantly to run down or

to fly to pieces. Peace was unknown.

War

was unending. The future held

only foreboding and anxiety. Their sad

lives were imprisoned by this perverse

' faith and the distorted worldview t

produced .

Oneca,n onlylmagirietheamazement

. withwhich these benighted souls heard

the gospel.

What joy

must have filled

the hearts of those thousands who

C

First

35 Years

embraced by faith a God who,sacrl(iced

Himself formen - insteadofdemanding

that mensocriftceoneanotherto the gods.

And yet, Christianity is mocked and

scorned while the old, Satanic blood-cult

is praised. It is this religion that is now

being touted (in a greatly sanitized

version to be sure) on college campuses,

in books, magazine articles, videos,

self-help courses, and splashy

productions from Hollywood. It is this

which has captivated the hearts and

minds of modem environmentalists,

new-age gurus, and naive Churchmen.

This ancient unbelief produced, on

this continent, a terrifying example of

what Dr. Rushdoony has called the

society of Satan: It was a culture of

and

we who are His people awake to our

danger, it may well be a vision of our

future (proverbs 8:36).>2

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