This was a fun demolition to read, but I take exception to your likening the situation of Catholics to that of Native Americans who claim to be “the original settlers of the United States.” This confuses a status one is unavoidably born into with one that is voluntarily chosen (at least, when one reaches the age of reason). And today’s Native Americans are no more the original settlers of the United States than you or I. That job opening was filled a few thousand years ago.
Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to read and comment! From what I gather, Native Americans largely descended from the people groups who crossed the Bering Strait about 15,000 years ago. That said, emerging evidence suggests that human presence in North America may predate even that. Naturally, this is not my area of expertise and I will humbly bow out at this point — in my article I am just making a very loose comparison, in the sense that when Protestants claim they are the early church, it feels a bit like Columbus claiming he was here previous to the Native Americans, all the while they are already roasting corn on the shore
This was a fun demolition to read, but I take exception to your likening the situation of Catholics to that of Native Americans who claim to be “the original settlers of the United States.” This confuses a status one is unavoidably born into with one that is voluntarily chosen (at least, when one reaches the age of reason). And today’s Native Americans are no more the original settlers of the United States than you or I. That job opening was filled a few thousand years ago.
Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to read and comment! From what I gather, Native Americans largely descended from the people groups who crossed the Bering Strait about 15,000 years ago. That said, emerging evidence suggests that human presence in North America may predate even that. Naturally, this is not my area of expertise and I will humbly bow out at this point — in my article I am just making a very loose comparison, in the sense that when Protestants claim they are the early church, it feels a bit like Columbus claiming he was here previous to the Native Americans, all the while they are already roasting corn on the shore
Christian Paw Patrol is fantastic 😂
I wish I could take credit!