UNDERSTANDING WESTERN CONCEPTSThe Papal Bulls established the framework of Western concept regardingnon-white civilizations. John Calvin, a Frenchman, developed it further on areligious level as he broke away from Catholicism concepts and merged thedoctrines to fit the predestination and personally interpreted the bibled to fithis values and concepts. Throughout Europe, many subscribed to his versionof Christianity which made its way over to the British colonies in America.This renegade set of christian ideals recreated their creed to establish theWASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) society which today still representsthe United States of America.The right of conquest afforded to Christians, stemmed from the Old Testament;whereby, the Jewish people who declared they were the chosen people by God,fell out of favor with Him. The Christians picked up the banner and justified it withthe New Testament. It was in the Middle East that Christianity began to flourishand soon spread throughout the "civilized" countries of that time. Europe was stillon the edges of civilization, living in mud huts along the rivers as barbaric heathens.Pope Urban II sent out his edict in 1095, Papal Bull Terra Nullius, land of noconsequences, empty of human habitation belonging to no one. This meant thatChristians were given the right of discovery and could claim land in non-Christianareas; even as Europe, itself, was dotted with principalities and tribes at that time.The inhabitants were deemed subhuman and not civilized by their standards; thushad no nation to recognize as similar to theirs.In 1452, Pope Nicholas V sent out the Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex, that statedthese barbaric, non-Christians needed to be converted and civilized according totheir standards. In essence, they could occupy the land but have no rights since itis God-given only to Christians. The natives on the land could be put in perpetualslavery; the monarchs convert them and use them as they wish; and make profit offof them, since they were considered property and their possession.Pope Alexander VI issued Papal Bull Inter Caetera in 1493, the Doctrine of Conquest.This justified waging war on all non-Christians; a jure belli, a just war blessed by God,a jihad/crusade of which gave legitimacy of Christian domination over pagans, sanctifyingenslavement, and dispossession of property.It wasn't until 29 May 1537 when Pope Paul III wrote his Papal Bull Sublimus Dei, thathe declared "indians" and all other people later discovered by Christians were truly menand real humans. Probably as an attempt to reverse the mindset established by theprevious Bulls which formulated the doctrine of Manifest Destiny.Between 1712 through to 1914 (the end of the Age of Liberalism), the formation ofnation-states in Europe developed and rose to great powers. Adoptions of Asian/MiddleEast civilizations by Europeans fortified their growth. Europe commonly accepted theright to discovery of countries unknown to all Christian people and no other "member"could interfere in their conquest of the globe. The USA and Europe asserted theultimate dominion to be in themselves and acknowledged the rights of "natives"as occupants.The aberrant-thinking John Calvin built his presbtery on a democratic foundation wherepeople were to choose; but the ministers chosen, were to rule. Calvin's reformed theologyis either God is not omnipotent or man is not self-determinate; thus accepting theconclusion adverse to liberty. He also stated that faith alone is salvation - it is DivinePredestination. "Some men are born devoted from the womb to certain death, that His(God's) name may be glorified". That means, only certain Christians are destined to go toheaven; supplanting public teachings of centuries past.He omits Christian history to interpret the bible by relying on the "internal persuasion" of theHoly Spirit as he sees it. The Bible is a given; it is by "decree" of God that events come topass which no reason can be given. He further claims, God's will, fixes an absolute order;physical, ethical, religions, never to be modified by anything we can attempt. Heathen virtueis but apparent and that of non-Christians merely "political" or secular; which goes to say,that converted Christian "natives" will never get to heaven.Common-natured civilization is external only and justice or benevolence have no intrinsicvalue or no supernatural value. "All the works of unbelievers are sinful and the virtues of thephilosophers are vices". Calvin goes on to say, impulse and enticement are all the will thatwe have. Thus the printed Bible is declared all-sufficient to the mind which the Spirit wasguiding; justification by faith alone, the Bible only, as the rule of faith. Those that subscribedto Calvinism were also Presbytery, Quakers, and Puritans (in the spirit of Jewish legalism).Conjoin both the Papal Bulls and Calvinism and you get Manifest Destiny that cradles theUS American/Euro form of capitalism and ethics. There is no guilt or remorse in this line ofthinking. This is the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) society and culture that USAmerica takes pride in and force-educates its citizens to uphold. Europe is based on thesame foundation to various degees within its territories and possessions. Colonialism andracism are imbued in their thinking who live and survive within that nefarious box. Don't youthink it's time to break that box and destroy it forever?Tane
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