Introduction: On Septemper 3, 2017, when Indian Country Today Media Network (ICTMN) was still the world's largest Indigenous news source it published an article by Steven Newcomb, an internationally renowned Indigenous activist-who has given me his support and also assistance to help me accomplish the goals of some of my advocacy intiatives. This article by Newbomb is titled White Supremacy (‘Ascendancy’) Is the Basis of US Federal Indian Law. ICTMN often posted a few comments on its articles. My comment on this article by Newcomb is the first comment. It includes the following article and the related news and information that is presented below the article..

Also, Alfred Bone Shirt (Sigangu), a nationally renowned Native activist who is the contact person for the Dakota-Lakota-Nakota Human Rights Advocacy Coalition, shared this article on his facebook site.

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American Was Founded As A White Racist And Christian Religious Bigoted Nation

by Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer



When Obama was President he said, during a National prayer breakfast: "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ." Today, Confederate monuments are coming down across the U.S.A. . What's next? What I would like to see next are statues of Christopher Columbus and Christian crosses coming down all across the U.S.A..

When Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and first set foot on a Native occupied and owned island in the Western Hemisphere he performed a ceremony to take possession of (or steal) these Native people's land for the Spanish Monarchy, acting under the international laws of Western Christendom.

A growing number of people are becoming aware that his act of "taking possession" of these Native people's land was based on a Christian doctrine that had been transformed into an international legal construct, now known as the Doctrine of Discovery, a Doctrine used to "justify" the founding of the U.S.A. . And more and more people are also realizing that today - five centuries later - the United States government still uses this evil Christian doctrine to deny the rights of this land's Native peoples.

Forty years before Columbus' historic voyage in 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued to King Alfonso V of Portugal the bull Romanus Pontifex, declaring war against all non-Christians throughout the world, and specifically sanctioning and promoting the conquest, colonization, and exploitation of non-Christian nations and their territories. I believe that the Bible scripture Psalms 79:6 was used to "justify" this Papal Bull. It reads: "Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Pope Nicholas V directed King Alfonso V to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ," to "put them into perpetual slavery," and "to take all their possessions and property."

Old and New Testament Bible scriptures condone slavery. The Bible is full of hate speech. And modern-day scientific discoveries have proven that the Garden of Eden story in the Bible is a myth. Evidence of one of these discoveries can be found in a National Geographic YouTube video entitled Scientific Adam and Eve .

Some first century people mistakenly took the Garden of Eden story literally and then used it to establish the Christian religion's central foundational doctrine on. I believe that Christianity is a false, hateful and anti-science religion and that it needs to quickly come to an end.

News: An August 25, 2017, article in the U.S. The Telegraph is entitled New York mayor considers removing Christopher Columbus statue amid Confederate-era soul-searching . Two excerpt from the article read: "It has been suggested by local government officials in several US cities that monuments to Columbus should be taken down because of the explorer's brutal treatment of indigenous communities." ... "New York's Columbus statue, which is a tourist attraction, is one of scores of monuments in the city currently being reviewed as part of an effort to remove "symbols of hate." An August 19, 2017, Detroit Free Press article is entitled "Dozens demonstrate in Detroit against white supremacy, Christopher Columbus.

More news: In an Aug. 21, 2017, Indian Country Today article, entitled, A Plaque Honoring Spanish Colonization in the Kumeyaay Nation Territory , Steven Newcomb wrote: "It is time for the San Diego History Center and other organizations to stop acting as if the destructive legacy of the Spanish Catholic system of domination is something to celebrate." ... "Monuments to White Christian Supremacy in places such as Virginia and Louisiana are now being regarded by many people as unacceptable. So why are monuments to White Christian Supremacy (e.g., the Spanish ship San Salvador and statues of Cabrillo and Junipero Serra) still considered acceptable in San Diego, and throughout California?" [And also, I ask, why is a monument to White Christian Supremacy (e.g., a statue of Christopher Columbus in San Jose, California) still considered by many people as acceptable?] An Aug, 23, 2017, article in The Mercury News is entitled San Jose organizers push to remove Christopher Columbus statue from City Hall .

Related article: A statement in an Aug. 30, 2017, Los Angeles Times article reads: The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to eliminate Columbus Day from the city calendar, siding with activists who view the explorer as a symbol of genocide for native peoples in North America and elsewhere.

Related article, Christian crosses are coming down: An Jan. 25, 2015, article in the Daily Kos is entitled Empty Churches Go On Sale in Europe as Christian Faith Declines . Here is an excerpt from this article: European countries in general have seen substantial declines, but it is the Netherlands leading the way. The Catholic Church predicts that two-thirds of its churches will be retired from holy service within a decade and 700 Protestant churches are expected to be decommissioned within four years. While the U.S. has avoided a similar wave of church closings for now, recent trends lead religious researchers to say the country could face the same problem in coming years.