THE IGNOBLE SAVAGE

As the multicultural nazis continue

their rampage through our society,
reports tell us that most of the 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 the
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 of modem,
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 lndtlnpopulations, 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
Bering Strait tens of thousands of years
before served to freeze to death most
human disease 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 of 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
circumstance was the fact that they
had not come 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
10 . THE COUNSEL of Chalcedon ~ September, 1993
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. If these 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 been more hip. From Hollywood
to the Ivy League, paganism is a hot
item. At Princeton University the
course on Native American religion
has become 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." In other words, far
from being skeptical, these children of
the nineties are embracing this
paganism without so much asa serious
doubt! .
UrilesS your knowledge of "native
Americans" has Come from the recent
spate of adoring mOvies, you may be
aware of a few 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 Mayas, 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, I 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
walled up in a cave, or exposed to the
elements on a mountain top and, the
more they wept, the better the chance
for rain. "At harvest-time, victims were
thrown into a fire or furnace, and their
invited them to come and feast on the
carcass in his house." (Ibid.) J on 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," sophisticated people 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
dedication oftbe 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
investigations suggest 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 of war. After the
sacrifice on the top of the pyramid, the
bodies were rolled down the staircase
and skinned. "The slloinless body was
then fetched away by its 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 the N orthAmerican
tribes as well. The Pawnee are known
to have sacrificed a young maiden
yearly. The Plains Indians, the heroes
of Kevin 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 -caste males when 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
lroqu ois as an exam pIe. 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 his head
in imitation,of baptism), 2) burned with
red-hot hatchets which had been heated
in a fire, strung together, and hung
around his 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
greatest crime was seeking to ministerto
their sick and tell them the gospel.
This treatment, however, was no
more or less than prisoners from alien
rrlbes would have received at their hands.
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
lives were 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
paganism of the "native Americans" 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 it
produced . .
Oneca,n onlylmagiriethe amazement
. with which these benighted souls heard
the gospel. What joy must have filled
the hearts of those thousands who
CA
First 350 Years
embraced by faith a God who,sacrl(iced
Himself formen - instead of demanding
that mensocriftce oneanotherto 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
death. And, unless God is merciful 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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