Monday, November 26, 2018

Sentinelese Don't Need Jesus, Don't Need Mohammad. They Only Need What They Already Have

     The Sentinelese people have existed on their small island for tens of thousands of years. Some put the figure as high as 60,000 years, while others assert the Sentinelese people have been on their island for at least 30,000 years. Tens of thousands of years on an island, and still the island sustains them. Modern mankind, convinced of its own greatness and perfect religions, severely degraded much of this planet. Plastic trash and other garbage are everywhere. So are all kinds of pesticides, heavy metals and other poisons. Wars, killing, religious hatred and other bigotry are abundant.
      The young man that gave his life intending on converting the Sentinelese to Christianity was misguided. As many articles already point out, his mere presence on the island could have exposed the Sentinelese people to pathogens for which they have no immunity, and that could have wiped out the entire Sentinelese population. He was aware that the Sentinelese do not want visitors to their island, and that by going there he risked being killed. Unfortunately and tragically, that is what happened.
       There are not many tribes left anymore that are out of the reach of so called modern civilization. The few uncontacted tribes remaining appear to make every effort to stay away from modern civilization.
       Who are more advanced? Tribal people like the Sentinelese who sustain themselves from their environment, without destroying that which sustains them, or modern mankind that has ruthlessly destroyed much of the planet? Modern mankind with nuclear weapons that are one step away from destroying most life on earth, or the uncontacted tribal people that have managed to survive on this planet for tens of thousands of years without destroying their environment or each other?
        Is modern mankind more advanced, with sheep like followers convinced that only their religion is the path to heaven, while all the nonbelievers will rot in hell? Only my way is the right way when it comes to religion has ensured the deaths of millions. Millions of native people have been wiped out by the aggressive expansion of two religions in particular. Christianity, which killed millions in its often violent expansion and conversion by the sword, and Islam, which also killed millions in its often violent expansion and conversion by the sword that tragically continues to this day.
      A world of one religion, which too many people try to establish, is a boring, sterile, horrible place. The world is better and more interesting when there is diversity in religion and thought, and when people have the decency to respect the beliefs of others and not shove their beliefs down someone else's throat.
      These uncontacted tribes live without doctors and dentists and all the trappings of modern civilization. They have an advanced knowledge of the plants and animals in the areas where they live that even the most knowledgeable scientists lack. They know what plants heal, what plants harm, and how to successfully live off of the land.
      The civilization called modern rapes and pollutes the land and wages endless war. Modern man would have overpopulated and destroyed the Sentinelese island within a century or two at most. The fact that the Sentinese have successfully survived there for thousands of years puts modern civilization to shame.

       

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