Regarding that first Thanksgiving, the Indigenous Americans provided for the Pilgrims, not the other way around. And it certainly wasn’t their dear “God” in whom they placed their misguided trust.
The Pilgrims were a bunch of incompetent religious nerds, trying to go to Virginia, got lost and ended up in Massachusetts in November of 1620, just as the frigid New England winter was setting in. These incompetents had no idea how to survive and would have all died out if the Wampanoag Tribe had not helped them build shelters and showed them how to find local foods.
It was the Wampanoag Tribe that saved their sorry rear ends, not god.
If it had been left to god, there would have been nothing left of the Pilgrims but frozen carcasses.
So the Pilgrims thanked their imaginary, invisible, but very angry sky wizard, and “thanked” the Wampanoag by soon murdering them in genocidal slaughter.
I’ve seen estimates that as many as 80% of the Native Americans died before the English settlements began there, probably caused by English explorers.
Article in a professional journal, reprinted by the CDC:
“In the years before English settlers established the Plymouth colony (1616-1619), most Native Americans living on the southeastern coast of present-day Massachusetts died from a mysterious disease. Classic explanations have included yellow fever, smallpox, and plague. Chickenpox and trichinosis are among more recent proposals.”
Davis D Danizier (3D) 4 days ago
Regarding that first Thanksgiving, the Indigenous Americans provided for the Pilgrims, not the other way around. And it certainly wasn’t their dear “God” in whom they placed their misguided trust.
The Pilgrims were a bunch of incompetent religious nerds, trying to go to Virginia, got lost and ended up in Massachusetts in November of 1620, just as the frigid New England winter was setting in. These incompetents had no idea how to survive and would have all died out if the Wampanoag Tribe had not helped them build shelters and showed them how to find local foods.
It was the Wampanoag Tribe that saved their sorry rear ends, not god.
If it had been left to god, there would have been nothing left of the Pilgrims but frozen carcasses.
So the Pilgrims thanked their imaginary, invisible, but very angry sky wizard, and “thanked” the Wampanoag by soon murdering them in genocidal slaughter.
emiesty2 4 days ago
The real first Thanksgiving on what is now US soil occurred April 30th, 1598, in a small town near El Paso, Texas.
thetexan.News / texas-history / texas-claims-the-first-thanksgiving-celebration-in-america or use a search engine
emiesty2 4 days ago
I’ve seen estimates that as many as 80% of the Native Americans died before the English settlements began there, probably caused by English explorers.
Article in a professional journal, reprinted by the CDC:
“In the years before English settlers established the Plymouth colony (1616-1619), most Native Americans living on the southeastern coast of present-day Massachusetts died from a mysterious disease. Classic explanations have included yellow fever, smallpox, and plague. Chickenpox and trichinosis are among more recent proposals.”
gammaguy 4 days ago
Not all American’s faiths believe in a monotheistic “God”.
kayak4ever 4 days ago
I got two meanings or images at the same time. A reference to playing football on thanksgiving and a hope for world peace. very clever!